By Kayode KomolafePresident Umaru Yar’Adua has appropriately made education an item in its famous seven-point agenda. The huge challenges facing the nation in that sector justify putting education in the priority...
By Reuben AbatiThere is nothing more exasperating, living in Nigeria, studying Nigeria, and analysing Nigeria, and being Nigerian, than the realization that our lives have become one long piece of monotonous repetition...
By Dr. Christopher OdetundeChoosing leaders is a serious business. Like a run away locomotive, 2008 year is slowly but steadily rolling away. The battle we fought against the establishment in 2007 is still fresh in...
By Reuben AbatiMen Without Ears is the title of a 1984 novel by Nigerian writer, Ifeoma Okoye. With due respect, President Umaru Yar'Adua is beginning to behave like a man without ears. Being without ears refers to...
By Reuben Abati and Kingsley OsadolorMallam Nuhu Ribadu, until recently, Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is our Man of the Year, 2007. The context of his selection is worth...
Issues from the Removal of Nuhu RibaduAs usual in Nigeria, kites are being flown to see if the real stakeholders, the citizens of Nigeria, sit on the fence and accept the removal of Malam Nuhu Ribadu without making a...
By Dr. Christopher Odetunde“Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day...
A Case against the INEC ChairmanOn the heels of the widespread denouncement of the last Nigeria general elections, dozens of the results are being nullified by the relevant Election Tribunals. Several Governors and...
By Chiemeka OzumbaHis Excellency, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, erstwhile executive governor of Delta State continued to hold control of newspaper front pages the same way he had a vice-grip (no pun intended) hold on...
By Prince Charles DicksonThe Fowl on a journey inside the basket does not know where it will end…It may be difficult teaching a man who has lived in the Mountain a long time, how to climb the mountain. Two weeks...
By Christopher Odetunde, Ph.D.Whenever I read about our growing foreign reserves while, at the same time, our national reserve: human, technological, moral capacities are dwindling, I simply have moments of...
By Uche NworahRecently in a Public Relations class I teach, it was Marie’s turn to discuss contemporary public relations and marketing communications issues from around the globe. The students usually trawl...