66 years on, Nigeria must escape the fragility trap, by Olu Fasan
How fragile is Nigeria? That is one question Nigerian leaders don’t want to confront. Indeed, it irks them when anyone says that Nigeria is a fragile state. What’s more, some Nigerians, out of sheer romantic or sentimental patriotism hate it when the word “fragility” is used to describe Nigeria. It is unpatriotic, they reckon, for […]
Nigeria political cross carpeting: Danger to democracy (2)
An elected official has numerous special advisers who in turn have special assistants and administrative aides who also in addition to salary earn numerous allowances
Billy Graham, the measure of man
THE American evangelist Billy Graham passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday 21 February in his home in Montreat, North Carolina, USA, age 99. William Franklin Graham Jr was born on 7 November 1918 on a dairy farm outside Charlotte, North Carolina, of Scottish-Irish Presbyterian stock. Graham was brought up on a diet of rural Calvinistic values.
Polio, Lassa and Yellow Fever: Where is the Political will?
SINCE the conception of Nigeria as an independent country, it has struggled with a number of deadly viruses and diseases. The most prominent and reoccurring have been Polio, Lassa fever and Yellow fever. These three have plagued parts of the country for many years and appear sporadically, peaking and dipping throughout the country’s history.
How Ekwueme helped in creating more states (2)
Dr. Ekwueme’s committee arrived at the conclusion that the request to join Anioma is
unanimous
Mai ruka bulldozer (El-Rufai) and this demoncrazy
We are going nowhere with our democracy for as long as we keep the immunity law in our books. It would encourage the kind of impunity we have seen El-Rufai displayed
