Friday Column

Friday Column

Fuel subsidy and the Nigerian State

In his inaugural address on Monday, President Bola Tinubu announced the end of fuel subsidy as it would no longer be an item on the budget. On Wednesd

In the last days, there shall be a frenzy of “governance”

There has been a frenzy of governance activities over the past three weeks as the Buhari administration abandons his “Baba go slow” mode of operation

Rebuilding our university system

Last Friday, I gave the Convocation Lecture at Modibbo Adama University in Yola. The theme was the Nigerian University System and the Public Good: Pat

Pitfalls of executive control over legislature

Incoming President Tinubu has chosen Godswill Akpabio (South South) and Barau Jibrin (North West) for the Senate president and deputy Senate president

President Buhari finally develops a governance plan

When I first saw the headline yesterday, I thought it was a joke. All papers reported that President Buhari has just launched a long-term national dev