NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY A court and democracy consolidation FOR Malam Abba Kyari, former MD of UBA, two institutions are central to the consolidation of the Nigerian democratic process; these are June 30, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS A voice for the restitution of history Last week, Mr. Sam Amuka came to Abuja. I met him in the company of Alhaji Samaila Isa Funtua, and as has June 30, 2011
NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY The Bombing At Police Headquaters And National Security On the 16th of June, 2011, a powerful car bomb exploded at the headquarters of the Nigeria police. At least five people June 24, 2011
AFRICAN & INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Tony B-Liar was here -again! LAST week, the former banker, Tony Elumelu, brought the war criminal, former British Prime Minister, Tony (George Bush’s poodle) B-LIAR back to June 23, 2011
NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY The Southern Press and Auwal Bala Shanono AUWAL Bala Shanono was 26 years old and 34th National President of the Nigerian Medical Students Association from the Ahmadu Bello University, June 23, 2011
NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY Boko Haram: Even with the bombings, there is no alternative to dialogue AS most Nigerian newspapers reported last Friday, Nigeria crossed the Rubicon on Thursday, with the first ‘suicide bombing’ [I have doubts it June 23, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS Amnesty for Boko Haram militants The decision by the new governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, to explore dialogue with an amnesty for members of the Yussufiya June 16, 2011
NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY Goodluck Jonathan through El-Rufai’s mind IT is not often that I agree with Nasir El-Rufai. During his tenure as Nigeria’s privatization Tsar; as minister of the FCT June 16, 2011
NATIONAL POLITICS & ECONOMY Aminu Tambuwwal And PDP’s Zoning Banana Peel: Slippery Wages Of Expediency Surely, we cannot continue to allow individuals and groups to do what they liked and undermine our unity, cohesion and effectiveness. Henceforth, we June 9, 2011
EDITORIALS Aminu Tambuwwal and PDP’s zoning banana peel: Slippery wages of expediency SURELY we cannot continue to allow individuals and groups to do what they liked and undermine our unity, cohesion and effectiveness. Henceforth, June 9, 2011