By Abdulwahab Abubakar IN civilised democracies of the West, the parliament is a serious-minded arm of government whose role, in the chain of governance, is very critical to the overall success of government.  Indeed, all over the world, irrespective of the levels of democratic development or awareness, the parliament, where it exists, is expected to […]

THE piece captioned as above, by Yushau A. Shuaibu, in the Economic Confidential of October 2009, was no doubt very riveting.

By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye VIRTUALLY every Nigerian knows and strongly believes that any day Nigeria is able to make up its mind to end its obscene and ruinous romance with the stubborn monster called “corruption”, this country will automatically witness the kind of prosperity no one had thought was possible in these parts. Just imagine the […]

By Louis Ejikeme NO doubt there is mounting political tension in the land as Anambra State prepares to hold its governorship election come February next year. The flurry of political activity in the State is such that making permutations at this early stage is quite difficult. The staggering number of candidates in the race to […]

By Tonye Timi THOSE  who have followed closely the recent onslaught by a section of the Nigerian press will not fail to read between the lines to discern that what is at play really is an agenda to scandalise the ex-Governor of Delta State. Chief Ibori himself identified his ordeal when he said: “I am […]