By now most Nigerians must’ve made up their minds about what to make of Malam Nasir el-Rufai: that is whether they want to see him as just a regular guy who got too ambitious; or an ambitious guy who got too greedy. But a knottier question remains: How did somebody so meticulous, so clever, so […]
Apology.
In response to last week’s article, I received a few phone calls, most of which were complimentary, some even flattering. I would like to thank all those who take the trouble to either call or send a text message in response to views expressed in this column, regardless of whether those responses were sweet or […]
The article published below was first published in 2006, in The COMPANION Newspaper edition of 26/5. It is reproduced here for two reasons. One, to draw the attention of el-Rufai to the fact that even at the peak of his unpopular actions, some of us—small, insignificant as we are—had stood by him, gave him the […]
While Nigeria debates how many metric tones of rice it would import as part of its preparation for what has become the world’s latest affliction, Thailand, a country half the population of Nigeria is already plotting on how to cash-in on the situation. Two days ago the BBC reported that the South-East Asian nation is […]
Continue reading about Food, and the African crisis of leadership