…The point is made in very subtle ways that women writers are a kind of second class citizens who should be kept together, – out of the mainstream – to read and make critical analyses of their own works. In addition, if one were to look at review space on the pages of books, novels by men get better coverage…
…The point is made in very subtle ways that women writers are a kind of second class citizens who should be kept together, – out of the mainstream – to read and make critical analyses of their own works. In addition, if one were to look at review space on the pages of books, novels by men get better coverage…
The British electorate ought to take pride in what they have just done in proving to the world, one more time, that the United Kingdom still leads the world in forcefully projecting the ideals and the universal appeal of Democracy…
President Obasanjo recently admitted being pressured by some Nigerians to stay on for another term, but he has not told us their reasons for urging him to stay on. It is Corruption on the part of the President not to name those Nigerians, or to dignify their advice by not speaking up on it sooner, and by not openly discouraging that kind of advice…
Anyone who has not taken complete leave of his senses looking at world events and the speed at which they unfold would agree that any opportunity to pray is welcome. I expect George Bush and Olusegun Obasanjo to retire to a private room and pray to the Almighty God asking for wisdom…
Politics these days, especially in most African countries is corruption-dominated and formulaic. The most powerful individuals with the most influence will almost always win regardless of the votes of the masses…
My reading of Obasanjo is unflattering. If he had begun his presidency with the kind of zeal he is now displaying, Nigeria would have been a much better country. Or, at the very least, a modicum of law and order and institutional sanity would have enveloped the nation…
While the war against corruption rages on, the past beneficiaries of corruption are not idle. Everyone knows that one of the major causes of corruption is the lack of accountability of the past governments to the scrutiny of the public. Obasanjo to prove his resolve must go against members of the retired club of generals…
America under George Bush is slowly and progressively boxing herself into a corner, as can be seen from the recent selection of the Pope where none of the several American Cardinals was considered fit to be Pope because America already dominates the world, and picking a Pope from America was simply inconceivable…
Let us cultivate a new approach towards government and
those in positions of authority and power. A situation where we pelt our rulers with stones and other local missiles when they visit their constituencies does not portray us to the Western World as serious-minded people…
The Press should not only go after Oyinlola’s record as a one time Military Governor of the Lagos State, they should go find out how much ill-gotten gains he might have acquired using his position as Military Governor. if indeed he was able to spend as much as 300 million Naira on his campaigns for elective office, as he himself has openly admitted, it goes without saying to find out how he actually made his money…