Multiparty democracy and its malcontents
Early this week, I sent an SMS text to Lar Mohammed, the spokesperson of the Action Congress (AC) party. It was in
The corrupt have inherited our country
“The rulers who steal Nigerian’s future and a poor man who steals a yam at the market are judged very differently. Pinch
Jos Killings: Failure of politics and leadership
One issue that has worried me so much in recent years, especially since the 1999 transition to civil rule in our country,
MOVING ON THE RAILWAYS TRACK
let me start with a confession. This is one of those weeks when I cannot really make up my mind about what
DAVID MARK AT 60
This week, the Nigerian newspapers have been full of advertisements congratulating Senator David Mark, on his sixtieth birthday. Even president Umar Yar’Adua
CONTESTING THE TERRAIN OF CULTURE
“In order to make economic and political occupation complete and effective, the coloniser tried also to control the cultural environment – education,
TRIBUTE: CHIEF SUNDAY AWONIYI NIGERIA IS ONE HEAD SHORTER
When about two weeks ago, the story broke that Chief Sunday Awoniyi had escape death in an accident on the Kaduna-Abuja Express
ALHAJI A.G.F. ABDULRAZAQ AT 80
I think it was on his seventy-fifth Birthday, five years ago, that Alhaji Abdul Ganiyu Folorunsho Abdulrazaq, give me a very extensive
THE JUDICIARY: BETWEEN PRESIDENT YAR ‘ADUA AND ‘ANDY’ UBA
“We must state that we do not necessarily agree with all the decisions of the various courts. Nonetheless, we have refused to
UNITY SCHOOLS: THE UGLY FACE OF PRITISATION
I felt very happy the other day, when Doctor Aja Nwachukwu, the Minister of education, announced the cancellation of the sale of