No matter the standard of measurement that is used to measure genuine leadership, accountability, transparency and service, Chief Doukpolagha meets and exceeds all those yardsticks…
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It will be disastrous if the president saw Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s UN job bid as payback time, an opportunity to extract his vengeful pound of flesh as it is being insinuated …
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I wouldn’t know how to thank Globacom for its wonderful initiatives in Nigeria. Over three years in operation, it has helped break the monopoly in the industry…
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One of the reasons that one can safely adduce for the seeming numbness and complacency of the elite, the hoi polloi and the international community against the oppressive tendencies of …
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Twenty years after his passing, Awolowo lives on. He lives through his friends and family. He lives through his disciples. He lives through the great things he did for Nigeria…
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Soyinka, for whatever reason, is missing a simple point: At this point in our nation’s life, Buhari is one of a handful of men that can bring sanity, probity, clear …
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The need for the South to unite and form a joint political platform is imminent. There is the need for the Yorubas and Igbos in particular to forget the past …
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The insertion of certain voices of reason into public discourse usually changes not only the tone of that conversation but the direction. Professor Wole Soyinka’s recent eruption, I’m afraid, has shown the …
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Why is it that almost every TV station you turn to you are inundated with procedures for boob jobs, nose jobs and every other ‘job’ imaginable and purely for cosmetic …
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In those days, when an undergraduate walked the streets, everybody rallied round him; the elders thronged him for the ever-involving intellectual debates and news about the latest discoveries, while the …
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For every Northerner occupying a federal government post at any level, there are at least 100 Southerners that are more qualified but are being denied the opportunity…
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For every Northerner occupying a federal government post at any level, there are at least 100 Southerners that are more qualified but are being denied the opportunity…
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Saddam’s fate may one day befall the un-elected godfathers of Nigerian politics when constitutional checks and balances reveal they are nothing but tyrants…
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Nigerians in America who might have the ambition of seeking political office in Nigeria need to contact this writer in order to earn some political points…
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We have a president who, along with a select few, is sharing, stealing and mismanaging the nation’s resources. Additionally, the president has a penchant for disregarding the check-and-balance provision of …
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In the past, I have had cause to praise the Nigerian judiciary for due diligence and hard work. Under normal circumstances, I am the last person you want to look …