The 7th bid of Atiku – Fani-Kayode
In 1993, he contested the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential primaries and lost to MKO Abiola. In 2007, he contested as the Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate in the general elections and finished third behind Umaru Yar’Adua and Muhammadu Buhari. In 2011, he lost the PDP presidential primaries to incumbent Goodluck Jonathan.
Examining our development commissions
IF we look deeply, we will discover that history has the answers to all of our problems. Indeed, the whole problems of the world, but do we care?
Buhari’s foreign loans: Matters arising
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari sought for legislative approval for external loans during the eighth Senate but was turned down. Amongst them was US$29.96billion loan which, according to the object, was to fund critical infrastructure in the country. The Senate bawled that loans cannot be an option at all.
Orji Uzor Kalu: Beyond celebrating Conviction, We Need To Ask ‘Why?’
It has taken 12 years to conclusively prosecute a simple case of stealing. This should make us ask WHY? In 2007, shortly after Orji Uzor Kalu had concluded his 8-year tenure as Abia state governor, the legal battle in this case began. Our criminal justice system is apparently very slow in dispensing justice. Even though […]
Iru Kingdom: The end of a dominating dynasty
“It was Martin Luther King, Jr. who said that History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamour of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people. One of the appealing importance of history in society is that it helps to put things straight by providing facts and figures to occurrences. But how can citizens make better decisions without information? Without knowledge of our past and the intricacies of culture, we are oblivion of the secrets of state crafts and become bound by the mistakes of the past.
Egwunyenga begins tenure as DELSU VC with thanksgiving
By Anthony Arugba When William Shakespeare pontificated many years ago that some people are born great, others achieve greatness, while others have greatness thrust upon them, he had the likes of the Prof. Andy Egwunyenga, the seventh Vice-Chancellor of the Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, in mind. The Comrade-professor’s odyssey in life since his birth […]
