Friday Column

Friday Column

Why France kidnapped West Africa’s Eco currency

Last Saturday, France, through the instrumentality of their most faithful poodle in West Africa, Alasane Ouattara, kidnapped the West African currency

National Assembly and the President: Please start fighting

On Tuesday, the President signed the budget signalling a new phase in his relationship with the National Assembly – no more bickering. This should ind

The State and the acceleration of human rights abuses

In its commemoration of this year’s Human Rights Day, the Punch newspapers published an editorial in which it announced a new policy to combat what it

Kano Emirate: Dangers of playing politics with institutions

Yesterday, the Kano State House of Assembly again passed the law which purports to create four new emirates in the State. Earlier in the week, the Hou

Pension for Governors: The Nigerian narrative on governance without accountability

The letter from former Governor Yari to his current Governor complaining that he had only been paid his pension twice since leaving office five months