On Thursday December 15, 2016 the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria held an executive session during which it rejected the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by President Muhammadu Buhari based on an adverse ‘’security report’’ authored by the State Security Service (SSS)….
A few years ago, I met up with a childhood friend who had become very senior within the NNPC hierarchy. He was staying in a pricey London hotel and I had agreed to meet up with him. In the course of our brief conversation, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the way in which Nigeria, and…
A Pax Americana Beginning Annum Domini 2003 At least that is what the Americans would like to have, anyway. Having bulldozed Baghdad and liberated the oil-fields, the Yankees now straddle Iraqi society like an imperious Colossus. Iraqi TV used to be dominated by images and eulogies to Mr Saddam, these days the “popular” fare is…
Arguments and Contentions You would think that we already have enough problems arrayed against us in Nigeria, but every once in a while, one hears of, or sees, a new problem being conjured up to add to our distress, or an old goblin being invoked to undermine whatever measure of peace that we already possess….
By: Basil Jide Fadipe Medical Surgeon, Teacher, Social Commentator Justin Fadipe Centre Commonwealth of Dominica West Indies fadipeb@cwdom.dm Politics in Africa has always been and still is a uniquely brutish winner takes all contact sport; It is not unique because it is a hit or be hit macabre duel, ….politics everywhere is after all cast…
Recently, our honourable coordinating minister of the economy was awarded an honorary doctorate by an Ivy league institution. The award has proved to be controversial, especially for some Nigerian observers. Here is what I have to say. Yale University has a right to honour whoever they deem deserving. However, in doing so, they should refrain…