Thoughts on the 2019 elections (2)
FRIDAY Column by Engr. Abubakar A. Fari mofari@hotmail.com Now, Saraki is talking about “vision” and “divisiveness” of Buhari as a substitute for corruption. Other aspirants are evading the issue of corruption just as Makarfi is saying he is the “most feared” by the APC. Falaye is talking of SDP as “APC’s nightmare” in the Saturday More...
Thoughts on the 2019 elections (1)
FRIDAY Column by Engr. Abubakar A. Fari mofari@hotmail.com Strategic thinking and strategic planning are part and parcel of business, power struggle and war. When there is a transition from one term of office to More...
The 14 Northern Presidential Aspirants: Quantitative or Qualitative (2)
FRIDAY Column by Engr. Abubakar A. Fari The most sickening is that, when PDP with GEJ were in charge, they were using the Boko Haram bogey to corner public funds ostensibly for arms procurement to crush the insurgents, More...
RE: Understanding the Niger-Nigeria MOU on ‘Katsina’ Refinery
Friday Column by Engr. Abubakar A. Fari mofari@hotmail.com One hesitates but is compelled by the tendencies of some southerners and parts of enclaves across Nigeria with again largely fake degrees who arrogate to More...
Why Tinubu is better than Saraki
GUEST Columnist by Ololaye Otayemi The recent statement by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in which he spoke about the defection of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State; and More...
Trump: Eating your cake and having it
FRIDAY Column BY Engr. Abubakar A. Fari mofari@hotmail.com The wonderful world of the sitting US President Trump is that he likes to eat his cake and have it. Trump wants America first but he wants all other nations More...
Gale of defections and the Buhari factor
“GUEST Columnist By Sufuyan Ojeifo ojwonderngr@yahoo.com The coming together of political forces of the oppositional hue in the build-up to the 2015 general election portended a grave danger for the Peoples More...
Russia 2018: At last, the ‘war’ is over
GUEST Columnist by Tayo Ogunbiyi Amidst a most stunning ambiance, the 23rd edition of Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, World Cup, tagged Russia 2018, came to a scintillating close on Sunday, More...
Thailand Cave rescue episode and the rest of us
In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Saturday, July 7, 2018, Thai rescue teams arrange water pumping system at the entrance to a flooded cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been More...
APC, nPDP and the doctrine of good faith
Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje GUEST Columnist by Sufuyan Ojeifo The question of whether Karl Marx was right or not in his contemplation that capitalism contains the seed of its own destruction is subject either way More...