THE abandonment of ethics in the articulation of private fixations and resentment for Chief Tony Anenih was quite evident in Is’haq Modibbo Kawu’s column, entitled: “Anenih: The political dinosaur returns”, published on page 17 of Vanguard of Thursday, February 28, 2013. It was also published the same day on the back page of Blueprint newspapers, where Kawu is Chairman of Editorial Board.

Part one of this article reviewed the history of liberalization of Nigeria’s electric power sector from 1896 to the present, noting that the capacity shortage nevertheless remains pervasive.

CHIEF Anthony Akhakon Anenih is “the man of the moment” in the politics of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by virtue of his emergence as Chair of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) at its (Board’s) last meeting held on Monday, February 25, 2013, in the Banquet Hall of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan’s commitment to the power reform agenda which will solve the electricity supply shortfall in the country remains one of his presidency’s key political anchor points.

WITH the emergence of Chief Tony Anenih as the Chairman, Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after many months of political horse trading and scheming, political sycophants who had before now vilified him on the pages of newspaper and levelled false allegations against him are already scrambling for spaces in the newspapers to congratulate him.

OBVIOUSLY, the rumors of his purported death in an Indian hospital that was awash in the mainstream and social media until his sudden appearance last week must have damaged his self esteem and caused preventable anxiety and political tension for the good people of Enugu state.

TRIBALISM is a barrier to progressive democratic dialogue in Nigeria. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for Vanguard newspapers. The title was “Obasanjo says the darndest things.” In this article, I was generally critical of leaders who only understand Nigeria’s problems in retrospect.

THE cheery news that the Super Eagles of Nigeria against all odds, have been crowned the new king of African Soccer with their victory over Burkina Faso in the finals of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, has been heard in all the football regions of the world. Here at home, the echos of the […]

The current issue that Nigeria is either becoming a failed state or is a failed state is a direct working by some individuals to cause diversionary chaos in the country in order to loot the nation’s wealth. What makes such diversionary tactics to work is their ability to misinform Nigerians that are willing to listen and adhere to their advice.

HIS Holiness, Pope Benedict stunned the Roman Catholic Church when he announced he would stand down – the first pope to do so in almost 700 years – saying he no longer had the mental and physical strength to carry on.