The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, March 1–7, 2010   Yar’Adua’s return last week has compounded what was clearly a very complex situation in Nigeria’s fragile polity. It was a development no one, not even the most astute political pundit, could have scripted. The impact has

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Open Letter to Chief Emeka Ojukwu The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, February 1–7, 2010 Dear IKemba Last week, while travelling to Unuahia, I saw a billboard where you were posing with Anambra State Governor, Mr. Obi. The message on the board read: “This is my

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, November 8–15, 2009   The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says it spent about N500 billion to subsidize petroleum products in 10 months. Whereas that may be true, it is not the real story about the subsidy and deregulation debate.

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, October 28–November 1, 2009   In 49 years of power, Babangida is arguably the greatest Nigerian leader so far and the one who has had the most impact. Babangida had clear ideas of the direction he wanted Nigeria to take;

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, October 12–19, 2009 There are two basic fears that gnaw at me. It is not even all the doomsday talk about the imminence of Nigeria’s implosion. There is that too. But frankly, it does not rank in the top echelon

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, October 28–November 1, 2009   In 49 years of power, Babangida is arguably the greatest Nigerian leader so far and the one who has had the most impact. Babangida had clear ideas of the direction he wanted Nigeria to take;

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, September 28–October 4, 2009   Where is the Hon. Minister of Finance? I don’t mean the Minister of State, Remi Babalola. I actually mean the substantive Minister, Mansur Mukhtar. It is yet another perplexity of the Nigerian conundrum that at

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The Presidency — By Prince Emeka Obasi Business Hallmark Newspaper, September 14–21, 2009   Last August I wrote a frontpage editorial in National Mirror Newspaper, which I used to publish, calling on the Federal Government to declare an Economic State of Emergency. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the editorial didn’t excite any reaction

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