Should Alarm Bells Be Ringing For The Economy? By Ifeanyi Uddin
One of the more risible aspects of the recent re-basing of domestic economic output numbers was the attempt by pro-Jonathan administration types to pass the higher GDP numbers, which emerged, from the exercise, off as the result of the incumbent administration’s “transformation” efforts. Politics may have played a part in…
Is Nigeria A Nation? By Femi Fani-Kayode
If not for the courage and sheer gallantry of the men and women of the Nigerian Armed Forces Boko Haram would have taken over Bama and many other towns in north-eastern Nigeria by now and things would have been far worse. We must not fail to commend and encourage our…
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A Brief History of Democratic Chaos, By Gimba Kakanda
Fifteen years after Nigeria's return to democracy, the leadership challenges, which were the demerits of the regimes of the soldiers before it, have only become worse. Contrary to the excuse that ours is still "nascent democracy", a self-deception promoted by the optimists infatuated with the country despite its bad political…
Caring For Women in Islam, By Imam Murtada Gusau
First Sermon: Praised be to Allah. O Allah, we praise you, beseech You for help and forgiveness. Whomever Allah guides, no one can misguide. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, I also bear witness that our Master Muhammad is the servant and messenger of Allah. May…
Football and the Imminent Collapse of Nigeria, By Jibrin Ibrahim
I seriously doubt my qualifications to write about football. I am not a football fanatic, I do not have an EPL (English Premier League) club that I support fervently and until recently, I did not watch football at all. This made me an abnormal male Nigerian. On many occasions I…
Reforming The Public Sector, By Ifeanyi Uddin
Arguably, the most telling criticism of the incumbent administration is that it has taken its foot off the reform gas pedal. It was heir to what might pass for the most comprehensive attempts at reforming the Nigerian economy in a way that improves the efficiency of its resource allocation process,…
Ebola Virus And The Challenge of African Modernity, By Adeolu Ademoyo
The rapid spread of Ebola virus across West Africa has again raised the question of our disposition to the modern and modernity in the evolution of African societies. Also, Ebola has become a metaphor for the possibility of the extinction of a race. A brief clarification is needed. “Modern” is…
Of Pragmatism and Heroism, By Hussaina Ishaya Audu
A man came to my office today. The moment I heard his voice booming from the reception I had already passed a judgment. I tend to assume that people who need to announce their presence in other people’s offices by speaking so loudly when it is quite unnecessary to do…
Are Nigerian Boards Performing? By Soji Apampa
Chief executive officers have received public opprobrium for poor governance in contemporary corporate failures experienced in Nigeria, as was the case of the bank CEO’s ousted by the Central Bank of Nigeria. However, this apportioning of blame on the CEO misses out on a core group- the board of directors,…
A Pack of Crayons for Jonathan, By Jaafar Jaafar
Since the government of Nigeria employed the services of international public relations firm, Levick, to bring back it's lost image, there is a general outcry among Nigerians as to why the firm would be given the sum of $ million for the PR just the enormity of the amount Nigerians…
