By Reuben AbatiMen Without Ears is the title of a 1984 novel by Nigerian writer, Ifeoma Okoye. With due respect, President Umaru Yar'Adua is beginning to behave like a man without ears. Being without ears refers to...
Current Affairs
Nuhu Ribadu: The Anti-Corruption Cop They Feared
By Reuben Abati and Kingsley OsadolorMallam Nuhu Ribadu, until recently, Chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is our Man of the Year, 2007. The context of his selection is worth...
Testing the Resolve of Anti-Corruption
Issues from the Removal of Nuhu RibaduAs usual in Nigeria, kites are being flown to see if the real stakeholders, the citizens of Nigeria, sit on the fence and accept the removal of Malam Nuhu Ribadu without making a...
Nigeria, a God’s beloved nation but why do the wicked in our society prosper?
By Dr. Christopher Odetunde“Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. For all the day...
Nigeria Must Part Ways With Prof. Maurice Iwu
A Case against the INEC ChairmanOn the heels of the widespread denouncement of the last Nigeria general elections, dozens of the results are being nullified by the relevant Election Tribunals. Several Governors and...
Dying of Thirst and the Onanefe Bribe
By Chiemeka OzumbaHis Excellency, Chief James Onanefe Ibori, erstwhile executive governor of Delta State continued to hold control of newspaper front pages the same way he had a vice-grip (no pun intended) hold on...
I Know How Much I Will Steal When I Get There
By Prince Charles DicksonThe Fowl on a journey inside the basket does not know where it will end…It may be difficult teaching a man who has lived in the Mountain a long time, how to climb the mountain. Two weeks...
The premature celebration of Nigeria’s Foreign Reserves
By Christopher Odetunde, Ph.D.Whenever I read about our growing foreign reserves while, at the same time, our national reserve: human, technological, moral capacities are dwindling, I simply have moments of...
The Day Andy Uba Showed Up In My Class
By Uche NworahRecently in a Public Relations class I teach, it was Marie’s turn to discuss contemporary public relations and marketing communications issues from around the globe. The students usually trawl...
Is Nigeria A True Story Any More Or Fiction?
By Prince Charles DicksonJust as the year ends many thing comes to my mind but top of the list is the question of Nigeria, a nation so blessed yet in too much peril, that one begins to wonder what really is the...
Constitution And Continuity
By Wole SoyinkaLet us begin by demystifying constitutionalism. Even the so-called brutes have a constitution; it is unwritten, but it is very clearly understood among the species. Yet, even the earlier part of that...
Wole Soyinka And The Nigerian Youth
By Uche NworahI attended Okechi Precious Osuala and his lovely bride Cordelia Ogbu’s wedding in Abuja recently. The groom, a childhood friend and fellow student at the University of Uyo (Uniuyo) also invited some...





