Towards a golden generation
WEEKEND with Ibraheem Sulaiman sa427420@gmail.com Who thinks for Nigeria? Who plans for Nigeria? Who works for Nigeria? We ask these troubling but apt questions to bring to a close the theme we have been discussing several weeks ago, namely to religious tolerance and peaceful existence in Nigeria – a theme prompted by the leadership of Radio Nigeria. More...
The drum of Empire
WEEKEND with Ibraheem Sulaiman sa427420@gmail.com Africa,’ writes Simon Jenkins in The Guardian 30/1/13, while commenting on the ongoing recolonization of Mali by France, ‘still answers to the drum More...
A nation finds its moral compass
One lesson that must not be missed from the enormous outrage that followed the light sentence given to John Yusuf Yakub, the pension funds thief, is that government must take prompt action to bring appropriate punishment More...
Yusuf: Criminal law inadequacy or charge perfidy?
By Jiti Ogunye On Monday, January 28, 2013, a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, presided over by Hon. Justice Abubakar Talba convicted John Yakubu Yusuf (JYY) of the offence of criminal appropriation More...
The richness of the Intellect
WEEKEND with Ibraheem Sulaiman sa427420@gmail.com Speaking at the G8 Economic Summit in Davos on January 24, 2013, David Cameron, British Prime Minister, found it compelling to single out Nigeria as an example More...
If governance fails?
WEEKEND with Ibraheem Sulaiman sa427420@gmail.com Two weeks ago, we asked some questions about what happens if certain avoidable failures occur, for example if agriculture, which has the best capacity to offer employment More...
