Obasanjo, Osoba, AD, and 2003 old men stale stuff, by Dele Sobowale
“The loser at the hazard, when the game breaks up/ Sadder, sorrier lingers on alone Replays each throw and drinks of wisdom’s cup” – Aligheri Dante, 1265-1321, in Purgatory. For me, this is one of the most painful articles I have ever had to write in 39 years of writing for VANGUARD. In a fight between […]
PDP and the lessons we fail to learn
What experience and history teach people is that people and governments never have learnt anything from history or acted on principles deduced from it —George Hegel, 1770-1831, Vanguard Book of Quotations p. 92
Rebranding of Akunyili and Ohakim
From information reaching us, she is at daggers drawn with her Minister of State. She joined the “Honourable†Minister of Education to dance the night away while all Nigerian universities closed down and now she is proposing to spend N8.2 billion to retool where less than N6 billion will do to purchase “tear rubber†equipment. Madam has suddenly become the spokeswoman for people of questionable characters.
Attah/Akpabio: Time for mediation (2)
IN the first part of this series, I have pointed out that the disagreement between Attah and Akpabio is mostly technical and quite a great deal of it can be verified. Let me start with the 2009 Democracy Day broadcast by Governor Akpabio, in which, among others, he made the claim above.
Amnesty offer: Waving the flag of surrender
Thank God, it has not taken the government long to realize the futility of the military solution. The consequences of military intervention are now staring us in the face because the action preceded thinking. Now Yar’Adua is waving the flag of surrender in the form of amnesty and only minor war lords are responding.
Another look at Nigerian banks
LET me start this series with the facts on which there can be no serious dispute ore delving into areas where the GSM text punches will fly. Even disagreements are healthy for us.
