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House of chiefs should be the next (6), by Eric Teniola

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 […]
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Now, A New Dilemma sprouts

Now, A New Dilemma sprouts

The big news is that Mr President is back home after exactly 90 days in which he practically disappeared. That’s supposed to have been a thing of joy for all of us, but some evil people have made the event into a “kill-joy.” They smuggled him in at the dead of night (around 2am on Wednesday) and spirited him into a waiting ambulance enroute Aso Rock.

There is so much nonsens

There is so much nonsens

Only the Senate has given the nation a sense of direction; though some of us disagree with the action but we are all at one with regard to the intention

How Yar‘Adua spoilt a  Senate record

How Yar‘Adua spoilt a Senate record

It was a constitutional milestone that ordinarily should have been accorded worthy headlines in the dailies. However, the passage of the first amendments to the 1999 Constitution was buried in the aftermath of the commotion that followed the alleged return of President Umaru Yar‘Adua to the country last Wednesday.

Coach Bolaji Ojo-Oba, Ph.d, Why Not?

Coach Bolaji Ojo-Oba, Ph.d, Why Not?

THERE must be a limit to the cynicism we are allowing to ruin our football. What is really wrong in Dr. Bolaji Ojo-Oba, Secretary-General of the Nigeria Football (Federation) Association selecting the players for Eagles next international friendly? Peter Rufai, the one we call Dodomayana, one of our best goalkeepers ever, is opposed to the idea. I cannot understand his grouse.