I am not a fan of the Big Brother nonsense, and all such shows, like beauty pageants, where people are paid and cheered on to throw their honour and dignity …
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The joke out there is that while the EFCC Chairman, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, is at one side of town “fighting corruption,” Obasanjo is at the other end neatly arranging his …
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Last week, the House of Representatives saved the nation further disgust and embarrassment, when it finally terminated the protracted game of shame with which it had grossly diminished the nation…
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What is clear is that Etteh and her supporters are blissfully unaware of the depth of public disaffection and resentment this scandal has attracted to the Speaker and her House…
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It was a very beautiful evening in Lagos. I was in the car, waiting for my wife to get her bag from her office so we could go home together. …
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Any reader of this column would easily recall that in several essays here, I have never been able to contain my sorrow and deep pain over the quality of lawmakers …
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What are Etteh and her people doing with Toyota Land Cruiser vehicles? Have these people totally wiped off the notion of service from public office?
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Enough of these endless genuflections before some Big Masters out there! If we manage our nation well, some of those nations would come begging to business with us…
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I am very sad that I have been forced by some very horrifying reports coming out of our various university campuses to seriously regret my earlier support for post-JAMB tests…
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At various formal and informal discussion points across the country, and on listserv and discussion boards on the cyberspace, Nigerians are not hiding their deep pain and frustration that the …
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The first time I heard the name of the current Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime, the first thing that struck me was the exotic nature of the name – …
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I sincerely hope that it would turn out to be true that no form of sabotage was at play in this mysterious fire that consumed the official residence of the …
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Two weeks ago, there were reports that Nigeria’s former president, Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo was trapped in a traffic congestion for about two hours…
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The Lagos-Shagamu-Benin Expressway is in a very horrible state. Although it has deteriorated quite beyond what anyone could have imagined was possible in a country ruled by human beings, no …
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As I look at 2007 and beyond, I try hard to locate Ita-Giwa’s likely next bus stop in the whole power set-up, that is, the next centre of power from …
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In other climes, democracy is a most exciting experience, and a handover day, a national carnival that provokes widespread joy and pleasant feelings across the land. But here it was …