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Simon Kolawole: If only Nigeria had a Mandela
by Simon Kolawole When I hear Nigerians eulogise Mandela, hypocrisy is the word that jumps to my mind. Ethnic champions campaigning for bloodshed ahead of 2015 elections are celebrating a…
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Simon Kolawole: We have every reason to cheer about the APC merger
by Simon Kolawole You don’t move from being a “bad” governor to a “good” governor simply because you defected from one party to the other yesterday. You don’t suddenly become…
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Simon Kolawole: Where exactly is Africa going?
by Simon Kolawole Senator Abdul Ningi recently raised the alarm that N500 billion was missing from the SURE-P funds. Was it mischief? Was it ignorance? With N834 billion having accrued…
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Simon Kolawole: Beyond the rhetoric, what would the APC do differently in 2015?
by Simon Kolawole Expect the usual Nigerian response: it is because Lamido is opposed to Jonathan; it is because he is in G7; it is because he is a Fulani…
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Simon Kolawole: Dear Mr. President, Stella Oduah is not fit to be a minister
by Simon Kolawole Dear President Goodluck Jonathan, did you get a chance to monitor proceedings at the House probe of the armoured cars scandal? In case you were too occupied…
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Simon Kolawole: Is this the Jonathan moment?
by Simon Kolawole Jonathan needs to do something drastic to make Nigerians believe in him again. He needs what I call the Jonathan Moment – that rare and critical chance…
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Simon Kolawole: Stella Oduah, say sorry or sink…
by Simon Kolawole Nevertheless, Oduah has to accept responsibility for this wasteful venture and apologise for her role in the process. She’s the minister. NCAA is under her. Before I…
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Simon Kolawole: A federalism ruined by allocations
by Simon Kolawole Now, how can states become more economically stable and viable? There are two avenues I can think of straightaway. One, solid minerals. The laws are currently skewed…
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Simon Kolawole: Our Constitution is not the problem
by Simon Kolawole But I will soon show that this is not a minor issue. It will determine the pattern of voting and the overall outcome. Three, how will delegates…
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Simon Kolawole: Nigeria is changing, but we know not
by Simon Kolawole But I still meet many Yoruba nationalists who continue to glory and gloat over “our advantage in education”. Ogbeni, the rest of Nigeria is catching up with…
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Simon Kolawole: The refinery we have been praying for
by Simon Kolawole We finished chatting and took a boat across to the Lagos Motor Boat Club, Ikoyi, from where we had driven to Victoria Island an hour earlier. He…
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Simon Kolawole: What does Obasanjo really want?
by Simon Kolawole He watched with pleasure as his boys set Anambra and Oyo states on fire and capped it all by withdrawing the security aides of Governor Chris Ngige.…
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Simon Kolawole: The return of Atiku Abubakar
by Simon Kolawole Many Nigerians had a wrong interpretation of what happened during the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) chairmanship election. They thought there was a fight between the good guys…
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Simon Kolawole: Our eternal obsession with Aso Rock
by Simon Kolawole Simply put, we think it is only the Federal Government that should be blamed when there is unemployment or poverty, even when we know that we run…
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Simon Kolawole: The Republic of Southern Nigeria
by Simon Kolawole I hereby predict that the proposed “Republic of Southern Nigeria” would be a political disaster. It is wishful thinking to suggest that the Igbo and Yoruba will…
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Simon Kolawole: How to spend money (and be happpy)
by Simon Kolawole Most of our attention is usually on the Federal Government, especially Presidency. We hardly scrutinise what states and councils waste on frivolous items in a country where…
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Opinion: The ‘sins’ of the Nigerian elite
by John Amoda He said the inequalities in Nigeria are such that “the wealthy live like prisoners—the rest of the society resents them. And that brings me to the topic…
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Simon Kolawole: Winning the war against terror
by Simon Kolawole How can we contain this religious hate in Nigeria in the face of the Boko Haram insurgency? How can we make sure it doesn’t spread to more…
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Simon Kolawole: Now that the APC has been registered
by Simon Kolawole With the fusion of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the emergent APC is still less…
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Simon Kolawole: Look very well before you leap
by Simon Kolawole President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken a lot about the need to focus our energies on agriculture. Ministers are reciting this like nursery rhyme. Governors have been quoting…
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Simon Kolawole: Immunity is obviously not the problem
by Simon Kolawole We seem to have two sets of laws and two justice systems. One for the poor, the other for the powerful. A common man will be sentenced…
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Simon Kolawole: Egypt – From Arab Spring to Arab Fall
by Simon Kolawole We can say Morsi has been successfully ousted as President of Egypt, but there is no assurance that the next president would be the messiah. What this…
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Simon Kolawole: In Nigeria, impunity is the name of the game
by Simon Kolawole One of the reasons many self-respecting companies avoid doing serious business with Nigeria is the fear that a government official can, with a stroke of the pen,…
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Simon Kolawole: 2015 is knocking on the door
by Simon Kolawole What is the way out? How can we ease their pain? How can we make sure our people stop dying cheaply because of a system that disdains…
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Simon Kolawole: When will made-in-Nigeria products be enjoyed worldwide?
by Simon Kolawole For some reason, we have decided that it is only foreign companies that can deliver the goods. However, a longer-term view of things would be to develop…
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Simon Kolawole: Fellow Nigerians, the Governors Forum distraction is all politics
by Simon Kolawole So our politicians are now symbols of credible elections and role models of integrity? Seriously? Since when? Many Nigerians are selling and buying that line. Have we…
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Simon Kolawole: Nigerians are full of hypocrisy and prejudice
by Simon Kolawole If we believe in fairness, what is pepper soup for Yahaya should not be poison for Yohanna. As Nigeria gallops towards 100 years of amalgamation, one of…
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Simon Kolawole: Militancy and the politics of hypocrisy
by Simon Kolawole Speaking out against injustice and highhandedness, no matter what part of the country is at the receiving end, is a better way of building a nation. One…
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Simon Kolawole: How the Boko Haram amnesty process started on a false footing
by Simon Kolawole There must be a well-programmed strategy to dilute the influence of extremist preachers. It will take years. But it is only after we have done this that…
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Simon Kolawole: Amnesty for Boko Haram – Let’s have the debate we badly need
by Simon Kolawole For me, the issue now is not whether or not to grant amnesty and employ dialogue to put an end to this bloodshed. History, dare I say,…
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