Nigeria’s manifest contradictions have always underlined the need for a national dialogue. The continued deepening of those contradictions has, it would seem, successfully jarred the staid a... Read more
By Kayode Ketefe A 53-year-old man or woman should know the number of his or her children, should she not? What about a 53-year-old nation, should she not know the number of her citizens? As... Read more
By Chidi Odinkalu The future of every country lies in how it invests in the development, awareness and productivity of its citizens. This investment is done through education. We used... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja Nigeria, like the spider itself, appears finally, finally caught up in its own web. That is the web of a national character built on acceptance of low standards and compromis... Read more
The fracas in the House of Representatives the other day has once again portrayed the honourable members as anything but an honourable lot. Indeed, the lower chamber of the National Assembly... Read more
By Yemi Adamolekun It’s not surprising that it is difficult to get Nigerians sufficiently angry on an issue that there’s enough momentum for advocacy and action until the issues are resolved... Read more
By Jaye Gaskia In recent times there have been some renewed talks and agitation for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC), or any conference, but with more or less constit... Read more
By Obemata* Ghanaian poet and author, Professor Kofi Awoonor, was among those killed in the September 2013 attack at Westgate shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya i i, this moment of mourning, wa... Read more
PRESS RELEASE Once again, it emerged about 8 people were on Friday 20/09/2013 indiscriminately killed in an uncompleted building supposedly belonging to an Army General at Bamanga Tuku... Read more
By Godwin Onyeacholem President Goodluck Jonathan The power game currently going on in Nigeria is nothing but an embarrassment. If the contest as being carried out were truly driven by... Read more