Stand With the Prophet Muhammad (SAW) In Love, Following, Honour and Respect, By Imam Murtada Gusau
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, Rabb (Cherisher and Sustainer) of all the worlds. May peace and blessings of Allah be upon the Messenger, his family and companions. Fellow Muslims! Fellow Nigerians! In the days that tribulations and crisis have overwhelmed…
The Amaechi Years: A Good Example of Common Sense Revolution, By Bola Ahmed Tinubu
Indeed, even as we subscribe to the tenets of a Common Sense Revolution, we must retool ourselves, for the new leadership needs to embark on policies that will improve the general well being of the mass of our people. In the course of the historic campaign for the 2015 Presidential…
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Worshipping at the Petrol Station, By Oluwafemi Akinfolarin
It is equally at the petrol station that the mask covering people’s faces slip and you see the real creature the well-dressed man who drops by on his way to church and roundly curses everyone in government and their children for his plight; the scary looking tout hustling and looking…
Inclusive Business: An Innovative Policy Choice for Stimulating Job Creation, By Soji Apampa
For many developing country governments, their job creation policies generate the right sound bites, and tend to focus on quick fixes that transfer some form of subsidies/benefits to different economic actors like SURE-P, whilst demanding certain levels of Policy making in Nigeria is typically dominated by the political imperatives of…
Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria: Friend or Foe?, By Temitope Olajiga
As with global standards, the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) was set up under the FRCN Act 6 of 2011 with a defined mandate. Apart from protecting the interests of investors and stakeholders, the Council was established to give guidance to the public on issues relating to financial reporting…
British Obama, Nigerian Blood and Misplaced Patronage, By Steve Ayorinde
Chuka Umunna must be the most popular black man on earth today. Barely 37 and born of a Nigerian father in London, he is one of the four ‘Nigerians’ that won parliamentary seats in the United Kingdom elections last Thursday. But the new black kid on the block is not…
The Coming Era of Penny-Pinching, By Eric Teniola
It was President Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari (90) who first introduced the idea of having Ministers of State in a Presidential System of Government. He could be excused for the introduction, for he was a graduate of the First Republic when Junior Ministers were allowed during the Parliamentary System of…
The Curious Case of Ben Murray-Bruce, By Anthony A. Kila
There is a fascinating metamorphosis going on amongst Nigerian elites that is worthy of paying attention to. Like in the biological process wherein animals physically develop a conspicuous and relatively abrupt change in their body structure through cell growth and differentiation, some Nigerian elites are rapidly metamorphosing into something different…
A Tale of Two Cities, By Toibudeen Oduniyi
This is the year a political tsunami hit Iluola, the lush evergreen forest at the tip of the Savannah. The year when a device called PVC Verification readers changed the dynamics of elections in Iluola, disrupting the status quo forever. The foxes ran out of ideas, the bulls ran amok…
Still on Enjoying Nigeria’s Oil Wealth (2), By Tolu Ogunlesi
Last week I wrote a guide about how anyone wishing to enjoy Nigeria’s oil wealth might go about it. Innovate. Stay In Control. Find Loopholes. Lower The Bar. (Mis)Use Technology. Set Up A Probe Panel. Think Big. And, last but not least, Make Sure Nigeria Never Learns To Count. I…
