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Budgeting, national planning and the road least traveled
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Anyone who sets out on a journey must endeavor to get a faint idea of the trajectory to the destination...
Peter Drucker And The Things That Changed By Reuben Abati
My favorite passage from the many essays by the 20th Century management theorist, prophet of customer-centricism, and dialectician, Peter F. Drucker, on the...
Remembering Adebowale Adefuye (1947 -2015) By Reuben Abati
On August 27, 2015, that is four years ago, Nigeria lost Professor Adebowale Adefuye, one of our most dedicated public servants, a fiercely...
P&ID vs. Nigeria: A Review by Reuben Abati
The report that a commercial court in the UK has ruled that Nigeria must pay a UK firm, Process and Industrial Development Limited...
When Soldiers Do Police Work: Disaster by Reuben Abati
If anyone is looking for a perfect illustration and confirmation of the “coming anarchy” in Nigeria, that person needs not look farther than...
Of Akume’s ministerial voyage and the Benue leadership question
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Joseph Tarka lived for only 48 years. His life and times were eventful. He defined his eon with the magnitude...
Sowore and the Nigerian Revolution by Reuben Abati
“So, did you join the #RevolutionNow protests yesterday?” “Which Revolution?” “The #RevolutionNow protest led by Omoyele Sowore. The security people grabbed him ahead...
Note to Punch, Vanguard & co: WAEC did not disown Buhari’s certificate
* When sensation replaces fact, the journalist must beware of potential misrepresentations By Baba Ahmad On Wednesday and Thursday, July 31st and August...
How The Lawan Senate Failed its First Major Test By Reuben Abati
Senator Ahmed Lawan is the Chairman and President of Nigeria’s 9thNational Assembly. His emergence as Senate President was prefaced by a lot of politicking...
Senate and the politics of Abbo’s inquisition
By Sufuyan Ojeifo These have not been the best of times for Senator Elisha Cliff Abbo (Adamawa South), an otherwise sedate but highly...
Rape and the Senior Pastor of COZA by Reuben Abati
COZA is the acronym of a church in Abuja, Nigeria, known as the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly. It is one of those Pentecostal...
Ahmed Lawan, Festus Adedayo and the APC mob by Reuben Abati
Senator Ahmed Lawan is the incumbent Senate President of Nigeria, having won the election into that office, 79 -28, beating his rival, Senator...
For Olisa Agbakoba and the Human Rights Campaigners By Babafemi Ojudu
I am writing this a bit late as my June 12 tribute to Olisa Agbakoba. I read a short piece written on Olisa...
INEC and Nigeria’s many political parties by Reuben Abati
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its review of the 2019 General elections in the country is reportedly working on...
Economics, Economist, Financial Times and Nigeria
By Garba Shehu One would imagine that business papers like economic success stories; apparently not. Instead, they feast and thrive on negatives....
The Speech Buhari Didn’t Make by Reuben Abati
Nigerians were left speechless on May 29 when after taking the oaths of office and allegiance, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice...
