By Richard Tosanwumi Serious politicians in  our country know that it takes about 18 months for intending contestants to prepare for a presidential election, and 12 months for a governorship election. In case of totally fresh aspirants for both positions, it will certainly take as much longer period because of their inexperience in the politicking […]

By Muyiwa Akande IN the Thursday, July 23, 2009 issue of the Nigerian Tribune, a piece titled “Akinlotan: Enough is enough” written by Mr. Mahfouz Adedimeji, acting Director of Information and Protocol of University of Ilorin, was published. In the piece, the writer tried his best, albeit unconvincingly, to rubbish the position of Mr. Idowu […]

By Linus Ikechukwu MANY Nigerians used to think that the best thing to have happened to the country at the tail end of military dictatorship was the formation of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the late 1990s. It is now doubtful whether, indeed, the PDP is a national blessing or a curse to the […]

However, delving into the issue of Marriage, Paul also takes his time to talk about the “celibate, or unmarried state” which from all indications is his preferred option, “I wish that all were as I am” (7:6). Part of Paul’s reason for preferring the celibate or unmarried state is borne out the conviction that the time is short”. Paul still goes further to expound on the place of Divorce in Christian Marriage.

The questions that keep coming to me are: First, why are there no training schools for trailer drivers in Nigeria, and if there are none, can’t NARTO put one together? Second, why would an entrepreneur entrust the control and operation of a truck valued over N15.0 million into the hands of a driver who can neither read nor write, does not understand the road signs, who drinks and smokes all sorts? Such trucks are accidents waiting to happen.