Senator Abdullahi Adamu at 80: A life of service, wisdom and grace (2), by Usman Sarki
“Salus populi suprema lex esto” (“The welfare of the people shall be the supreme law”), Roman maxim The first part of this series reflected upon the life, character and formative influences that shaped Senator (Dr.) Abdullahi Adamu, CON, Turakin Keffi, into one of the foremost public figures of his generation. It suggested that the enduring measure […]
A sure-footed first step
I have said in this column before that Acting President Goodluck Jonathan will be assessed strictly by what he does. So, I am not disappointed that he recognises it and is moving in step with public expectations.
Muzorewa: Cheated out of history
ABEL TENDEKAYI Muzorewa, retired Methodist Bishop walked away from history 32 years ago when he signed the Salisbury Accord. This ill-advised step consigned him to the dustbin of history. So when he passed away last Thursday, April 8, at 85, not a few might have asked, Muze who?
Unjust criticisms!
LAST week, I dedicated a large chunk of this column to telling Vanguard readers that my generator and the PHCN transformer on my street in Abuja had collapsed simultaneously, that my household had been TOTALLY deprived of electricity for several days and that I had temporarily taken refuge in a hotel…
IBB : We cannot forget the past
IBRAHIM Badamosi Babangida, the gap toothed general who dictated to the country for eight years says he is “consulting†to decide whether to run for the 2011 presidential election or not. But we all know that as part of his instinctive nature of deception, whenever Babangida talks about peace, he would have sounded the bugle for war.
Agenda of electoral reforms 2011 and beyond
IN my “Addressing The 2011 Elections” serialized in the Tuesday Platform, issues of electoral reforms in Africa in general, and in Nigeria in particular were as listed ending with the quoted conclusion. These issues are:
