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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
By Prince Charles DicksonThere is this African Riddle and I think it is most appropriate today and for the few words I have. The riddle asks, if you are in a dream and you encounter a Lion about to attack you, what do...
By Roy ChikwemSince the introduction of democracy in Nigeria, Nigerians have experienced first-hand massive election rigging, hooliganism and violence. The introduction of democracy in Nigeria has also produced the...
Lessons in NeutralityBy Andrew Obinna Onyearu In a statement issued by its President, Olisa Agbakoba SAN, the Nigerian Bar Association condemned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for making an...
Who deserves the blame?By Christopher Odetunde, Ph.D.To understand what we are experiencing in Nigeria today, we must understand the difference between confraternity/fraternity and cultism; and what is leading young...
Nigeria is the world's sixth largest producer of crude oil. This is in addition to her huge reserves of mineral and agricultural riches and human resources. Nigerians therefore should be enjoying some of the...