Uncommon energy, by Patrick Omorodion
To be a goal getter in any endeavour, you must have a strength of character that enables you choose “the harder right over the easier wrong.” People with such characters show quiet resilience, emotional restraint and integrity when it is difficult to do so. They tend to exhibit uncommon energy in doing things to achieve […]
For Ndukwe, telecom reminiscences worthy of the pantheon, by Okoh Aihe
I have had the good fortune of working with Ernest Ndukwe, an engineer, at a very significant moment in my life when history was also being made for our dear nation, Nigeria. The country had been so starved of telecom development that it was assumed a miracle for any such thing to happen in our clime. […]
The Need for National Political Reform Conference (2), by Afe Babalola
In like manner, Canada, another good example of federalism in practice, has its own history which is also unique to it. The first settlers inhabited Nova Scotia. Others later settled in New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Colombia, etc. Eventually, the people decided to form a union wherein their potentials would be fully harnessed for […]
The supreme powers of the President(5), by Eric Teniola
From last week continues the narrative of how President Olusegun Obasanjo suspended Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State from office and dissolved the State House of Assembly following religious crisis in the state. He immediately appointed the former Chief of Army Staff, General Muhammed Chris Alli(rtd) (December 25, 1944 – November 19, 2023), as Administrator of […]
My late brother, Mouftah, by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
“Every soul shall taste death, and you will only be given your (full) compensation on the Day of Resurrection.”.– Surah Al-Imran, 3 (185). When the Daily Trust newspaper of Thursday last week published the story of the loss of my brother Mouftah with my name in the title, I felt it was unfair to him. He […]
Bala Usman speaks to Nigerians after 20 years, by Owei Lakemfa
Yusuf Bala Usman, noted historian, fiery politician, co-author of the 1977 Minority Report of the Nigerian Constitution and prolific writer, departed on September 24, 2005. Given his role in the Nigerian life, intellectual prowess and mentorship of generations, were he alive, what would he be telling Nigerians? Those who were close to him or understood the various […]
