Friday, November 14, 2008
Adams— Challenges for 2007
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AS the celebrations, mount for Adams Oshiomhole’s victory at the Court of Appeal, the primitiveness of our electoral laws resounds. How can ...
Reforming the Nigerian Stock Exchange
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THE recent announcement of the reorganisation of its processes and management structure by the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) is an opportuni...
Armed Robberies Rising
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THE deafening silence of the police as the crime rate soars is as concerning as government’s thorough failure to address insecurity througho...
Thumbs Up FAAN Security
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IT is rare for Nigerian public servants to do their work, especially when confronted with the intimidating appurtenances of officialdom. It ...
Nigerians on death row in Indonesia
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The recent failure of the Nigerian delegation to Indonesia to obtain clemency for 18 Nigerians on death row for drug trafficking in that cou...
Obama's finest moment
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TOWARDS the end of the last millennium, we witnessed one gentleman -whom until this year the United States still listed as a "terrorist...
Friday, November 14, 2008
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OUR attention has been drawn to a silly statement credited to the PDP spokesman, Professor Ahmed Alkali that PDP is not happy with the pench...
Yar'Adua: Two decisions, different effects
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PRESIDENT Umaru Musa Yar'Adua took two decisions this week that should impress his supporters and daze his critics. Incidentally, both d...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Conflict in Congo
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The Democratic Republic of Congo is a sorry sight at the moment. A country whose chequered history is replete with rebellion, civil conflict...
Naval ratings and the assault on Ms Okere
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THE recent incident in Lagos in which six armed naval ratings attached to Rear Admiral Harry Arogundade of the Nigerian Navy descended on on...
In praise of Susan George
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IN a recent editorial comment, The Economist issued a solemn call to all believers in global capitalism not to despair, not to panick, and t...
Getting women on board
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I SPOKE recently at the Women In Management & Business (WIMBIZ)'s 7th annual conference, on the topic, "Getting Women on Board...
The significance of Obama's victory
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PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama, a lawyer, an African-American, 47, born in Honolulu of a Kenyan father, the late Hussein Barack Obama Snr., an...
Unrecorded excess crude fund
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The report by the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) that a princely sum of N13.6 trillion, being revenue from ex...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Aliyu's bridge between town and gown
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AS Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliyu, Governor of Niger State, brought his insightful lecture, entitled 'Bridging the Gap between the Town and G...
And the word was made flesh
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HE stood on the portals of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., an imposing and stately personality. Before him lay a sea of heads, str...
The borehole rip-off
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Recently, the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, Dr. Abba Sayyadi Ruma, gave a shocking revelation that over N24 billion spent on ...
The cabinet change
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President Umaru Yar’Adua’s long-awaited plan to rejuvenate his administration through the replacement of under-performing ministers in his c...
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