THE Chinese Revolution which thrust a vast, backwater country into a super power will be 60 years next Thursday, October 1, 2009. China which housed a quarter of humanity, including 500 million peasants who were generally illiterate with no access to healthcare, electricity or schools, was forced on a diet of opium by Britain.

By Owei Lakemfa THE gale of sacking appointed political office holders is here again like the seasonal rain. An executive governor for whatever reason takes a decision to sack his cabinet or some appointed officer and simply goes on to implement it without thinking through the process and manner such a decision is to be […]

THE Ugandan capital, Kampala was wracked by riots on September 11 and 12, 2009 in which 14 persons were listed dead, over 80 injured and more than 550 arrested.

More tributes poured from the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) President Olasupo Ojo, the Democratic Socialist Movement (DSM) represented by Segun Shango, Dr Dipo Fashina of the Joint Action Forum (JAF) and the National Conscience Party (NCP) founded by Fawehinmi.

THE tragedy in Afghanistan continues with the massacre of 70 persons by NATO bombers for the crime of scooping fuel from two oil tankers, and the results of fraudulent national elections.

WITH the military in power and General Sani Abacha on rampage in 1994, almost all the professional politicians either worked for him or took cover; they tried to be out of sight as much as possible. Chief Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi who passed on last Saturday was not a professional politician.

THE storm of protests and rage in Europe and America over the release of convicted Lockerbie ‘bomber’ Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi by the Scottish authorities is still gathering like a destructive American hurricane.

KIDNAPPING was an occasional crime. Usually, it involved the hypnotisation or enticement of a kid. So parents, guardians and teachers taught children not to talk to strangers or accept gifts. Occasionally, adults also fell victim usually through hypnosis which is a science.

She spoke the truth, but is she ready to admit that the Western world played a vital role? Not until she admits to these complex issues, can she be taken seriously. Just of recent, the Swiss UBS bank agreed to release the names of 5,000 US citizens that retained illicit accounts with that bank. Why can’t that happen to us here in Nigeria?

I READ your write up on the humiliation of Goodluck and Onosode. I want to know why incessant strikes are the only solution to the myriad of problems facing our universities. Why can’t ASUU follow the path of dialogue and diplomacy and call off the strike while the negotiations continue? I believe in the sincerity of the Yar’Adua government in finding a lasting solution to the ASUU- FG face off.