BACKGROUND THOUGHTS FOR A POST-OBASANJO NIGERIA
The charade that was the 2005 National Convention of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which took place last weekend, revealed for
POPULAR SOCIAL FORCES AND THE THIRD TERM AGENDA
As was to be expected, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) came out unequivocally, as reported by the media on November 18 2005,
NIGERIANS MUST DERAIL THE THIRD TERM TRAIN
A consensus seems to have emerged that these are very interesting times in Nigeria. From the North to the South, East to
THE PAINS OF FOOTBALL
Nigerians have gone through a most sad period in the past week, as a result of the failure the national team, the
INTERROGATING A CRISIS PRESIDENCY
My writing did not grace this page last week, because I had spent the previous week in London. I had traveled to
DEBT RELIEF AND MATTERS ARISING
Like most Nigerians I took the announcement that Nigeria has been offered a significant debt relief, as a major development, when it
THE POLITICS OF THE LOGJAMMED CONFERENCE
I judud Sheriff was rather agitated when he came to the office last Wednesday. His worry was related to the viciousness of
PDP: TIME FOR A CHANGE OF NAME?
I did not appear on this page last week, because I was in Bamako, the Malian capital, attending the inaugural meeting of
60 YEARS SINCE THE END OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
This week the world has been celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. It was the most
DID YOU SEE GEORGE GALLOWAY AT THE AMERICAN CONGRESS?
On Tuesday, 17 May 2005, the left-wing, anti-war member of the British Parliament, George Galloway was in Washington to face his accusers