With 1,316 MDAs, PFIPC was waiting to happen, by Adekunle Adekoya
ONE day, one trouble best describes our experience as a nation of peoples in our country called Nigeria. By the way, One Day One Trouble is a popular Nigerian Nollywood comedy-drama movie on the life a man trying to survive doing various jobs while dealing with a cantankerous wife, until a rich woman enters his life and […]
Boycott the boycottables (4), by Eric Teniola
This week, we continue the narrative on boycott of elections in Nigeria Sir Abubakar immediately confirmed that he would form “a broadly based government” representing all shades of opinion. He said completion of outstanding elections in the Eastern and Mid-Western Regions, as well as in Lagos, arrangements would be made to bring in new ministers and to […]
CBN’s HoldCo rules: What bank investors should watch
By AYODEJI EBO The Central Bank of Nigeria recently released an exposure draft on the proposed new rules for Financial Holding Companies, commonly called HoldCos. This may sound technical, but it is important because many major banking groups in Nigeria now operate through HoldCo structures. A HoldCo is like a parent company that owns different businesses […]
Illusions of $1trillion economy soon
By Dele Sobowale If it takes a whole minute to produce a fool in America, then Nigeria must be bringing them in at the rate of one a second. Nigerian politicians operate on the Barnum principle. Depending on who is dishing out the false dream, most Nigerians will believe anything. Trust politicians and their creative advisers. Every […]
Judges as undertakers, state disorder and State Police, by Owei Lakemfa
My Lord, Honourable Justice Isah Dashen of the Federal High Court, Lokoja, was beaten to second place by his colleague in Abuja, Honourable Justice Peter Lifu, in the race for the judge that constitutes the gravest danger to democracy. Justice Lifu was so much in a hurry to claim the title that when the Court of Appeal […]
Three notes on the Nigerian moment, by Suleiman A. Suleiman
I was an avid reader of the THISDAY Backpage columnists in the late 1990s to the early 2000s, from Dr Amanze Obi on Mondays to Waziri Adio on Sundays. Somewhere in the middle of the pack was always Simon Kolawole, who would end his columns with “And Four Other Things…”, where he would dispense with four other […]
