House of chiefs should be the next (6), by Eric Teniola
This week, we continue the series on why the House of Chiefs should be considered by the National Assembly. He was labour officer, Federal Ministry of Labour, Lagos, 1962–1963; lecturer, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, 1963–1965; assistant professor of political science, California, 1969–1971; associate professor of African Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 1972–1974; dean […]
Women possess all it takes to rule the world
By Folake Aina I keep telling you that as a woman, you have the strongest and most powerful weapons on your inside to rule the world. You don’t believe me? Haven’t you noticed how this one woman almost took over a whole nation, and would have thought she was actually elected in that office. A […]
Genocide by any other name
TURKEY, one of America’sstaunchest allies in the Islamic world is furious. Its anger is turned against the United States for a vote on March 4, 2010 by the House, Foreign Affairs Committee which characterised the wholesale massacre of Armenian minorities as a “genocideâ€.
OBJ – Surprise reactions
LAST week, I criticised the many PDP members who objected to Yar’Adua being “foisted†on them as a presidential candidate but maintained a cowardly silence when Obasanjo (aka OBJ) instructed them to vote for Yar’Adua at the party convention in 2006…and are now bitterly blaming OBJ for problems that wouldn’t have arisen if they had stood up to him.
Finally, Nigeria Wins 2010 World Cup
EVERYTHING starts with a dream. I have been dreaming of Nigeria winning the 2010 World Cup. Before you say it, I must confess I have been just finished treatment for symptoms of malaria, and the heat, in my own part of the world, has not really been helpful.
Why Jos is different?
WHILE a debate on the latest round of killings in the Jos area raged, someone asked: Can a person be a settler in his own country? Can a Nigerian citizen be a settler in any part of Nigeria? The answer, clearly, is yes.
