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Blame Messenger, Always

adekunle — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:50:06 +0000

SECURITY people get away with anything under the pretence that they have more information than the public. Where this ploy fails, they become vicious, searching for soft targets on which to vent their anger.

Bayelsa’s Five-Star Hotel

mbgolu — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:34 +0000

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan remains a surprise. He was not different on Friday when he broke his long silence on the disputation between him and Bayelsa State Governor Chief Timipre Sylva. It was all about a hotel, an un-built hotel.

Leadership Gives More Than Aburi

adekunle — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:27:43 +0000

FOR years, Nigerians have been desirous of a quick fix for the challenges the country faces. They range from the economy to security. All these challenges are related to the constitutional contraptions that replaced the regional governments that operated until the military intervention in 1966.

Boko Haram – Bombs Happen

adekunle — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:57:53 +0000

TWO governors of the Central Bank of Nigeria – one serving, one retired – have justifications for Boko Haram’s unleashing of bombs on Nigeria. Without those reasons, the bombing would presumably stop.

China’s Love Of Africa

adekunle — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:39:17 +0000

THE $200 million new headquarters of the African Union – a gift from China – is another confirmation of the continent’s inability to get things done by itself. Almost 50 years after the formation of the Organisation of African Unity, OAU, the AU’s forebear, the continent could not afford the AU’s new edifice that has cast a permanent role for China in Africa.

Ikeja Blast: 10 Years Of Disgrace

adekunle — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:13:11 +0000

MEMORIES of what transpired at Ikeja Cantonment on 27 January, 10 years ago, are vastly being eroded by time and conspiracy to minimise the extent of the neglect that cost thousands of lives and more.

Sacked Governors – The Rest Of Us

adekunle — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:19:39 +0000

WHERE does the law stand on speedy trials? Is it impossible to reach decisions on time? Does the law ever consider consequences of its disinterest on speed, even when matters so obviously demand? Or is the law meant to be a waste of everyone’s resources?

From Abubakar, Ringim, Biu To Sokoto

adekunle — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:26:35 +0000

RINGIM, Biu and Sokoto are names of Nigerian cities, but that is not the link among them or the difference between them and Abubakar. The trio is intertwined in matters that Nigerians want to see to their end.

Other Side Of PDP

adekunle — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:17:40 +0000

NIGERIA’S ruling party for 13 years, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, makes the point emphatically that Nigeria’s politics reflects the personalities and not party policies, which in most cases are ordinary words.

Transformation – Beyond Subsidy

adekunle — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:59:05 +0000

AS agenda for an election, the President’s manifesto, ‘Agenda for Transformation’ made fantastic reading with its picture of a government that wants to change Nigeria by transferring it to the path of enduring greatness. Great promises create great expectations.

Still More Bombs

adekunle — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:26:36 +0000

THE sense of helplessness grows each time the bombs explode in any location the attackers choose. They do not seem to be short of choices. If the purpose is high casualty rates, Boko Haram must be achieving it with the reported death of more than 200 in Kano on Friday. Among the dead was a Channels Television reporter.

The More We Know…

adekunle — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:42:47 +0000

AT moments of high national tension, we have unintended ways of dousing it with high voltage drama that diminishes the import of issues. One such drama is on-going at the House of Representatives Committee investigating management of the oil subsidy.

Soldiers Go, Soldier Come

adekunle — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:00:24 +0000

LAGOS State Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, short of going to court, has done all he can by condemning the flooding of Lagos streets with soldiers. The disruptive effects of soldiers, in presumably peacetime, appearing with combat gears and performing police duties denote panic or excessive force.

The N97 Fuel

adekunle — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:40:10 +0000

NORMALCY is creeping back to some aspects of national life, but the effects of the nationwide strike over fuel are telling. Maybe for weeks, they would be felt and the national economic losses are too obvious to ignore.

Strikes have their down side of shutting people down even psychologically. People are trying to get their [...]

Appointments @ Uniben

alexsamade — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:46:45 +0000

THE University of Benin is unique in several ways. From its setting in the cultural milieu that borrows extensively from the ancient Benin Kingdom to its location that makes it a melting point for the various ethnic nationalities that surround the city, it has famed itself as a centre of academic endeavours with strong alumni to show for its efforts.