The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, February 8 – 14, 2010   Life can be very funny. About three years ago, when the then Governor of Lagos State, Ashiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu tapped his relatively obscure Chief of Staff, Mr. Babatunde Fashola as his preferred candidate

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi| Business Hallmark December 7 – 13, 2009   In so many ways I am sympathetic to President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. After the trauma of the Obasanjo years, a man of his quiet dignity and outstanding integrity was like a soothing balm on the

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi. Business Hallmark September 7 – 13, 2009   It is rather interesting that Lamido Sanusi himself would be the first person to utter the dreaded “R” word, “Resign.” When I read his widely quoted remarks last week about his willingness to resign if

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark August 24 – 30, 2009   For the discerning, the appointment of Lamido Sanusi to replace Chukwuma Soludo as the CBN Governor was bound to cause a major earthquake in the Banking Industry. But obviously few Nigerians have eyes and fewer

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