By Udeme Nana
THIS November 20, the father of modern Akwa Ibom State, Arc (Obong) Victor Attah, a first class architect, former
Chairman of Nigerian Governor’s Forum, a man of courage, consistent and visionary statesman turns 71.
Obong Attah, can be compared to such iconic figures like the Great Zik of Africa, Obafemi Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello
and Aminu Kano [...]

OUR late father used to advise us not to judge our friends by what they say but what they do. I have, all my life, tried to keep to this advice, not only in choosing my friends but also in deciding whom to relate to or do business with. And, I have never been disappointed in my assessment of people.

By Uchenna Nwankwo,  Gomina  Ochu & Omotayo Adeolu
THE contribution of the private sector of the Nigerian establishment to the dismal performance of the country is best analysed using the professionals or professional groupings as index. To paraphrase Nwankwo’s On National Reconciliation and Development (2002), it is noteworthy that one of the chief characteristics of professional [...]

By Wale Akinlabi
ONE thing that worries a lot of people in this country is the way our leaders have always taken us for granted even in sensitive matters that have the tendency to cause a head-on-collusion in the polity.
Of recent, political appointments in the country have assumed very dangerous dimension that even within a particular [...]

By BUNMI AINA-CRAIG
I JUST finished reading The Law, The Lawyers & The Lawless’, a fascinating book by Dele Ogun, a solicitor based in the UK. In one of the chapters, he describes an encounter with the ‘masters of the universe.’ He was on tour of the stately home of George Washington, the founding president of [...]

I JUST finished reading The Law, The Lawyers & The Lawless’, a fascinating book by Dele Ogun, a solicitor based in the UK. In one of the chapters, he describes an encounter with the ‘masters of the universe.’ He was on tour of the stately home of George Washington, the founding president of America, with Donald Easum, a former US ambassador to Nigeria during the first reign of Olusegun Obasanjo.

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and the Iyasele of Esan land, Chief Tony Akahon Anenih, struck the right note as he addressed a rally of Edo people at the NTA pavilion, Benin City, to mark his party’s sensitization and unity rally.

THERE is nothing wrong in visioning. Good leaders often have a vision of how they intend to leave the country different from how they met it. But there is a catch here; visions have to be specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and time bound. I will leave you to conclude if our vision 20, 2020 conforms to some or all of the above.

THE chickens have finally come home to roost. After a seemingly business-as-usual legal tryout, the nation woke up to a reality of the unusual when Justice Olubunmi Oyewole of the Lagos High Court, an indicator of an incorruptible courage and rare gusto, convicted Chief Olabode Ibiyinka George, a chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and former chairman of the board of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), and five other members of the board.

The calmness with which Senators reacted to some disquieting developments at the Senate retreat that ended in Enugu yesterday may have reflected the maturity of the David Mark Senate. Or perhaps it suggested the grip Senator Mark has over the Senate.