Senator Abdullahi Adamu at 80: A life of service, wisdom and grace (2), by Usman Sarki
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“The chaos keeps getting worse in spite of everything they [governments] do to improve discipline and morale”, Boris Pasternak, Russian Author of award winning Dr. Chivago.
The contract scandal in Imo
Kanayo Okorocha,governor of Imo state, has come a long way from his time as a police leg and commercial school teacher in Jos. He is today, governor of Imo state; swept into office by two factors: a most lascklustre Ohakim administration which had grossly underperformed.
Demise of the eagle on the tallest Iroko tree
Having concluded the discourse on “The trouble with Nigerians,” it is time to pay tribute to the recently-departed icon of African literature, Prof. Chinualumogu Albert Achebe. Of course, the heading of that discourse was cloned from the title of Achebe’s pamphlet, The trouble with Nigeria, and a few of his views were used to buttress some major points made therein. Achebe was an accomplished intellectual, Africanist, humanist and teacher.
A week is a long time in politics….
“With all due respect, sir, I have done battle every single day of my life and many men have underestimated me before. This lot seem bound to do the same, but they will rue the day.”-Margret Thatcher.
Bakassi, our history & future
The word ‘dunce’ was freely used by teachers during my primary school days, when you showed ignorance in any subject, even in what the teacher hasn’t taught you, but which is in your text books, or has appeared in the newspapers ..
aspects of the amnesty deal
On the horns of a dilemma, that is where President Goodluck seems to find himself right now. Or, as my friends used to put it in those sweet-scented ghettoes of North DC, “He’s damned if he don’t, and is damned if he do. “
Let there be light
As I sit here and type this article, the loud sound from my small ‘Gen’ has assailed my ears for the past five days,and that does not suggest it was not frequently on several other days. I put a tweet on the social media, twitter, complaining about the total lack of electricity and the responses I got made me think that I was no worse off than most Nigerians out there.
Margaret Thatcher: Why you may love or hate her
Margaret Thatcher who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1990 died of a stroke on Monday at the age of 87. Exactly 23 years after she left office, and 11 years after she retired from public life, Baroness Thatcher succumbed to the effects of a stroke after years of battling deteriorating health.
Eagles: So much politics, gossip and blackmail
It could amount to a great disservice to Nigerian football if I do not let Nigerians know this.
Farewell to female icons
Since my last column appeared, the world has lost two Women Of Substance. On Saturday April 6: Mrs Funmilayo Olayinka, the beautiful, intelligent, principled, hard-working and kind-hearted Deputy Governor of Ekiti State.
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