Can a Dialogue Ever Happen? – Mark Amaza
In February of this year, I wrote an article on this site about whether the idea of negotiating with the Boko Haram terrorist group was one that should be supported[…]
Tagged: Goodluck Jonathan
The Age of ‘Bend-Down-Boutiques’ – Salisu Suleiman
A brand new car has a wonderful feel about it – the drive, scent, satisfaction and self-assurance it gives the driver and passengers is unmatched. Unfortunately, except for government officials,[…]
What Manner of Leadership – Mark Amaza
As I write this, the entire state of Kaduna is under a 24-hour curfew, while Yobe State Government has imposed varying degrees of curfew all over the state. While the[…]
Analysis · General · Politics · World Affairs
Nigeria, Boko Haram and Pervasive Distrust
At around 01.30 am in the wee hours of Tuesday 13th March, while checking local Nigerian and global news as I usually do before heading to bed, I came across[…]
Fuel Subsidy: A plan after the protests.
I have been one of those in favour of the removal of fuel subsidies. However for most Nigerians the problem is not that they don’t understand the logic of spending[…]
Analysis · Economy · General · Occupy Nigeria · Politics
Fuel Subsidy Removal: Messing With the Middle Class
ANNOUNCING A CALLOUS POLICY WITH IMPUNITY A liberalization move by the government to deregulate the downstream sector of the oil industy by removing subsidy on petrol was announced on[…]
The Unanswered Questions on Fuel Subsidy Removal
Ever since the Nigerian government officially announced a few months ago its plans of removing the subsidy on petroleum or premium motor spirit (PMS) by January 2012 , the debate for[…]
Sallah in a Time of Fear
For anyone who grew up in Northern Nigeria, the Eid-el-Adha/Eid-el-Kabir festival commonly referred to as “Babban Sallah” evokes images of wearing brand new clothes, preparation of hearty meals shared[…]
Editorial: Sir, Those were dreadful analogies in an awful speech.
by Akin Akintayo
President Goodluck Jonathan gave a speech at an interdenominational service celebrating the 51st Independence anniversary of Nigeria and it was replete with utterly dreadful analogies – it was awful, awful, awful.
Analysis · Culture and Society · Essays · General
Boko Haram: Of the Sensible and the Insensible
by Mao Kaci
On Obasanjo’s visit to the family of the murdered Boko Haram leader, and Soyinka’s comments on the visit.