Regionalism And Challenge Of National Integration

… you shall not go to Mecca, oh Nomad, the road you have followed leads to Turkistan(…admonition of the strayed Nomad in an Afghanistan village wh...

Deconstructing The PTDF Funds Saga

culled from Independent, 3rd October 2006The plot of the PTDF funds saga will go down as one of the most intriguing schemings in the corridor of power...

Zik and Awo: More Myopia Than Foresight

Yesterday, I came across a piece on the NaijaPolitics discussion group that prompted me to do something that I have promised never to do or to do only...

2005: YEAR OF KARMA

After the 9th part of Owners of Nigeria, I received an email from one Onukaba, who I later identified as the Special Adviser to the Nigerian Vice Pres...

2007: For The North To Succeed

Events had passed under the bridge, massaging -egos were staged under some keen eyes and the basis of strength in diversity eroded at the altar of sic...

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...

Awo's Statue in Ibadan Felled; Ladoja Declares "War"

TribuneAwo's Statue Pulled DownChief Obafemi Awolowo's statue erected in front of the Oyo State Government House at Agodi, Ibadan by the administratio...

Assessing States and Universities in Nigeria - Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

I.  INTRODUCTION As a teacher, I hear this kind of statement all the time from students:   “I got an A in Chemistry but the teacher g...

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times: