Smart Adeyemi And Northern Senators’ Leadership
One of the more unfortunate aspects of the praxis of the Northern elite: bureaucratic, economic or political, is the deepening level of
IYABO OBASANJO AND OTHER TALES OF OUR NATION
One of the most wonderful ways for a journalist to conclude an outgoing year is to lap up the juicy details of
AFRICOM: PRESIDENT YAR’ ADUA’S UNENVIABLE BURDEN
Four weeks ago on this page, I had joined millions of Nigerians to laud the decision of the National Council of States
THE RE-EMERGENCE OF NASIR EL-RUFAI
The DAILY INDEPENDENT newspaper of Thursday, September 6,2007 carried on its front page a picture an apparently happy Nasir el- Rufai, laughing
RESCUING THE NYSC PROGRAMME
The years of the 1970’s especially the period after the Nigerian civil war, were the years of great patriotic thought and action
A BLOW AGAINST IMPUNITY
Our Editorial Board met for much longer than last Thursday, because of the unannounced visit of the special Adviser to president Umar
ALHAJI IDI FAROUK’S RESPONSE TO PIECE ON TONY ANENIH
Last week, Daily Trust carried Alhaji Idi Farouk’s rejoinder to the piece I wrote on Chief Tony Anenih three weeks ago, which
After The General Strike
When the Nigeria Labour Congress gave the indication of going on strike a few week ago, I had written on this page
The Welcome Expulsion Of Andy Uba
The story broke during the afternoon of last Thursday, that the impostor, Nnamdi ‘Andy’ Uba, who was massively rigged into office last
Yar’Adua: Little Motion, No Movement
One of the most difficult aspects of travel is that feeling that a lot has happended behind one’s back, in the days