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For those born between 1960 and 1970, they experienced the scattering - the "Andrew is checking out" syndrome. These are in the main, the post independence babies.
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Achebe Colloquium on Nigerian Elections
DEC. 11, 2009, PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Conference themes will include problems, prospects and pathologies of 50 years of Nigerian independence; strategic interests of Nigeria and the United States; challenges of the Anambra Elections in 2010; lessons learned and problems ahead in monitoring Nigerian elections; strategies for free and fair polls in the 2010 elections and beyond.
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Minority Rights: The Sin Of Lying
Reuben Abati | 20 November 2009The Minister asked for a show of hands. He wanted to know how many had read Mark 17. Every hand went up. The Minister smiled and said: "Mark has only 16 chapters. I will now proceed with my sermon on the sin of lying."
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A Second Term For Yar'adua?
Levi Obijiofor | 20 November 2009Thirty months since the inauguration of his government, Nigerians have seen nothing in terms of concrete achievements to warrant the current campaign for Yar'Adua's second term.
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Between George And Animal Farm
Uche Ohia | 19 November 2009Public confidence in the ability of the judiciary and the EFCC to dispose of innumerable high profile criminal cases littering the courts had worn very thin until Justice Oyewole’s silver lining.
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The Rise And Rise Of Lagos
Uche Ohia | 19 November 2009 In a country yearning for role models, Governor Fashola has become the epitome of leadership: a person that brings about positive transformation of his environment, a person that dares to be different in an age filled with predator
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The Emerging Buhari Persona
Mustapha Shet Shehu | 19 November 2009Through patience and perseverence, Buhari is slowly debunking claims of intolerence and religous bigotry made up against him. He is gradually warming himself into the hearts of those who initially were brainwashed that he is evil.
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The Scattering, A Morally Bankrupt Youth And A Lost Generation: Legacies Of Babangida And Abacha.
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Whither Nigeria’s Secularism?
It used to be the Sharia Northern states that flagrantly violated our supposedly secular constitution. But since the complicit Federal government was unable to put its foot down and decisively deal with the Sharia menace, the unsavoury practice o (2 comments) Read more...
Nigeria: The Economics Of Food Security
It is time we forget that we have a government that cannot produce 6000 mega watts of electricity, yet wants to be amongst the nations that generate 70, 000 megawatts, in 10 years...
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Let The Civil War Begin
Let them hear war, let us prove to them we are ready for revolution; for Ojukwu’s threat some weeks ago has given us the insight that those are the type of words they understand quickest; let us seize the moment or miss it forever.
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Amodu Should Be Thanked For His Services And Wished Good Luck
Simply put, Amodu Shaibu is not a good enough coach to manage the Super Eagles and he should be thanked for his services, offered a handsome severance package and wished all the luck in the future. Personally, I would like the NFF to retain him in so (13 comments) Read more...El-Rufai: Cutting Off Our Noses To Spite Our Faces
As Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja from 2003 to 2007, he was praised, amongst other things, as being “an incorruptible public servant who can get difficult jobs done…”
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The Joy, The Pain And The Agony Of Love
Other than the pain of bereavement, I wonder if there is a greater pain than the pain of being dumped by a lover. When someone dies, you pray the Lord to take the soul; but when you are dumped, you feel as though your soul is being taken. You feel (0 comments) Read more...
N1.1m Withdrawn Through Atm Fraud In 2 Days
On the 16th of October 2009 when I close from work I had N1,357,000 in my savings account with GTB bank. By the time I woke up on Monday morning on the 19th October 2009, I had only N226,000.
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Why Iwu Must Go
Ngwuta’s Appeal Court in Enugu said that the conduct of April 14 2007 elections in Anambra was illegal. Iwu knew all this and yet went ahead to conduct the so-called elections. Nigeria is confronted with the urgency of now to do away with Iwu. Iwu (2 comments) Read more...Anambra State Needs Liberation
While the state has continued to produce new talents that excel to dizzying heights – the Philip Emeagwalis, Ngozi Chimamanda Adichies and the Onitsha entrepreneurs that reinvented home videos into Nollywood – it simultaneously appears to have (0 comments) Read more...
I Will Pray Against Nigeria If
I believe in justice, fairness and equity. Even if it is only on the basis of sentiment, Amodu should lead the Eagles out. But much more profoundly, it is wrong to repay Amodu with ingratitude for qualifying us.
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Diasporia Nigerians Are Becoming Lost Generation
Unfortunately, once this generation of Nigerians abroad passed away,
their children would not render the same help which their parents
considered their duty. So there is great need for permanence.
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In Search Of Rebranded Leaders For Nigeria
We are on
the search for rebranded leaders for Nigeria. And we shall not stop until our
natural freedom to elect leaders of our choosing, based on our conscience
and conviction, is restored back to us. May God help anyone standing on our
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Corruption And The Death Penalty
There are punishments better than death. Death takes only a few
seconds to initiate. In the 50s and 60s, sentencing to long prison
terms “with hard labour” was just that – hard labour, reminiscent of
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Dream Nigeria… Dream On
Remember these men siphoning our money can be brought to book. They will continue in this, passing on the keys to their children and children’s children except we say a big NO to them today.
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Sports Cheating And The National Moral Challenge
Being an upright and fearless columnist in a rotten country where morals and morality are at a discount, and fraud and corruption are a standard way of life, is a very risky business. And I could feel the pain of Adokiye in the choices he faced: s (22 comments) Read more...
Dont Forget Imo
The people of Imo State are really hoping for a Christmas present. The judiciary should quit this suspense game and release our gift for us. And like the people of Anambra our legs can no longer contain this quivering ignited by the Uba’s deci (2 comments) Read more...
In Defence Of Kidnapping
Though I didn’t take to arms to publicize the travails of my people, I have been vociferous in articulating my people’s position via social and political commentaries. In that regard, I am a ‘militant’ deserving of sixty thousand monthly, (0 comments) Read more...
Hurray! Nigeria Is No More Most Corrupt Nation But...
For the first time in several years Nigeria is not listed amongst the most corrupt nations in the world having improved in its ranking in the current assessment of Transparency International. It nevertheless comes 130th position out of 180 countri (5 comments) Read more...
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