The ‘Nigerian factor’ on our roads – Salisu Suleiman
If one of the justifications for moving Nigeria’s capital from Lagos to Abuja was the intractable traffic jams in the former, then recent events in both cities have clearly proved[…]
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From Nnewi To The World: With Apologies, My Alternative Auto Policy
I know I know. Yoruba people say you shouldnt go back to say ‘Good evening’ in a place where you have already said ‘Good night’. I did in fact promise[…]
The World Economic Forum: Promoting inclusive growth through foreign investment – Ayoola Adeyemi
In May 2014, Nigeria will host the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa. The World Economic Forum itself is the highest level of global gathering for top-level business, academic and[…]
Jonathan: From poverty to president to prisoner – Salisu Suleiman
There must be something about the Nigerian presidency that turns whoever occupies the position to a prisoner, a tyrant, or both. Former president Shehu Shagari was a prisoner to the[…]
Teaching…for change
Imagine for a moment that you are in a class, with about twenty to twenty-five other classmates, listening to a teacher. This teacher is middle-aged, but her entire disposition is[…]
Before we Hang Stella Oduah – Salisu Suleiman
Going by the media frenzy in the last few weeks over the purchase of vehicles worth over half a billion naira by the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, one would[…]
Arts · Culture and Society · Film · opinion
Video Vixens, Nigerian Pop, and Nollywood
In America, video vixens are staples of Hip Hop music videos. Video vixens are the curvaceous ladies who sashay across television screens in skimpy attire and often serve no other[…]
Atlantic or Mediterranean: Watery graves for Africans – Salisu Suleiman
In the last one month alone, no less than 500 Africans, fleeing wars and poverty in Somalia, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia and other countries drowned in the Mediterranean[…]
This National Conference Will Achieve Nothing
It was rather surprising when on October 1st and in his Independence Day national address, President Goodluck Jonathan announced the setting up of a committee to work out the modalities[…]
Who Guards The Guardians
Last week, I was concerned with how much the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent measures for managing the demand for and supply of foreign exchange speak to a macroeconomic[…]