Peter Obi cannot be different from us
By JOHN ONWE This essay is inspired by a cartoon by a journalist called “Sergo”, published in the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki’s newspaper, called Advocate, on page 4. The cartoon has an image named “Obi” standing in the centre of a group of four men who were labelled variously as “Presidency”, “EFCC”, the “Police” and […]
NASS’s August visitors and their strategic importance
The term ‘August Visitor’ is usually used to describe the visit of a highly dignified or important person or an unexpected visitor with unusual importance and influence. And such is the only way to term the last month’s visit of the delegation of United States Congressmen to Nigeria
APC’s failed development vision: A reminder
Having watched with keen interest and reflected upon the journey so far of the APC led Federal Government and the sufferings of millions of Nigerians, I am constrained in conscience to pen down this piece at a time when our politics is too focused on who is up and who is down. I am of the view that the founding fathers of our country learned to disagree without being disagreeable – they demonstrated that it’s possible to compromise so long as you know those principles that can never be compromised; and that so long as you are willing to listen to each other you can get the best in people instead of the worst.
Restructuring, wicked problems and the cunning of reason
I BELIEVE it’s vital that we deconstruct the whole debate on restructuring in order to get our bearings across the wild spectrum of cacophonous bedlam. Restructuring itself has become a rather emotive term in our contemporary public discourse.
Infrastructural upgrade of Kwali FCT
WHILE the controversy rages over the autonomy of local government councils in Nigeria, the Kwali Area Council of Nigeria’s Capital Abuja is not leaving any stone unturned in delivering democracy dividends to the residents of the area.
Britain stumbles toward a new deal with the U.S.
To paraphrase a former U.S. secretary of state, Britain has lost a community but not yet found a friend. That the island is adrift became ever clearer last week as British officials made little progress in their third round of talks over the best way to exit the European Union.
