Being text of the welcome address delivered by Prof. Olatunde Makanju, NAS Capone, National Association of Seadogs, at the 3rd Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture on Friday, November 3, 2006. The National Association of...
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Gone But Not Forgotten
Being text of the remarks by Prof. Olatunde Makanju, NAS Capone, National Association of Seadogs, at the memorial event organised by the National Association of Seadogs (Pyrates Confraternity) in honor of Late Chido...
Peace Legislation and the Island of Pyrates
Being text of the welcome address delivered by Prof. Olatunde Makanju, NAS Capone, National Association of Seadogs, at the 10th Annual Wole Soyinka Lectures Series, held at the Council Chambers, North York Civic...
Utomi Calls for Increase in Police Funding
Prof. Pat Utomi, presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) party hereby calls on the federal government to as a matter of urgency activate a dramatic increase in funding allocations to state...
Uncle Sege: Nigeria’s Award Winning Comedian
Over the last few weeks the former democratic dictator of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo Matthew Okikiola Aremu aka Baba Sege has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Interestingly I read a wonderful piece in...
AU and the Darfur Chad crisis
We are eight women leaders representing eight different countries. Five of us are African. We have just returned from the camps of eastern Chad, where we have been meeting the women victims of the Darfur conflict. We...
NIGERIA: A State of the Federation Review
It is with thanksgiving to God whose generosity to man at creation endowed him to serve and be a co-creator, moving nature towards its perfection that I feel privileged, as part of the process institutionalizing...
The man with the phone
It is amazing to see how much Nigerians love life, in spite of the difficulties they have to contend with on a daily basis. And how readily they cling to life. The aircraft was preparing for take-off. The cabin crew...
A Speaker trapped by moral questions
It is amazing how a clear case of moral profligacy levelled against two principal officers of the House of Representatives could be twisted in such a way that, in one moment of sheer stupidity, a nation is being...
100 days of ‘silent’ achievements
What Nigeria’s political class and public opinion analysts had not seriously given a thought was that Nigerians deserved to have a young, dynamic and educated person with proven integrity to provide the...
The worsening unemployment crisis
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) recently released a frightening figure of graduate unemployment in the country. According to the Director-General of the organisation, Mr. Samuel Adedolun, over 200,000...
The Blood Stream In Niger Delta
Niger Delta we know today in Nigeria is the economy base of the Nation, as it supports the Nation in her dependence on oil and gas sales in the global market. In this area, there is a very significant portion known for...