Tell Magazine

    Kalu Idika Kalu, who served Nigeria twice as minister of finance, is credited for setting the tone for some of the economic reforms in the country since 1985. As commissioner for finance in Imo State, during the military administration of General Ike Nwachukwu, he had prepared a document, which later became handy when General Ibrahim Babangida, former head of state, invited Kalu to serve at the federal level in 1985. Kalu later expounded his views, which centered on the abolition of the land use decree; adjustment of the exchange rate, the interest rate; capital debt management, privatisation and…

    In the next three years, Nigeria hopes to join the league of nations that have attained food sufficiency through genetically modified crops, but not without first crossing some hurdles   The midday savannah sun was almost at its peak, casting long flickering shadows over the dusty brick walls of a laboratory block inside the Institute of Agriculture Research, Zaria, Kaduna State, when professor Mohammed Ishiyaku, flanked by two associates, made a quick dash into one of the blocks. After meandering through a labyrinth of passageways, the molecular geneticists pulled his full frame to a halt at the doorstep…

    Reuben Abati, special adviser to the President on media and publicity, in this interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, senior associate editor, says the President has no hand in the political situation in Rivers State. Excerpts.   Accusing fingers are pointing at the President and his wife for allegedly precipitating political crisis in Rivers State for personal interests; would you say there is no justification for this allegation? Absolutely no justification, other than mischief. This is again the handiwork of mischief-makers who are perpetually disseminating black information with an obvious intent to discredit the President for their own selfish reasons.…

    Despite several denials of any involvement in the political crisis in Rivers State and the travails of Governor Chibuike Amaechi, many believe that the Presidency still lurks in the shadow, fanning embers of the situation   A modern theatre of the absurd is unfolding in Rivers State.  Since the new state executive working committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by Felix Obuah was sworn in on April 16 by Bamanga Tukur, the party’s national chairman, the hitherto peaceful ‘Treasure Base of the Nation’ has been turned into a theatre of war of sorts with comic dimensions.…