The Interest or Pressure Groups Nigeria never thought she hadBy Chris Odetunde Ph.DAdvocacy group, lobbying group or special interest group, loosely or tightly organized, is a group doing advocacy on behalf of citizens...
Current Affairs
Enter GARRISON ALI
By Prof. Wole Soyinka Our ‘fellow Nigerians’ are truly difficult to understand. Why is there such a fuss over the designation of the famous Ali-Mun-Go as a worthy ambassador for the Nigerian nation. Next to...
Africa, poverty, corruption and truth before cant.
Being text of the key note address given by Mr. Peter Pacqueens Aisagbonhi, Anti Corruption League, United Kingdom, at the 2006 African night in Kettering. Organised by NAS International UK, Kettering Racial Inter...
Election 2007: The Main Issue is Corruption
Being text of a speech delivered by Mr. Peter Pacqueens Aisagbonhi, Anti Corruption League, United Kingdom, at the 3rd Ralph Okpara Memorial Lecture of the National Association of Seadogs at the Nigeria Institute of...
The Supreme Court – Engaging Defining Moments
A Foreign perspective on Anambra StateBy Andrew Obinna OnyearuOn 24 October 2007, the Supreme Court, interpreting, amongst other provisions, section 34(2) of the Electoral Act 2006, nullified the outcome of the April...
NAFDAC And The Adedibu Menace
By Reuben Abati We have been having a lot of problems with Adedibu. When we were working on unfortified spaghetti and macaroni that were smuggled into the country and that were unhealthy for consumption of our people,...
Yar’Adua and enforcement of the rule of law in Nigeria
By Dr. Olu Onagoruwa Yar'Adua's emergence into the Federal Political System was controversial. There is a general belief that his election was rigged by General Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Iwu and INEC, who...
Living in Hope
The quagmire of Medicare in NigeriaBy Andrew Obinna OnyearuOne of the most disturbing features of life in Nigeria is the abject state of the medical facilities and dispensation of medicare in the country. This...
Options for funding tertiary education
In order to effectively tackle the multifaceted problems bedevilling the country’s education sector, the Yar’Adua administration is expected to embark on far reaching reforms. However, the reformation of...
Nigeria can survive
When General Yakubu Gowon was asked what he thought was the solution to the crisis situation in the 1960s, he replied crisply saying it was in "Willink". The Willink Commission whose recommendations were...
“Citizen-Centred Diplomacy”
The Paradigm of Change in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Speaking recently at a public event, Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe articulated what is now emerging as one of the focal points...
This Ribadu Again!
Dele Momodu, publisher of the Ovation magazine and most lately a columnist of THISDAY newspaper, attempts, through his piece of last Saturday [Anti-Corruption War as a Cliché], to heighten the frantic,...