Abuja remains short-changed
Tuesday Column by Aliyu Modibbo
The National Conference has failed to address three pressing Abuja needs, namely: funding; administration, and the original inhabitants. In another few...
Buccaneers as statesmen
I have always advocated for a full-scale socio-political restructuring of Nigeria. The reason is simple. Unless we do, we will daily, to our collective...
Nigeria’s worsening security demands new strategy
By Johnnie Carson.
Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation is likely to get much worse, unless the government changes its deeply flawed strategy against Boko Haram extremists....
Boko Haram and the Nigerian state crisis
“Africa will not make sustainable progress in building democratic systems and fostering economic development until the continent acquires coherent, legitimate, and effective states.” I...
Backstopping the naira
Tuesday Column by Ifeanyi Uddin
About a year ago (May 22, 2013) Ben Bernanke, then Chair of the US Federal Reserve System, spooked the markets....
