2007: So, What Are The Issues?

culled from THISDAY, November 10, 2005The outbreak of the 2007 epidemic - you may call it flu, if you like - has reached a feverish pitch. A group of ...

2007: The Battle Begins

culled from THIS DAY December 14, 2003The struggle for the Nigerian Presidency has never been a tea party. And its outcome has always defied the train...

375 Days To Go: A Case Study Of President Obasanjo

“Democracy is not synonymous with unhealthy competition for power, neither does it unnecessarily mean getting, at all times, the best man or the bes...

Awolowo And The Politics Of The Next Stage

I am still chuckling at the thought that I was the one invited to deliver this year’s Obafemi Awolowo Memorial lecture. It is definitely an honour. ...

AWOLOWO, AFENIFERE AND THE YORUBA PEOPLE

culled from VANGUARD, Sunday, November 07, 2004THE buffaloes move as a herd with unalloyed loyalty to the leader. Like the soldier ants, they move in ...

Attorney-General's letter to Plateau State Speaker

Following the briefing to you and your colleagues on 8th November, 2004, I write to formally inform you of the allegations of criminal offences levell...

Attitudes Towards Public Service And The Social Contract

Nigerians are very political animals – and we act our political ideologies in many ways than one. However, we are a case in the study of contradicti...

Atiku's Sins: The Untold Story Revealed At Last

culled from DAILY TRUST, April 25, 2006When I watch the way that our first and second citizens air their disagreements through the media, I get very, ...

Assessing Federalism, Partisan Politics and Development

This topic is fit for a doctoral dissertation. It has so many dimensions that I am stuck between being a fox and being a hedgehog. A fox wanders far a...

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: