THE most dominant topic of discussion in the country at the moment is a very unpopular one—the removal of subsidy on petroleum products.

A ONE day commemorative conference on Richard Joseph’s Democracy and Prebendal Politics in Nigeria was held at Eko Hotel, September 10, 2011. Unfortunately…

LIBYA does not have a common boundary with Nigeria. But it has boundaries with countries like Niger Republic and Chad, which in turn, have boundaries with Mali , Burkina Faso , Northern Sudan and Nigeria, all of which are weak states that have little or no control of their international boundaries.

On Saturday in Yaounde I was held hostage by friends who had my contact details. General Emmanuel Okaro, Mr Linus Mba, Mike Idoko, Onochie Anibeze, Godwin Enakhena, Stephen of Akwa Ibom Broadcasting Corporation by calls and texts were bombarding me by the minute wanting updates on the crucial match between the Falcons and the Cameroun Female team.

Hi Readers! After my encounter with Edmund and his fiancee at Poundland in Hammersmith, I perked up, as my hitherto idle mind now had things to turn over, the uppermost being why Edmund told me that if his fiancee got pregnant, it wouldn’t be by him.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots”.

The level of corruption in Nigeria particularly since 1985 is so mind-boggling that dwelling on it for a considerable length of time can make one mad. But why is the epidemic of official corruption on the rise despite the existence of the EFCC, ICPC, Code of Conduct Bureau and increased religious consciousness across the entire socio-economic strata nationwide?

On March 8, 1925, a child named Warren Bennis was born in Brooklyn, USA. He is 86 years old now and is still waxing strong as an international colossus in his chosen field- leadership studies- where as a pioneer; he has churned out several expositions that can transform ordinary people into leaders.

Mr. Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu,a member of the conservative Peoples Democratic Party has called for the creation of a new state in the South-East. Iwuanyanwu, a businessman and financier of the incumbent governing party in Nigeria made this call at his country home in Imo State when some members of his party, of which he is a trustee, came to visit him and pay appropriate condolence on the recent loss of his wife who had just been interred following obsequies.

It was a long time we had a Profumo scandal, but between him and a Fox, some water has flowed under the bridge.
But Fox Liam, a medical practitioner, has now riding Fox may be a medico, but his colleagues within the cabinet say he was a damned good politician. They even credited him with doing good work at the defence ministry. They even say he worked well at Afghanistan and in Iraq and elsewhere. Until the cookies crumble.

The former Director General of the Nigeria Stock Exchange, Dr Ndi-Onyiuke, was supposed to be charged last week, in Lagos, for embezzling, along with others, N3 billion. Her lawyers are still doing what lawyers do best – they are stalling the trial.

Even though she clocked 77 early this year, Dr.(Mrs.)Adebunmi Odiakosa who retired in 1984 as the Chief Consultant at the Institute of Child Health(now Community Medicine in Lagos) is still very much vibrant and vital in the society. Keen on serving humanity, she currently chairs the boards of two non-governmental organizations, Action Health Incorporated and Beth Torrey Home.

It was questions time at this press briefing by a group of professionals who had come together to put in place, programmes which will give better quality to the lives of our elderly people, particularly those who are in Old People’s Homes.

Artistic expression is the display of a passion expressed in a way that elicits a response by its audience. It’s not the pursuit of admiration or even validation of the artist’s talent or lack thereof. It’s a known fact that the greatest of artists never gained acclaim till they were declining in age or even dead.

The issue of fuel subsidy has generated so much indignation all over the country. The reason for the heat is obvious; Nigerians readily remember the immediate hikes in the price of virtually every product or service as petrol prices climbed from less than 20 kobo/litre in the early 1980s to the current regulated price of N65/litre.