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Professor J Isawa Elaigwu – The Exit of a Mentor

Professor J Isawa Elaigwu – The Exit of a Mentor

By JIDEOFOR ADIBE I met Professor Elaigwu through his former teacher and mentor, the late Professor Ali Mazrui who transited to glory on October 12, 2014. My meeting with Professor Mazrui was fortuitous. I was living in London at the time and had founded the publishing company, Adonis & Abbey publishers(www.adonis-abbey.com), in 2003. The following […]

Two metaphors on public waste: Flyovers and tractors

Two metaphors on public waste: Flyovers and tractors

By Dele Sobowale “Nothing is more wasteful than doing with great efficiency that which should not be done.” Theodore Levitt, Harvard Business Review, March-April, 1993. For five years, after being confined to a wheelchair, I now feel strong enough to travel around Nigeria more often. Thus, in August, I was able to touch eight states. What I […]

Banditry, its politics and practitioners

Banditry, its politics and practitioners

One of the major challenges of Nigeria since colonial times had been corruption. But President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has now proclaimed its death. Corruption is gone! Futuristic laser technology must have been used to carry out such a comprehensive and professional operation on corruption in the body polity of Nigeria. So sophisticated that we Nigerians were […]

Ministry of judges welfare

Ministry of judges welfare

When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced by the government of Edward Heath in December 1970, Lord Hailsham was in the Woolsack as the Lord Chancellor.

Nigeria 2027: If I were Goodluck Jonathan, by Tonnie Iredia

Nigeria 2027: If I were Goodluck Jonathan, by Tonnie Iredia

For the second time in this column,I am today attempting to reach out to one leader who has had the special privilege of serving as a first citizen of Nigeria. The first time I tried it was in May 2012, when this column featured an article titled “Nigeria: If I were General Buhari.” What influenced my […]