Buhari’s Endgame
Is Olusegun Obasanjo a Nigerian or an African statesman? This is something that matters to him. To truly be either, he has to have inspired hope for the future of…
Shuaibu, a former Editor of the LEADERSHIP Newspapers, is based in Abuja.
Is Olusegun Obasanjo a Nigerian or an African statesman? This is something that matters to him. To truly be either, he has to have inspired hope for the future of…
Ask an average Nigerian patient, and he would tell you his country probably has one of the most dysfunctional health systems in the world. Lacking health facilities, any success recorded…
For close two decades now, successive Nigerian governments have been trying to remove the subsidy paid on the use of petrol by citizens. None has been able to muster the…
International NGOs, research institutions and public health experts in are still scratching their heads over why Africa remains the lowest hit continent from the coronavirus pandemic. The irony is that…
In many parts of the world, providing housing for the poor can be a politically touchy subject. In Western Europe at least, no matter how affluent a neighborhood is, provisions…
It has happened countless times, in a market maybe in Alaba, Lagos, in Jos or even Kaduna. A dispute between two individuals suddenly escalates into ethnic clashes, overnight rioting and…
No one can say for sure who the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly is. The mystery extends to which faction of the warring parties is presently in…
A dominant view is taking shape about what Mamman Daura, nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari, actually meant when he told a BBC Hausa reporter, Mustapha Kaita that Nigeria should put…
A visit by any United States president, to any country opens doors and comes with immeasurable benefits. In some ways, it is better than hosting the world cup. Only 14…
Members of the National Assembly always seem to be at war with one head of a federal agency or another. The face-off usually starts with a threat of a public…