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Olu Fasan
The GATT is 70. But can the WTO survive the Trumpian…
Seventy years ago, on 30 October 1947, the legal foundation of global commerce was laid when 23 countries adopted…
The legal pillars of civilisation Nigeria hasn’t fully…
The Enlightenment, the 17th and 18th centuries’ movement, is credited with the modern understanding of the word…
The North’s opposition to restructuring: It’s déjà vu…
History, the saying goes, often repeats itself. Take two events in Nigeria’s political history: the struggle for…
Monist or dualist: Nigeria must respect international…
Practitioners and students of international law are familiar with the concepts of monism and dualism. These are…
Separatism in Nigeria: Buhari must avoid the Spanish…
President Buhari is angry. Very angry! But he is both angry and determined. His adamantine spirit is extremely…
Self-determination: Regionalism not secession is the…
The Buhari government is mishandling the agitations for self-determination in Nigeria. The government’s…
Hard talk: When the BBC grilled Obasanjo on his record
Two weeks ago, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) repeated a recent interview with former President…
The Kagame paradox: Can there be progress without…
I read the Financial Times’ recent interview with the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, with keen interest. The…
China’s economic model irks the West. It must concern…
Before his resignation as President Trump’s chief strategist last month, Steve Bannon said in an interview that the…
PDP can’t regain power without genuine mea culpa and…
Since the Supreme Court confirmed the Ahmed Shinkafi’s faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the…
The return of Buhari, the impervious hard man
President Buhari returned to Nigeria last week after 104 days of medical leave in London. Every Nigerian must…
My take on political restructuring: Nigerians must own…
Political restructuring is the defining issue of our time, the answer to the existential threat that confronts…