State of the Nation with Olu Fasan
Coup allegations: Buhari rejects dialogue in favour of intimidation
By Olu Fasan Lest we forget. President Muhammadu Buhari, a retired army general, is a veteran of military coups. In his old job as a soldier, he participated in some
Nigeria’s woeful international rankings expose its utter fragility
By Olu Fasan Take any cross-country global ranking, Nigeria is at,or near, the bottom of it. The latest is the inaugural Chandler Good Government Index, CGGI, published last week. The index
Bureaucratic deficit: Nigeria can’t succeed with a mediocre civil service
By Olu Fasan THERE is a tendency to blame politicians for the appalling way Nigeria is run. Rightly so: the buck must stop with them. But the government environment is
Osinbajo would make a great prime minister to Buhari’s ceremonial presidency
By Olu Fasan IMAGINE this scenario. President Muhammadu Buhari is a ceremonial president, a titular head of state. Professor Yemi Osinbajo is the prime minister and head of government, with
Cryptocurrency ban: CBN is stifling free enterprise and making Nigeria poorer
By Olu Fasan THE recent crackdown on cryptocurrency transactions by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, follows a worrying pattern. From the exclusion of importers of 43 listed items from
How Awolowo, Jakande infused my youth with politics
By Olu Fasan THE death last month of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande,first civilian governor of Lagos State, brought back memories of the late 1970s and early 1980s when, as a
Nigeria is stuck in a rut, yet its citizens rule the world. Why?
By Olu Fasan THE outside world is puzzled about Nigeria. How can a country be so richly endowed and yet so utterly backward? Foreigners always lament how Nigeria is badly
Pity President Buhari, victim of ‘harassment’ by Nigeria’s elite
By Olu Fasan WHEN President Muhammadu Buhari said recently that Nigeria’s ‘elite’ were ‘harassing’ his government, I instinctively wanted to defend him. I may be his arch-critic, but I don’t
