Pat Utomi 13 September 2011 opinion The signals about the state of our nation are pervasive and palpable. In my church "The prayer for Nigeria in Distress" has returned. The newspaper
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Olusegun Obasanjo Becomes A Newspaper Columnist!
August 19, 2011 1 Comment 35 ViewsIt must have sounded like a wonderful idea to somebody: a two-time national leader writing a newspaper column. Chief Obasanjo, whose sense of shopping must be worse than his sense of grammar,
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It’s Time To Crack The Whip On These Nigerian Crooks!
August 15, 2011 Comment Off 59 ViewsFeature Article of Monday, 15 August 2011, Columnist: Akyeampong, Prince Armed robbery, drug trafficking, forgery, 419 - you name it; crimes and vices that have now gained a strong foothold within
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Nigeria: The Mechanics And Dynamics of Fuel Scarcity
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 115 ViewsDaily Independent (Lagos), Dr. Kòmbò Mason Braide, 8 August 2011, opinion Introduction The complex interplay between the demand for petroleum products, and their timely availability
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From London to Philadelphia, youths erupting over theft of their futures
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 27 ViewsCould not recognize the faces standing over me; They were all dressed in uniforms of brutality. — From Bob Marley’s “Burnin’ and Lootin’ ” * From D.C. to London, Philadelphia
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Nigeria: ‘No Reconciliation Without Justice’
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 52 ViewsMatthew Hassan Kukah, 8 August 2011 Opinion Today marks a historic date in the history of Nigeria in a very significant way. Today, is judgment day for our nation in more ways than one. It is
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Nigeria: Government is Not Doing Enough to Protect Citizens
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 49 ViewsThe Moment (London), Agatha Emeadi, 6 August 2011 Interview SECURITY expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, Nigeria's first Chartered Security Professional, dissects the security challenges presently
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Nigeria: Give Them the Cage
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 143 ViewsMahmud Jega, 8 August 2011 column The most amusing story out of all Africa last week was probably the one out of Mombasa, Kenya, when former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed
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Nigeria still on European terror watch list
August 10, 2011 Comment Off 23 ViewsBY VICTORIA OJEME ABUJA — Most European nations are yet to delist Nigeria from their terrorist watch list, despite the delisting of the country by America and Britain, Foreign Affairs
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lesser-known London
August 2, 2011 Comment Off 43 Views"Sir, when a man is tired of London," said Samuel Johnson, "he is tired of life." But maybe that's not quite it. Maybe he's just tired of watching the Changing of the Guard. Or listening, yet
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