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The chance for a new world order

By Henry A. Kissinger

As the new U.S. administration prepares to take office amid grave financial and international crises, it may seem counterintuitive to argue that the very unsettled nature of the international system generates a unique opportunity for creative diplomacy.
That opportunity involves a seeming contradiction. On one level, the financial collapse represents a major blow to the standing of the United States. While American political judgments have often proved controversial, the American prescription for a world financial order has generally been unchallenged. Now disillusionment with the United States’ management of it is widespread.

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The impunity of immunity

By S. K. Mazawaje

The question of whether to remove or not to remove the’immunity clause from the constitution has for quite sometime now dominated public discourse. The constitutional provision which protects the President, his Vice; the Governor and his deputy from prosecution while in office is intended to guard against situations that could distract these important and critical office holders from concentrating on their jobs or responsibilities in these exalted positions.

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Home improvements

By Caryn Abrahams

If you are desperate for some good news in the global recession, I have some. It could even be an economic revolution. From dairy producers to cement manufacturers, large financial institutions to small textile firms, 'keeping it local' could be the new key to a successful business. After all it is the most

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Shinkafi comes of age

By Sani Ahmed Mafara

As expected, the political hat trick launched by Governor Mahmuda Shinkafi has dazzled many and rattled several others who never expected that the “quiet and patient” Dallatu could literally explode onto the national arena with such a radical response to the challenges of his well-earned and much coveted political leadership status.

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Yuguda and the suicide squad

By Emmanuel Yawe

The All Nigeria Peoples Party was one very viable political party way back in 1998 when democracy dawned. In the general elections of the following year, it performed impressively, winning for itself 7 state governments: Kogi, Gombe, Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara, Yobe and Jigawa.