Obi, Makinde and hurdles against opposition coalition
By TUNDE RAHMAN A fresh thaw in relations between National Democratic Congress presidential candidate Mr Peter Obi and Oyo State Governor Mr Seyi Makinde is fueling renewed talk of a possible opposition coalition to challenge President Bola Tinubu in 2027. The two leaders, who were on opposite sides during the 2023 election cycle, were seen […]
Teaching Mandarin at UNILAG: Experience of a Chinese teacher
I would say that I have been fortunate to experience the Nigerian environment and society. The mere fact of daring into a society hitherto unknown to me has also made me stronger and braver for a lifetime.
Between Nebo and vindictive criticisms
WHEN Chinedu Nebo, then a ministerial nominee spoke of casting out witches and demons during Senate screening, he must have thought that he was deploying an innocuous metaphor which any reasonable person would ordinarily decipher.
PDP’s hypocritical antics in Ekiti
Apparently anxious to divert attention from the many internal crises ripping the party apart and daily rendering it more vulnerable in the forthcoming 2015 elections, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has launched a mischievous and utterly misleading attack on the National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Untying the knots of imbalance in Arewa
THE above excerpt taken from Achebe’s debut novel, Things Fall Apart, aptly describes the fate that befell the people of Northern Nigeria as soon as the then British colonial overlords abdicated in favour of Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sarduana of Sokoto and the then Premier of Northern region.
Another health sector first in Abia State
ALL is now set for the Abia State government to score another first as usual with the commissioning of the First Dialysis Centre in South East zone of the country.
