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FG and Umahi’s roads to hell – 2

FG and Umahi’s roads to hell – 2

By Dele Sobowale The Benin-Agbor-Asaba highway to sudden death symbolizes everything wrong with how the Federal Government and Minister David Umahi have been managing Nigerian roads. The horrors of that road are being replicated everywhere – as will be demonstrated shortly. Umahi obviously is the wrong man for one of the most important assignments. Nigeria’s […]
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Shifting the paradigm

Shifting the paradigm

It is no longer news that the PDP leadership has presented itself—and us by implication—with a ‘fait accompli’. It has endorsed unanimously, the candidature of the incumbent President. Now the choice is ours come 2015, to reject or accept the endorsement.

Spouses in jointly-owned businesses

Spouses in jointly-owned businesses

Marriage can be a minefield and needs careful navigation. Running a business with your spouse brings added risks. It is a double-edged sword. It can be so wonderful on the one hand and on the other hand it can put enormous strain on the marriage and even cripple it.

Harvard Experience: Another view of USA and US

Harvard Experience: Another view of USA and US

Harvard University is in New England, Cambridge Massachusetts. It sits at the centre of the brawling Massachusetts Bay, undoubtedly, the very first place of settlement of the Pilgrim Fathers – the founders of the modern United States of America. Harvard University’s “next door neighbours” are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Massachusetts (UMASS).

military ethics

military ethics

Among the names that came out of the Nigerian Civil War is one that streaked out as the fiercest, or the finest—depending on your perception of military discipline. Some even described him as brutal. I perceive him as purely professional. The name is Achuziah.

Obasanjo’s amazing apotheosis

Obasanjo’s amazing apotheosis

THE NATION newspaper’s HARDBALL of Tuesday, October 14, 2014, mischievously described it as the “BEGGARS’ ORCHESTRA”.
The occasion was the triumphant return to their old PDP base of some political grandees, from Ogun State led by former governor, Gbenga Daniel (but wait a minute, didn’t incumbent governorAmosun say Gbenga isn’t from Ogun state?).