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 […]
Boko Haram, 2015 and difficult days beyond
ONE of the reasons why Nigeria is in a state of near-anarchy today is that we hardly reckon that our actions have consequences, and the state has never been decisive in letting Nigerians know that there are consequences for their actions.
The politics of security strategy
THE Wall Street Journal of Thursday-Monday April 5-9, 2012 highlights the relationship between the politics and process of regime change and insecurity. That relationship is structural. Why? Because insecurity is a feature of all transitions- the transition between an established regime changed by revolution or reform and the implementation of a substitute regime.
Abuja, corruption is your name
ABUJA is possibly the most corrupt capital on earth. That is my own layman’s conclusion in view of the unending torrents of news about mind-bending looting of the public treasury coming out of Nigeria’s seat of power. If I am wrong, please correct me. Write in. Share with me and I will publish it.
WORLD BANK: Maybe the right man won!
The Nigerian government propaganda machine quickly succeeded in generating media frenzy in the campaign for our current Finance Minister, who also doubles with powerful portfolio of Coordinating Minister for the Economy.
El Clasico Nigeriana
On Saturday, the football world stood still for what is being referred to as the greatest club match in the world, Barcelona against Real Madrid, dubbed and rightly too as El Clasico.
