Sam Kargbo

To an indolent mind, sexing data to pump up GDP figures is an example of how politicians lie with statistics. But a critical mind will see the ingenuity in such an expansion of the base of the estimates that make up a country’s GDP, as such illicit activities as smuggling, child trafficking, prostitution, drug trafficking and corrupt practices are part of the underbelly of every modern society...

The question that readily comes to mind is whether Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the rambunctious banker and corporate giant, and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the Emir of Kano, will be idem sonnas. In other words can this new Emir of Kano remain the same iconoclastic and defiant Mallam Sanusi we all know?

It is a fact, painful as it is, that most of today’s calamities are borne out of yesterday’s inanities. What is worse is the fact that we are all in some way or the other continuously plotting tomorrow’s catastrophes...

The Presidency “rigged” the Ekiti election in a very sophisticated way, in a manner that cannot be discerned by the ordinary eye. In his campaign visit to Ekiti State, President Jonathan assured the people of the state of patronage if they voted in the PDP...

The gulf between those who believe that what our country needs are good leaders rather than good governance and those who lay emphasis on good governance may never be bridged. For example, a great mind like Chinua Achebe died believing that the problem with Nigeria was poor leadership...

That Nigeria is inhabited by over 500 ethnic groups is, no doubt, disputable. But it is incontrovertible that, unlike such African countries as Egypt, Lesotho and Swaziland, Nigeria is not a homogenous country...

I’d rather discuss the subject of Boko Haram as a problem or crisis that must be tackled with the spirit of one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state and be quickly resolved for the security and welfare of the people...

When I met Governor Rotimi Amaechi, I was, in the words of an anonymous writer, looking down. When I left him, however, I was looking up. Besides the notorious or infamous aftermath of the election that justifiably retained him as the Chairman of Nigerian Governors’ Forum, news of Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s sense of humanity and love has filtered in very recently...