The Ogbeni years: Reporting a politician to history, by Owei Lakemfa
There are not a few who see Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, former Minister of Interior and onetime Osun State Governor, as an enigma. A politician that would not shy away from a fight he considers necessary, even if it appears unwinnable. A man who would yield no ground unless confronted with a superior argument. A […]
Fun to be a Nigerian
NOW and again, I come across old friends who ask how I cope with being committed to the Nigerian project for so long even as things degenerate from one generation to another.
Naomi Campbell : Warrior as model
SUPER British model Naomi Campbell initially declined when invited to testify against former Liberian president, Charles Taylor at his ongoing trial at the United Nations special court for Sierra Leone in the Hague.
Hollow Houses of Assembly
One fundamental difference between military and civil rule is that unlike in the former, the word of the governor is not supposed to be law. In fact, in a democracy, the governor or the executive do not make laws; that is the prerogative of the parliament.
Humanity died yesterday
SUNDAY, August 15, 2010 will be the 65th commemoration of the day the terrible Second World War ended. But no country wants to mark this; in fact, it is difficult to find any member of the human race marking the day.
Goodbye, Ndidi Stock Exchange (NSE)
THE Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) finally woke from its deep slumber to sack Professor Ndidi Okereke-Onyuike, the Director General of the Nigeria Stock Exchange(NSE). Also falling under the axe is the NSE Council and its president, Alhaji Aliko Dangote. Onyuike had sailed from the New York Exchange to the NSE in 1983 as a consultant and metamorphosed into the Exchange’s boss.
