ONE of the areas of serious “infrastructure deficit” (a fine euphemism for infrastructural decay) in Nigeria is in the area of our federal roads. Today, except in Abuja, there is hardly any federal road in any part of the country that is not a national disgrace.

The phrase, ‘Sovereign Wealth Fund’, SWF, may sound like ‘big grammar’ to the average layman, who, with little education, represents the critical mass of our population.

MY apprehension that the Arab revolutions might trigger unbridled reign of terrorism after the fashion of Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia is receding, somewhat.

We bring to you, an exclusive minute by minute account of the Super Falcons ouster in Yaounde, by an eye witness.

Last week, the first part of this series ended abruptly midway into the title SOURCE OF CHEAP FUNDS. The rest would make no sense published; so permit me to start the section all over. Dele.

God’s wisdom is not common sense, it’s ‘heaven sense.’ Last week, I showed you the avenues for activating the gift of divine wisdom. This week, as I conclude the series, I will be teaching on how you can receive the Spirit of wisdom, in order to be a highflier.

My piece the other week attracted much attention, but sadly, more from older citizens than the young who were being called upon to get sound education and unite to come improve their state of origin.

The on-going trial of some former Governors for corruption while in office is quite thought provoking for what it reveals- that the anti-corruption war in Nigeria is a cyclical unending relay race. Looking at where we are coming from, the situation is no doubt frustrating.

In 2000 Naomi Klein, an award-winning American journalist published a 490-page ‘anti-corporate branding’ book titled ‘No Logo’ in which she exposed a global underworld of a new crop of corporate predators who…

A graduate of English from the Lagos State University, her compassion for the talking and hearing impaired has laid upon her a new goal- to ensure they are shown love and given a sense of belonging…

Everywhere you look, the ruling classes, represented by the ruling party – at all levels – have become the enemies of the people – meaning the nation itself. It has taken over two thousand years for the people of the world to understand that nobody, and I mean nobody, can be trusted with power for too long without breeding corruption…

I joined the Vanguard in September of 1985 (I was 46) and I resigned in 2004, December. I was 65 years. I worked at the Vanguard for 19 years. I had the mind to stay there for nine or ten years, but I ended up spending double the time I had intended…

Several weeks ago when the movement called Occupy Wall Street began in the United States of America, it is not surprising that people in different parts of the world have adopted the same format to protest the widening existential gap between the rich and the poor in various countries.

Shrinking describes the action or reaction of diminishing in size in response to a stimulus. A shrinking violet is a term that describes a person who recoils or withdraws from people or situations as a direct response to an action or a series of actions over time just like the flower from which the term originated.

I have refrained from participating in the drug scandal saga that unfolded in the past two weeks, involving a fellow actor who has brought joy to many homes through his work on television, the Yoruba movie. It was with disappointment that not a few of us received the news of his arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).