Nigerians have an understandable—if somewhat childish and sometimes nasty—habit of singling out a trait in one of their rulers and examining critical arguments from the perspective of that trait every time. Take the Jonathan administration, for example: when critics raised an issue, Jonathan apologists would direct the argument to “But he is a nice (or … Continue reading
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ON BUDGETS, SYSTEMS, AND OTHER BOTHERS | by Ayo Sogunro
President Buhari gave a nice budget presentation speech earlier this month—and the National Assembly closed it off with an equally nice prayer. The least we can say is, we now know that the Nigerian economy is safe in the hands of divine guardians—if they are not still busy trying to resolve the more pressing situations in … Continue reading
IDLEMINDSET | THE PRESIDENT AND THAT AWESOME MOMENT
One of these days, as this article warns, we are just gonna run out of our precious oil. In fact, folks in the World Bank have gone to purchase the dust jackets for the files marked “Nigerian Oil”. Just like that. No warning, no announcements. And that would be the end of the whole freaking show. … Continue reading
Ayo Sogunro 