Beyond The Surface

Beyond The Surface

Who holds Niger to ransom?

This weekend, some Abuja-based friends on the road to Minna to attend a summit had to make a u-turn halfway through the trip. A few other friends rush

FFK and NOI: A Lesson on Privilege

Beaming in her trademark ankara dress on the website of Time magazine in the past week is Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. She’s been announced as one of the

VAT: This jamboree has to end

With Nigeria’s scariest fault-line shaken by the brewing legal war over jurisdictional responsibility for collecting value-added tax (VAT), the realit

What next after these shutdowns?

The directive to have telecoms services suspended for two weeks in Zamfara State evokes the memory of a similar attempt to neutralize an overpowering

The price of prestige projects

Even with the dust motes of the Nigeria Air project yet to settle, the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, has returned with another tale: Nige