Jega promised a free and fair election, but the state governors who have access to state resources already have an edge over the opposition by doling out money to security …
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A constant trait in the profile of an irrational voter is her mindset towards that one vote she manages. Rarely, does an irrational voter convincingly consider her vote an important …
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It is no longer news that my piece “Take a Trip to the Three Warri LGAs” published in the Vanguard of Tuesday February 7, 2010 has attracted a balderdash full-page …
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Don’t envy every rich man or anticipate being like all. Not all wealthy men should be role models, because many of them acquired their wealth by infringing on the rights …
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Chief Obafemi Awolowo believed in the power of knowledge, both its acquisition and strict application. He was both a thinker and developmental pragmatist….
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Nigeria is actively undergoing electioneering campaigns for a general election scheduled for April 2011. This general election season has turned out to be an open season of attacks, bigotries, prejudices …
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Maybe I’m the alien with foreign thoughts, together with the rest who are talking gibberish, speaking in tongues and recommending foreign ideas such as civility, answerability, anabasis, enrichment and augmentation…
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I have just read about the desperately sad, and extremely dire plight of a fellow Nigerian citizen. Her name is Emilia George and she was featured in a story on …
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But wait till you hear what others have to say about Babatunde Fashola as Lagos Governor. For a prominent Nigerian musician who does not want his name mentioned, Fashola is …
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Democracy does not begin and end on election day. Democracy is not periodic-episodic action. Democracy and elections have consequences. Democracy in Nigeria must not mean motion without movement…
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It is horrifying that some 73 percent of street children in the city are subjected to abuse and suffer from chronic malnutrition. Mortality and morbidity status among the street dwellers …
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The ruling party, in an election year, chose to insult the sensibilities of Nigerians. Live on television was a thanksgiving service for a convicted thief, Bode George, who was driven …
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Bode George, ex-military man and ex-chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, left Kirikiri prison last Saturday – having served a two-year sentence for corruption and earned the addition of ex-convict …
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Kwara proclaims itself a “State of Harmony”, well, one thing for sure, the Sarakis have harmonised all the resources and even the people of the state so much that I …
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With Wike, there is no how anybody loyal to Omehia or Odili can outrun Amaechi in the 2011 elections in Rivers State, as they concern grassroots campaign and mobilisation of …
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I know you know that the prosperity of your fellow Nigerians, though hard fought, is less fulfilling knowing there is so much more that can be done to alleviate poverty …