THERE is something definitely rotten about Nigeria which comes from the very top of governance. Considering the high concentration of power at the centre, such rot is bound to and does have spiralling effects on other members of society well beyond its point of origin.

Wednesday, I was a member of a panel put together by Vanguard Newspapers to discuss the way forward for Nigeria football.

This week, we will conclude the series of articles on “The Putrid Mess Also in CBN!” with an examination of the misguided application of the Central Bank’s instruments of control, and wonder why these wrongheaded policy measures were not subjected to the simple test of whether or not they were in conformity with commonsense!

Hi readers! If the first three ceremonies to mark the wedding of Shola’s son were great, the last one, which was the reception for the wedding proper, was simply fantastic.

0803-787-1553: Presido, ASUU is as guilty as the government. In a recent interview, two graduates couldn’t write one million, twenty thousand and six naira in figures! O.

HARMONY is a necessary ingredient to happiness and while no one has a tried and tested formula for everlasting happiness, living harmoniously is half the battle.
Living in harmony with the elements means embracing the environment and adapting our needs to what is readily available.

Now, although the analogy between the growth trajectory or pattern of a human being and a country can be taken too far if care is not taken, it is legitimate to expect that at 49, a country should have sorted out certain fundamentals of nation-building in its evolutionary development.

The best thing is for a couple to plan their wedding according to what they and their families can easily afford together

Nigeria has not managed to transcend the history of its colonial origins

We called ourselves Otu-Ibo and that has stuck to date

I LOVE MY COUNTRY, I NO GO LIE NA INSIDE AM I GO LIVE AND LEAVE By Bisi Lawrence We used to sing that and profess to believe in it. But come on, now!… I mean, why then the long queues at the foreign embassies where you swallow insults on the visa line?

Within a short space of 10 days, (late last month), two daring abductions – (kidnappings if you like), took place in Kaduna State. Secretary to the State Government, Mr Waje Yayok and businessman Alhaji Bala Bello were snatched by kidnappers, and the Kaduna Government was said to have paid N10 million to secure SSG’s release on Wednesday.
No doubt, these are worse than dangerous times in Nigeria.

What could make a man remember his late parents over a football matter and say “thank God that my mother and father are dead?”

IN the past one month, two members of my extended family have been killed by the scandalously inadequate Nigerian healthcare system.

CHINA is an ancient civilization with such breath taking achievements like the Great Wall. However, it fully blossomed with its revolution which was sixty years yesterday, October 1. But China did not just take on the world; it was already ripe before the rest of humanity knew what was afoot.