The Challenge of the Nigerian NationBy Andrew Obinna OnyearuOn assumption of office on 29 May 2007, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua expressed the view that upholding the rule of law was a corner stone of the manner...
THE RULE OF LAW
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Current Affairs
LIFTING THE VEIL OF IGNORANCE
The Issue of Discrimination, Ethnicity and National Integration in NigeriaBy Roy ChikwemThere has been much said and written about Nigeria, her people and culture. However, little is known to the outside world about...
Good Governance, A Desiderata For Popular Democracy
By Prince Charles DicksonDuring the week the House of Representatives Committee on Power drilled players in that sector, while it lasted the whole thing was no more than a drama. We saw the pitiable defence put up by...
The $16 Billion Expenditure on Energy & Power Supply
Nigeria’s Electricity Crisis: The Way ForwardThe National Association of Seadogs (NAS) notes with dismay the recent revelation that the General Olusegun Obasanjo administration “spent” about $16.00...
Uncovering the battle for power in Imo State
Governor Ohakim Begins Moves to Decamp to PDPBy Roy ChikwemThe Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) has emerged as a powerful political party since they won the gubernatorial elections in 2007. The PPA was formed by the...
A troubled education sector
By Godson OgheneochukoJust when one thinks he or she has heard the worst that could happen in this country of ours, some other news seemingly crops out from nowhere to knock one off his saddle. I'm sorry to...
The Senator as a coward
By Reuben Abati"I am so angry if I see that fellow called Senator Nuhu Aliyu, I will call him a coward and an irresponsible fellow to his face. Being a Senator does not give him the right to take Nigerians for...
The Role of the Driver’s License in State Building
Being a paper delivered by Osita Chidoka, Corps Marshal & Chief Executive, Federal Road Safety Commission, at the University of Nigeria Alumni Association, Abuja Branch, Dance/Award Night on Tuesday, December...
The World is changing and we are we part of the unfolding?
By Dr. Christopher Odetunde“All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another,” –...
Education Sector and the Limits of Market
By Kayode KomolafePresident Umaru Yar’Adua has appropriately made education an item in its famous seven-point agenda. The huge challenges facing the nation in that sector justify putting education in the priority...
When Will Nigeria Ever Make It?
By Reuben AbatiThere is nothing more exasperating, living in Nigeria, studying Nigeria, and analysing Nigeria, and being Nigerian, than the realization that our lives have become one long piece of monotonous repetition...
DEMOCRACY: Choosing of a leader in a democracy is serious business
By Dr. Christopher OdetundeChoosing leaders is a serious business. Like a run away locomotive, 2008 year is slowly but steadily rolling away. The battle we fought against the establishment in 2007 is still fresh in...