culled from THISDAY, April 2, 2005The Gravy Train…In several ways, goings-on in Abuja, the nation's seat of power, are reproductions of the greedy, ...
Read moreculled from THISDAY, March 29, 2005My earlier plan was to leave the sleazy affair between some members of the National Assembly and the Federal Minist...
Read moreRay Ekpu, president of the Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria, NPAN, gives his views on the political future of Nigeria at a seminar on the ...
Read moreDear Compatriots:INTRODUCTION Having studied VERY CLOSELY what went seriously wrong in the last three elections in Nigeria, I believe that a clos...
Read moreDear Compatriots:INTRODUCTION Having studied VERY CLOSELY what went seriously wrong in the last three elections in Nigeria, I believe that a clos...
Read moreThe President Olusegun Obasanjo’s high sounding speech to the nation on the fateful day of 22nd March, 2005 reminds one of the 31st December, 1983 c...
Read more The Muslim Community in Nigeria is used to converging on a chosen location within the country every year under the auspices of the National Isla...
Read moreEvents of the last two days in connection with the Ministry of Education and the National Assembly of Nigeria have been rather giddy. At one leve...
Read moreThis article is an excerpt from my journal of a visit to Nigeria bewtween July and September 2003. Names and identities of people have been excised to...
Read moreSHOCKER…… Dismay this God, that I be placed in the bottom line where desire goes without getting, where need is never compelled to be filled… wh...
Read moreculled from GUARDIAN, March 14, 2005Beginning tomorrow, the National Conference on Political Reforms should go beyond the preliminaries, to confront t...
Read moreTo be sure, the road to 2007 appears to be strewn with anxiety signs, especially given the desperation of politicians, bent on bringing down their per...
Read moreculled from GUARDIAN, March 6, 2005Now that the National Political Reform Conference has convened, one would wish to believe that the conferees are aw...
Read moreIntroduction: It is generally believed that the failure of many government establishments - ministries, parastatals and agencies - to deliver service ...
Read moreThe inmates are running the prisons in Nigeria. When did the rat enter the backyard? The only surprise that I have for Wabara is that he lasted this w...
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