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Exposed! Why Nigeria Olympic Team failed in London

15Mar

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Exposed! Why Nigeria Olympic Team failed in London

By Olajide Ayodeji Fashikun I used to know that when journalists publish this kind of government correspondences, there will be trouble. (more…)

Olympic Shame: Another Opportunity Begging

15Mar

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Olympic Shame: Another Opportunity Begging

by Amadin Uyi The recent performance of Nigeria athletes in the just concluded London Olympics is another opportunity begging (more…)

15Mar

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Tackling Rumour Mongering

By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi This writer is angry not because there is a problem with Nigeria (apologies to Chinua Achebe), not because we now have a clueless and myopic administration, which according to one of its aides, is the most cursed in the world, not because Boko Haram (more…)

Nigeria’s Institute Of Peace And Conflict Resolution; A Miasma Of Rot And Decay

15Mar

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Nigeria’s Institute Of Peace And Conflict Resolution; A Miasma Of Rot And Decay

By Uyi Amadin Joseph The Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) was established in February, 2000 under the (more…)

Before Odumakin Twists the Facts of History

15Mar

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Before Odumakin Twists the Facts of History

By Idowu Ajanaku While the quest for political power could at times be fierce and (more…)

Mimiko and the Life Changing 3i’s Initiative

15Mar

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Mimiko and the Life Changing 3i’s Initiative

By Femi Adepoju The Minister for National Planning, Dr Shamsudeen Usman did not mince words when after a (more…)

15Mar

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Tinubu’s Unending Search for Relevance

By Ibro Nasse In faraway USA, Tinubu, self appointed leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) (more…)

15Mar

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Okupe On The Cross

By Tunde Rahman He was hired by his principal, President Jonathan, to defend him, to be his armour-bearer, what Chief Femi Fani-Kayode was (more…)

15Mar

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Abati: The President You Don’t Know

In the last couple of weeks, the Presidency via its media inner circle has been having it tough with critics, most especially the hard-nut-to-crack opposition parties, the ‘army of sponsored and self-appointed anarchists’ and also ‘the twittering, pinging, Facebook crowd of the new age’. (more…)

15Mar

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The “Slumping” Phenomenon

By Paul Inyang There is an epidemic of both men and women “slumping” and dying. On a recent trip home, it was disconcerting to be informed that my old friends are “slumping” and dying frequently. (more…)

Enoidem: A Paradigm Shift in Political Leadership

15Mar

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Enoidem: A Paradigm Shift in Political Leadership

By Uwemedimo Umanah May I begin this treatise by saying that as a development historian with imprint in the media, it beckons (more…)

15Mar

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Should Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Resign?

By Omoade Adelani Let’s face it, corruption is presently the most popular culture in our nation today. (more…)

House Probes, Corruption and Bribery: What’s the Real Story?

15Mar

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House Probes, Corruption and Bribery: What’s the Real Story?

By George Fagha In the months since the fuel subsidy brouhaha and the subsequent probe by the Senate and House of Representatives, several accusations have come to light in various sectors, of attempts (more…)

Blessing Effiong and the Question of an Unjust Sentence

15Mar

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Blessing Effiong and the Question of an Unjust Sentence

by Raheem Oluwafunminiyi AT a time when corruption in high places had reached an unprecedented height in recent times in Nigeria, the stories we hear of ‘petty thieves’ who out of hunger, deprivation or want, had (more…)

Celebrating Adefuye, an Authentic Hero, in Spite of Detractors

15Mar

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Celebrating Adefuye, an Authentic Hero, in Spite of Detractors

What treasonable felons, who do everything to show disdain for Nigeria, their home country, know how to do well is to openly flaunt their loyalty, usually to their imperfect ethnic cleavages while pretending that (more…)

Fast Tracking Development in the Niger Delta

15Mar

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Fast Tracking Development in the Niger Delta

By Oghenekevwe Laba Before now, poverty, illiteracy and high rate of criminal activities ranging from militancy, piracy, armed robbery, oil pipeline vandalism and incessant attack on oil pipeline and (more…)

Abia: Promoting Agriculture Through Credit Facility

15Mar

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Abia: Promoting Agriculture Through Credit Facility

By Ugochukwu Emezue When Governor Theodore Orji was sworn-in on Sunday, May 29, 2011 for a second term of four, one major sector he announced will receive transformation was the agriculture sector. (more…)

Science and Technology Key to Nigeria’s Transformation – Okonjo-Iwala

15Mar

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Science and Technology Key to Nigeria’s Transformation – Okonjo-Iwala

Being the text of an address delivered by Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonj- Iweala at the 2nd Prof. Bart Nnaji Biennial Lecture series, held at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, in Agbani, on (more…)