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Living in denial with loans and unimplemented budgets, by Adekunle Adekoya

Living in denial with loans and unimplemented budgets, by Adekunle Adekoya

ON October 1, the President made a broadcast to the nation about the state of the Nigerian state. In summary, the president said that “reforms are over, foundation laid for prosperity.” The president’s assertions have never been interrogated, except for sporadic attacks from leading opposition figures about specific items. I want to ask: What was […]
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And now, President Turai!

And now, President Turai!

GODWIN Daboh Adzuana is one man most serious Nigerians have learnt to ignore, no matter how hard he tries to draw attention to himself. After a brief stint as an “anti-corruption” crusader in the late 1970s in which he tangled with the founding father of Middle Belt politics, Dr. Joseph Tarka in the “you Tarka me, I Daboh you” episode, Adzuana turned into a political irritant.

First time out: (2) My dad’s secretary taught me real sex

First time out: (2) My dad’s secretary taught me real sex

As I grew up, I just wanted to discover what made them different from guys. Whenever I see a lady, I was always fascinated by that “thing” growing in front of her chest, why she swayed her hips and bum in a particular manner, and why her things were different from the other girl’s things. You know, I just wanted to experiment with them and I enjoyed it.

State of the nation

State of the nation

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.

USA Peoples Club in Shatters

USA Peoples Club in Shatters

Founded right after the Civil War as a social outlet for the depressed Igbo business men and women who were dispossessed of their property and lost their businesses in the Civil War, from North to South, Okaa Social Club later renamed Peoples Club of Nigeria has withered the storm of maladministration over the years.

Political party defections: A perspective on Obama, Clinton African policy

Political party defections: A perspective on Obama, Clinton African policy

To fully develop the framework from which the fusion of the internal and foreign dimensions of governance is to be appreciated I have teamed up with Eze Nwagbaraji also a Vanguard columnist to deepen our appreciation of the problems involved in the current spate of elected officials defection from the electorate that voted them into office to opponent electorates overwhelmingly defeated in the elections in which the defectors were elected into office.