T. A. Orji’s hacks (1): Don Ubani (1)
IN medical science, when the body system is attacked to enervation and debility, opportunistic diseases and all manner of infections assail the victim with fatalistic intensity. This explains why Abia...
View ArticleFashola, power and realistic expectations
By Ikeogu Oke Though appropriate, the word “novel” arguably understates the import of President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to saddle Babatunde Fashola with three highly demanding portfolios in his...
View ArticleEze: Exit of a Biafran war hero
By Aham Njoku Recently, Anthony Okoro Eze who retired from the Nigerian Army as a Colonel passed on at the age of 80 years. He was born on December 23, 1935. He attended Government College Umuahia...
View ArticleAPC and Wike’s borrowings
IN recent months, this column has given pretty much space to political events in the oil rich Rivers state. It’s not for nothing. It’s partly because, on a lighter side, politics in Rivers state is a...
View ArticleBefore Edo goes to the polls
By Domingo Alaba Obende ThE rowdiness in the court was unusual – the day Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was declared Governor in 2008 – This was after both petitioners and defendants in an election petition...
View ArticleDogara, Abubakar and Bauchi people
By LADESOPE LADELOKUN I recently read comments credited to the governor of Bauchi State, Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara is leading other...
View ArticleIgbinedion and the fables of non-performance
By BRIAN AJAYI JATTO “This inauguration marks a fresh beginning in our state. A bright beginning in which the people are the main purpose of government and the target of all our development efforts....
View ArticleWhen honour bites the dust
By LADESOPE LADELOKUN I don’t know any country in the world that is so mercilessly looted like Nigeria. Sometimes I wonder how poor Nigerians have managed to survive despite the unending bleeding of...
View ArticleA man, his dog and its name
By Paul Ojenagbon As ridiculous as it sounds to the ears, a recent incident reported by a cross section of the media about a man who is being incarcerated by the police authorities because he named...
View ArticleNASS: A dark history (2)
After the rough time Mr. El-Rufai had with the Ethics and Privileges Committee of the Senate which had miraculously turned the tables and the accuser had become the accused, bribes were offered...
View ArticleEmerging slums in Abuja
By Eze Chukwudi Nigeria, even before it came to be, has always had its capital city established purely on conveniences rather than the contending factors that usually characterise the siting of any...
View ArticleSustaining Oyo’s pacesetter status
By Henry Obisesan When states were given appellations, it was believed that such appellations were upshot of the vision of the founding fathers or a historical precedence that led to the emergence of...
View ArticleHow competent are the economic managers?
IT is belaboring the issue when we continue to say there is hunger in the land. That Nigerians are finding it difficult to meet their obligations. That most Nigerians walking the streets are weigh down...
View ArticleRethinking part-time legislature
By Kezie Ogaziechi The greatest bane of institutional development in Nigeria is the hurried approach to dealing with national challenges. Preference for adhoc and hybrid measures has always robbed the...
View ArticleThe green alternative and food security
By Adikwu Samuel Ebo The agricultural sector remains the bedrock of development of the nation in spite of the superiority of the oil sector in its contribution to the economy. The roles of agriculture...
View ArticleThe needless drama over Edo poll
IT is unfortunate that the Edo State governorship poll earlier scheduled for tomorrow has been subjected to undue suspense and drama. INEC has not helped matters on the issue by its conflicting...
View ArticleCourage in leadership: The Shettima example
By Ismail Omipidan it was September,2014.Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State had embarked on planned assessment meetings with school authorities in Sudan and the United Kingdom, where 70 students...
View ArticleDriving and health hazards
Today I want to share the story of the tragic end of Sukanmi. He was just 18 when he started understudying his father’s one-man transport business. When he was 25, his father died after battling an...
View ArticleRe: Pray to survive Buhari’s experiment
We’re really in a mess! But has it touched those in power? Never. The convoy of the governors is still long, they still wear foreign designers’ outfits and Rolex watches. They are still drinking...
View ArticleOpen letter to President Buhari on marginalization of Ogun West
Your Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, I have the pleasure and privilege of writing this open letter to you as there appears no other way to draw your kind attention to the plight of a people...
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