Nigeria is challenged. With growth, we have a chance to wipe out the stigma of abject poverty, and our people can enjoy the advantages of being citizens of an increasingly …
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With all due respect to Mr. President, the political career of Umaru Yar’Adua is not the most pressing issue on the national agenda. What is most critical, rather, is that …
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Across the nation today, different religious organizations offer prayers against bribery and corruption in Nigeria. Salvaging Nigeria from this scourge of corruption will definitely require a complete change in the …
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For the first time in recent times, the House of Representatives has taken steps towards doing the right thing. The delay in its passage of the 2009 budget despite the …
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Who are the people suffering and why are they suffering? Is it because the people don’t have money to buy what they need? Don’t they have land to cultivate their …
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Recently, the Minster of Foreign Affairs has been making headlines and this is due to his non-appearance before the House committee on Foreign Affairs to explain the level of last …
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There is always something about the behavior of the Nigerian state – the inactions and derelictions of her officials – that appears to have been lifted right out of my …
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I have often tried to reconstruct the scene in my mind: three Youth Corp members on their knees, scared out of their wits; fifty or more ferociously armed guys dancing …
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In many African countries the wrong kinds have made it to leadership. They seek power for their own aggrandizement rather than having a real understanding of the need to improve their …
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In many African countries the wrong kinds have made it to leadership. They seek power for their own aggrandizement rather than having a real understanding of the need to improve their …
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Professor Ben Nwabueze, a constitutional lawyer and a former education minister should be ashamed for being a part of the team that drafted the 1979 constitution…
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To understand the grossness of the injustice currently being perpetrated against former EFCC Chairman Nuhu Ribadu, one has to appreciate the depth of his achievements…
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The last has definitely not been heard of the judgment of the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal…
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The appearance of favoritism weakens morale in government service, not to mention public faith in the integrity of government…
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Another instance of their being more to Lagos other than show is a man named Raji Babatunde Fashola SAN, the governor Lagos State. While other governors concentrate on their skin …
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According to a newspaper report, total calm is still yet to return to Jos. It is for this reason that all hands must be on deck to find a lasting …