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Monday,Jul 26,2010
Why the Government May Be Wrong on The New ‘Minimum’ Wage
The recent 63.7 percent increase in the national minimum wage, from N11,000 to N17,000 (or is it N18,000?) has gene....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Saturday,Jul 17,2010
Between Octopus Paul And Nigerian Juju Men And Pastors
One of the celebrities thrown up by the just concluded World Cup tournament in South Africa is the German Octopus P....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Sunday,Jul 11,2010
Igboland: When Did Things Really Begin To Fall Apart?
That the level of insecurity in Igboland has reached unacceptable level is no longer news. In virtually all parts o....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
Jonathan, Babangida and the Sword of Damocles
In the Sword of Damocles, the Roman politician and philosopher Cicero tells the story of Dionysius II, a king who r....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Wednesday,Jun 30,2010
Letter To “Father No Shaking” On The September 2010 Festival Of Oath-taking In Umuagwu-Aro, Osuh-Owerre, Isi-ala Mbano Local Government Area (LGA), Imo State
Dear Rev. Father, Greetings! I have to address by the above name since it is the name you are commonly kn....
By Odimegwu Onwumere
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Wednesday,Jun 23,2010
Attahiru Jega and the Search for a Nigerian Hero
Nigerians seem to be in constant search for public heroes - competent little messiahs who will not hesitate to put ....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
The Return of Mallam Ribadu
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, the one time strongman of the financial crime buster EFCC, who sneaked out of Nigeria into self....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Thursday,Jun 17,2010
Too Many Captains…
Two major attributes that have been quite easy to discern about President Goodluck Jonathan are: one, he seems to l....
By Ijeoma Nwogwugwu
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
Should Suspects Be Paraded?
The above question is generating increasing furore among our intellectuals, and ‘beer parlour’ politica....
By Jideofor Adibe
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Thursday,Jun 10,2010
Nigeria: A Two Party System By Legislation?
Perhaps enamoured by the seeming ease with which two dominant political parties trod the political landscape of, at....
By Joel Nwokeoma
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Saturday,Sep 04,2010
Oritz Wiliki: A Prophet in music, a Poet in writing
When I saw the title, “But for my dad, I would have been a gangster” I ignored reading it. This is Oritz Wiliki’s interview in the Saturday Sun, August 21, 2010. I had thought that it’s one of tho more ...
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Saturday,Sep 04,2010
Atiku in Solidarity with Ndigbo
GOODWILL MESSAGE TO THE 16TH WORLD IGBO CONGRESS
I am very pleased to send my fraternal greetings to Ndigbo worldwide on this occasion of the 16th edition of World Igbo Congress holding in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I more ...
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Wednesday,Sep 01,2010
Marketing Jonathan’s probable presidential candidacy
The anticipated presidential candidacy of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) has become a big business trapped in high wire politics and intrigues. The Daily Trust (online) of August 28, 2010, reported that the Goodluck Suppo more ...
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Thursday,Aug 26,2010
Babangida was wrong to apologise for ‘June 12’
Former military Head of State Ibrahim Babangida has reportedly apologised for annulling the June 12, 1993 elections, won by the late Moshood Abiola. He has variously been quoted as saying that he conducted the ‘bes more ...
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Thursday,Aug 26,2010
Atiku’s Wavering Presidential Ambition
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who formally declared on August 15, 2010 for his 2011 presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing uncertainties in the party whether he will more ...
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Wednesday,Aug 18,2010
Things fall .....?
Four years from the centenary celebration of the amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates by the British colonialists and half a century into the granting of independence to the resulting amalgam, doubts s more ...
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Monday,Jul 26,2010
Letter to Professor Jega
Dear Attahiru,
This letter is in direct response to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s request for N72 billion naira, to produce fresh voters register. I will ask Nigerians to support this request, o more ...
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Monday,Jul 26,2010
African Voices and the Health Agenda in Africa
The big news in health this year is that the Obama Administration has launched the Global Health Initiative (GHI), allocating $63 billion over the next six years to strengthen national health systems in developing countr more ...
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Monday,Jul 26,2010
Pregnant with Possibility
The news of a pregnancy should ideally be met with joy – but all too often there is justifiable fear. The African Union Summit this week, set to focus on the health of mothers and children, has a chance to transfor more ...
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Monday,Jul 26,2010
Lessons from Liberia 1
After the last civil war that resulted in the removal of Charles Taylor from power I made several visits to Liberia, and after each visit It always amazed me that despite gaining independence in the 19th century and bein more ...
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Wednesday,Aug 18,2010
Jega's Appointment as INEC Chairman Probably a Mistake
Since the appointment of Professor Attahiru Jega as INEC Chairman, there has been a certain euphoria that at long last ‘a Daniel has come to judgment’. The former Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano has more ...
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Wednesday,Aug 18,2010
Obasanjo’s ‘Fatal Embrace’ of Buhari and Babangida
Three former Heads of State, Olusegun Obasanjo, Mohamed Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida were reported to have ‘sunk their differences’ at the public presentation of a book in honour of Governor of Niger State, more ...
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Wednesday,Aug 04,2010
Buhari's Quest for a Second Chance
There is something about Muhammadu Buhari that seems to appeal to many Nigerians. This, perhaps, has something to do with the persona he projects onto the public space – the image of an honest and self-disciplined more ...
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Wednesday,Aug 04,2010
Protecting Your Reputation from Nigeria’s ‘Internet Warriors’
One of the numerous benefits of the internet is the democratisation of the publication of opinions. No matter what you want to put across to a wide audience, and the language in which such is couched, there will always b more ...
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