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D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM

    LET YOUR CONDUCT BE UNIMPEACHABLE - YOU MAY DEFY THE SLANDEROUS TONGUE by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    November 29, 2006
    A great thinker “Darwin” remains a controversial figure in some parts of the world. Some people don’t like his theory of evolution because it appears to contradict the Bible. The great thinker, though, deserves to be questioned for another reason. What would that reason be? His words have been used too often to justify the notion that life is about, “the survival of the fittest”. NigerianNews Special Issues
     

  • NUHU RIBADU: LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT GUILT CAST THE FIRST STONE
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    September 11, 2006
     We all like to meet people who are all the things this society defines as perfect.  Beautiful, brilliant, compassionate with a liberal dose of humbleness.  When we meet this concept of perfection and over time reality dawns, what do we come up with? Damn! Not all the things I envisioned.  Something is missing we say. NigerianNews Special
     

  • WHAT WOULD OBASANJO CHANGE IF SUDDENLY HE COULD?
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
     August 30, 2006
    Many of us don't like to dwell too long on the past. We are more interested in where we are going than where we have been. We don’t need someone to remind us of the mistakes we’ve made. Recent events, though, have obliged many of us to revisit an old memory. NigerianNews Special
     

  • OBASANJO: GREATEST LEADERS ARE TRANSFORMATIONAL
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    June 20, 2006
     Legendry King Solomon didn’t have perfect wisdom. He was pretty shrewd but he still made a few mistakes. Even saints don’t have infinite patience. They all lose their temper at some point in their lives. We are all human. NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIANS!  LET’S LOOK TO THE PAST AND WEEP, BUT LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND HOPE by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    May 29, 2006
    Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This was said by John Acton, the famous historian. He did not go on to suggest that the opposite is also true. Absolute powerless is no guarantee of absolute impeccability. NigerianNews Special
     

  • ATIKU MUST STOP DINING WITH SNAKE CHARMERS AND PHARISEES
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
     April 14, 2006
    When one thing starts to go wrong, it soon appears as if everything is problematic. We start finding fault with situation we have previously been quite happy about. NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT CAN ACHIEVE MOST THINGS NOW IF THEY REALLY TRY
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
     February 27, 2006
    It is perfectly possible for a person to be highly intelligent yet wildly out of touch with his own intuition. Conversely, there are some folk who have impressive powers, yet we wouldn't want their help if we were trying to solve a crossword puzzle. NigerianNews Special
     

  • PRESIDENT OBASANJO MIGHT NOT ATTAIN AN OUTRIGHT VICTORY THAT HE HOPES FOR
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    March 22, 2006
    It’s so easy to be strong when other people are giving us their support. When everyone agrees with our point of view, when we are being praised and applauded for our actions, when we feel sure that our course of action is correct, we can march bravely ahead in spirit of determination. NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIANS ARE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT FAILURE WE ARE NOT
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
     January 08, 2006
     Many believe in the saying that “perception is reality.” People might end up saying if President Obasanjo’s administration is perceived as a failure, then Nigeria is perceived as a failure. And if Nigeria is perceived as a failure, then President Obasanjo himself is perceived as a failure. NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIA MUST BE MADE A LEADER OF CHANGES IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    I strongly believe in President Obasanjo’s promise of shocking the world by handing over power to a leader not a ruler. NigerianNews Special
     

  • WHAT WOULD NIGERIANS CHANGE IF WE HAD THE FREEDOM TO CHANGE ANYTHING? PART 1
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
         December 19, 2005
    What would we change if we could alter anything we wanted to?  I am sure the list is long but here is a list that is longer still.  It is the list of factors we would not touch. NigerianNews Special
     

  • BE A MILLER PRESIDENT OBASANJO, BUT GRIND NOT THE FACES OF THE POOR
     by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
     December 12, 2005
     If Nigerian government cannot help Nigerians in need, it's as sure as hell that, they cannot save the few who are rich. You just can't impose leadership from the top. NigerianNews Special
     

  • PRESIDENT OBASANJO MUST CHOOSE A ROUTE HE CAN BE PROUD OF TAKING
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
         November 27, 2005
    "I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood." So goes the classic song. Yet no matter how sincerely the words are intoned, the request never seems to be granted. NigerianNews Special
     

  • THE KEY TO PROGRESS IN NIGERIA LIES IN SINCERITY, NOT CYNICISM
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    November 23, 2005
    There's not enough kindness in this world. People are far too quick to criticise and complain. Where is their compassion, their tolerance and their patience? There's not enough kindness in our own country Nigeria, either. NigerianNews Special
     

  • WHY PRESIDENT OBASANJO MUST LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF WISDOM
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    Some people live in fear of making a mistake. They feel they just couldn't face the shame. Ironically, such people are mistaken. If we don't get it wrong, we'll never learn anything Nov 03, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • WHY NIGERIAN LEADERS NEED TO LEARN FROM THE BEST
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    People like working for those who are secure in themselves and have nothing to prove – the kind of people who get results through others and give them the credit for it. But please forgive me for being honest by saying such leaders are in the minority.     - October 08, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY MUST BE MADE TO BE ADMIRED.
    by D. Akinsanya Juliuson HonDBA, IOM
    With years of experience in British politics, public diplomacy and heritage, I still do not see myself as a politician rather a Political Philosopher, but If I didn’t believe in the power of democratic politics to change things for the better, I would have said working against democratic movement in Nigeria is the best. -August 25, 2005 NigerianNews Special

Madaki O. Ameh

  • EFCC: AN OVERBURDENED AGENCY
    by Madaki O. Ameh
    A number of very interesting developments have taken place in Nigeria in recent weeks, as the fight against corruption bites harder. October 07, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • OBASANJO AND THE YEARS THE LOCUSTS HAVE EATEN
    by Madaki O. Ameh
    When President Obasanjo assumed the mantle of leadership of Nigeria in May 1999, one of his early promises which still resonates in my mind is that he would, within a short period, restore the years the locusts have eaten.     NigerianNews Special
     

  • TOWARDS A USEFUL POLICE IN NIGERIA
    by Madaki O. Ameh
    That Nigerians have suffered untold hardships at the hands of the Police is to state the obvious. Setting out from their houses in the morning, most Nigerians pray against an encounter with the police or armed robbers, and there does not appear to be much difference between the two. July 12, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • TOO MUCH HYPE ABOUT NIGERIA'S OIL
    by Madaki O. Ameh
    The centrality of oil to Nigeria’s economy is obvious, given the fact that it accounts for over 95% of her foreign exchange earnings and over 80% of her GDP.June 30, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • MAKING POVERTY HISTORY IN AFRICA BEYOND DEBT RELIEF AND AID
    by Madaki O. Ameh
    A lot has been said and written in recent times about the new found focus on Africa and its debilitating poverty through the ‘Make Poverty History’ campaign. NigerianNews Special
     

  • BEFORE WRITING OFF THE US INTELLIGENCE REPORT by Madaki O. Ameh
    Since the news broke a few days ago, there has been understandable umbrage about the contents of the US National Intelligence Council report titled “Mapping Sub-Saharan Africa’s Future”.     NigerianNews Special
     

  • SOLUDO'S FIRST MISTAKE
    by Madaki O. Ameh
    To many informed watchers of the Nigerian economy, there have been a number of interesting developments in recent times, suggesting that at last, the country may be coming to grips with its developmental challenges and moving in the right direction. May 05, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • Curbing Corruption in Nigeria: Exploring Alternative Strategies
    by Madaki O. Ameh
    The problem of corruption in Nigeria has assumed embarrassing dimensions.  Successive Nigerian governments have always been insincere about their commitment to the fight against corruption, even as the vast majority of Nigerians wallow in abject poverty and want, while government officials, whose legitimate emoluments are low, bestride the Nigerian terrain like Colossus, parading their wealth and purchasing whatever catches their fancy with stolen public funds.     April 14, 2005 NigerianNews Special
     

  • WHY NIGERIANS SHOULD NOT PAY TAX
    by Madaki O. Ameh 
    The evolution of the Nation-State in pre-historic times brought with it some attributes, which was designed by early thinkers to make it easier for the State authorities to carry on its assigned roles in society.  As the citizens of the Nation-State subdued their individual rights to that of organised civil society where they agreed to be governed by uniform rules and regulations of human conduct, and also confer on the State some rights to sanction deviant behaviour, the modern day society as we know it today gradually evolved from the “Hobbestian state of nature”, where life was nasty, brutish and short, and might was righ NigerianNews Special

Femi Awoniyi

  • After the Kaduna Massacres
    by Femi Awoniyi
    It is Time to Respond to Fulani-instigated Genocidal Violence in Northern Nigeria
     

  • Fulani Terror, the Kaduna Massacres and the Obasanjo Government
    by Femi Awoniyi
    What is most shocking or rather infuriating about to the latest bout of mass, genocidal violence in Nigeria, part of the campaign of terror being waged by the Fulani establishment since President Olusegun Obasanjo’s assumption of power in 1999, is the official reaction to it. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Stoning, impeachment: Obasanjo, Ironsi and Fulani agitation
    by Femi Awoniyi 
    The latest impeachment scare might end up teaching our president a good lesson, if his aides would let him learn from it. For the impeachment is only the latest in the unceasing attempts to frustrate this government. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Political Shariah: Aren't the Fulanis pushing us to the abyss? by Femi Awoniyi 
    The dismal performance of our minister of state for foreign affairs, Dubem Onyia, on the CNN news programme Q&A, in the evening of August 28, once again, brings to a poignant fore the absurdity of the Nigerian situation. NigerianNews Special

Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq.

  • IN GOD'S NAME!
    by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq 
    In 2 Corinthians chapter 11 verses 13 through 15, St. Paul joined issues with false prophets. Paul believed that such men are deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles of Christ. Just like Satan masquerades as an angel of light, these false apostles (servants of Satan) masquerade as angels of righteousness. St. Paul’s revelation provides a backdrop to a phenomenon in Nigeria today, the proliferation of “born-again” ministries. NigerianNews Special
     

  • THE POLITICS OF LAGOS - Indigenes vs. Non-Indigenes
    by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq
    Dr. Tonye David-West’s “The Need for Equality in the Government of Lagos: The Case for a more Democratic Approach” published by nigeriaword.com on October 24, 2002, raised a very crucial but potentially explosive political issue in Nigeria today.  For months now there has been an under-current of political tension in Lagos regarding the place of resident non-indigenes of Lagos vis a vis holding of prominent political positions in Lagos NigerianNews Special
     

  • SENATOR FRANCIS ARTHUR NZERIBE: End of the road for the ubiquitous and loquacious gadfly
    by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq
    Chief Francis Arthur Nzeribe, Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, has been variously described as controversial, a loose cannon and a double-edged sword.  He covets being called a maverick and prides himself as an astute politician and a relevant Nigerian.  Recently the bubble burst and the coward showed his true stripes. NigerianNews Special
     

  • STAKEHOLDERS' CONVERGE: A task that must be accomplished
    by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq
    A national conference (by whatever Nome de plume) is an idea whose time is long overdue. Critics of this call have argued that the National Assembly is well-suited to discuss and handle any matter any section of the country feel needs to be taken up. I disagree. Election to the National Assembly does not ipso facto elevate a politician to the status of a community leader. Various segments of the country should select representatives from their leadership to attend this conference on their behalf. These leaders need not be politicians and could include traditional rulers and religious leaders. NigeriaNews Special NigerianNews Special
     

  • Chief Audu Ogbeh: The Mikhail Gorbachev of the PDP
    by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq 
     Mikhail Gorbachev has the unenviable distinction of being the Communist Party Secretary who presided over the disintegration of the mighty Soviet Union. There is an uncanny parallel between Mikhail Gorbachev and Chief Audu Ogbeh of the PDP.
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  • Does "Democracy" Necessarily Exclude Military Regimes? by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq 
    Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines “democracy” as “government by the people… rule of the majority…a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free election”. NigerianNews Special
     

  • 2003 And The Illegal Use of Public Resources For Personal Political Campaign Activities.
    by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq 
     With the approach of the 2003 general elections in Nigeria there is a critical need to provide equal access to all publicly funded news media to all political parties and all contestants. NigerianNews Special
     

  • The Savanah Bank Imbroglio - A critical look!
    by Dozie Ikem Ezeife, Esq
    Several months ago the Central Bank of Nigeria closed down Savannah Bank of Nigeria. There was no prior notice to the bank or its customers. There was no indication to the bank that it was under investigation by the Apex bank. Up to this moment the Central Bank and the Federal Ministry of Finance have not laid out the reason for closing the bank. The Central Bank from all indications did not follow the procedure for liquidating a “distressed bank”. Savannah Bank officials and board have since insisted that the bank was not in distress and Central Bank have been unable to refute this claim with proper documentation. NigerianNews Special 

Blessed Isi Momodu

  • Nigeria: Goodbye to Decency?
    by Blessed Isi Momodu
    The enclave called Nigeria has become a wonderland of sort. A lot of strange happenings occur that make one questions the humanity of the present gang of looters led by Obasanjo. On the 6th of September, IBB used his so called daughter’s wedding to launch his political campaign NigerianNews Special
     

  • El Rufai, the Senate and the Babangida Legacy
         by Blessed Isi Momodu
    A scenario similar to the colonial days in Africa is unfolding in Nigeria. In those awful days, Africans who dare ask or even fight for independence were regarded by the colonial authorities as psycopaths. This means to  demand for  freedom, truth and social justice is to be mentally deranged. In Nigeria, labour leader number one Pa Imoudu was often disparaged by the ravaging colonialists as insane because he was fighting for freedom and social justice. In Kenya, anicolonial elements were often referred to as psycopaths. NigerianNews Special
     

  • IBB's Agenda for Nigeria
         by Blessed Isi Momodu     
    The man Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida , IBB for short, the self styled evil genius came into political limelight on the 13th of February, 1976. It was on this day the coup attempt lead by Isa Buka Dimka claimed the life of General Murtala Mohammed. IBB’s action or inaction was said to have played a key role in foiling the  Dimka coup. NigerianNews Special
     

  • "Election" 2003 in Nigeria: The real losers
         by Blessed Isi Momodu 
    To anyone that has been a keen observer of the primitive and provocative bourgeois politics in Nigeria, the result of the just concluded mock electoral process would not be a surprise. After all, the Florida effect in the selection of George Bush Jr. as president of the United States provided the impetus to these blind Nigerian copy cats of western democracy to go on a rigging spree. NigerianNews Special  July 29, 2003
     

  • Reflections on Bourgeois politics in Nigeria
         by Blessed Isi Momodu
    The registration of more political parties in as much as it has enriched the political spectrum thus providing majority of Nigerians a robust option of choice of a poluitical party has confirmed once more that freedom and true democracy can not been won on a platter of gold thanks to our untiring Gani Fawehimi of the National Concience Party (NCP) who has continued to wage an uncompromising struggle against the brazen illegalities of the (In)dependent National Electoral Commission.
     

  • Arresting the menace of military banditry in Nigeria
         by Blessed Isi Momodu
    A thick cloud of uncertainty is looming once again over the geographical contraption called Nigeria as the alleged date for assumed election or selection as the case might be draws near. Events so far have shown that there is little hope for a change as the military has completely taken over the act of politicking in Nigeria. This is why it has become necessary to expose the dangers of this military take over of nearly all facets of our lives and the overriding need to arrest what could best be described as acts of military banditry.NigerianNews Special

Babatunde Oyeniyan

  • A governor's burden.
    by Babatunde Oyeniyan
    October 16, 2006
     Governing is serious business, especially in a small homogeneous state like Ekiti. What we are currently seeing unfolding in the state is very sad. We should have gone past this a long time ago. It is rather unfortunate. But it is cheering news that so many illustrious sons of the state are now interested in serving their fatherland. I wish the best person would eventually become the governor of Ekiti state come May 2007. The person with the right intent, and the best ability to carry out such good intent, combined. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Accountability in Nigeria.
    by Babatunde Oyeniyan
     September 14, 2006
    Accountability is a word we should take another look at, especially in the Nigerian context. It is unfortunate that a lot of people don’t know its meaning. It encompasses responsibility, ethics, establishment and respect for proper procedure and processes. NigerianNews Special
     

  • NIGERIA: Putting the past behind us.
    by Babatunde Oyeniyan
    August 21, 2006
    The Nigerian youth is now engaged in various vices that are sickening and saddening. So much unrest in the Niger delta, militia made up of people in their prime and developed by myopic elders to protect individual interests.  The “yahoo boys” using prolific mental abilities to defraud unsuspecting people. NigerianNews Special

Chief Mike Adegboyega Osuolale Oyeniyan

  • THE MADNESS OF 3RD-TERM AGENDA EXECUTION
    by Chief Mike Adegboyega Osuolale Oyeniyan
    May 15, 2006
    My contention is not the democracy in the wish for a third term of the presidency of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, my concern is; why would billions of DOLLARS be used as inducement.... NigerianNews Special

Austin Chika

  • THIRD TERM TENURESHIP LIMITS TRANSITION IN NIGERIA. by Austin chika
     March 31, 2006
    The President of Nigeria Chief Obasanjo as far as I am concerned, is like an ordinary Nigerian, a retired General and indeed a fellow citizen of Nigeria as 120 million other Nigerians are. NigerianNews Special
     

  • JUSTICE DELAYED NEVER JUSTICE DENIED BRAVO PETER OBI by Austin chika
     March 22, 2006
    It was a sense of relief for me and the good people of Nigeria who struggle for the emancipation, solidarity and affinity to God intervention for a better Nigeria, to have it that the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) gubernatorial candidate in the 2003 election Mr. Peter Obi has been sworn in as the Governor elect of Anambra state. And the INEC chairman issued him with the certificate of return as Governor of Anambra state. NigerianNews Special
     

  • FUNERAL ORATION TO STELLA OBASANJO    
    by Austin Chika
     October 28, 2005
     Goodbye Mama Nigeria;
    may you ever grow in our hearts.
    You were the grace that placed itself
    where lives were torn apart. 
    NigerianNews Special
     

  • TRIBUTE TO 117 SOULS OF BELLVIEW 210PLANE CRASH
    by Austin Chika
     My Dear 117 Souls of Bellview 210 Plane Crash. Your death came when you never accepted.
     NigerianNews Special

Dare Babarinsa

  • The political restructuring that Nigeria needs, by Babarinsa, Ekiti guber aspirant
     by     Dare Babarinsa
     I am honoured to be in this gathering today, following the footsteps of such outstanding scholars and academicians like Professor Kole Omotoso, modern storyteller and philosopher, Victoria Kwakwa, lead economist at the World Bank office in Abuja and Professor Alex Gboyega, political scientist and our country’s leading authority on local government administration. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Time to Re-Invent the Ekiti Brand
     by     Dare Babarinsa
         June 01, 2006
    I am happy to be here in Ado-Ekiti, the city that has played a prominent role in the history of our people and the history of the Yoruba Nation     NigerianNews Special
     

  • The Debt We owe
     by     Dare Babarinsa
     May 31, 2006
    Ekiti is one of the oldest political units in Nigeria and the first confederation in Yorubaland. It was formed as a political entity during the great struggles of the 19th Century when Yorubaland was convulsed in a civil war following the collapse of old Oyo Empire. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Come and Let Us Build
     by     Dare Babarinsa
         May 30, 2006
    It is obvious that those who are not qualified to run super market are today ruling many of the Yoruba States. The Yoruba people are still grasping with the chaos of the post-Awolowo era and they have not found coherent answers to the problems

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  • AN AMBASSADOR OF THE NIGERIAN PRESS
     by Dare Babarinsa
     March 27, 2006
    Remarks at a luncheon for leaders of the Nigerian press at the Ikeja Airport Hotel on Monday March 20, 2006.
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  • FRIENDS, BROTHERS, COUNTRYMEN
    by     Dare BABARINSA
     February 06, 2006
    Let us thank Olodumare for Ekitiland. This land is beautiful and rich. In time past, the Ekiti people were the pride of the Yoruba nation. Our ancestors were noted for honesty, industry, integrity and their love of freedom. NigerianNews Special


 

Dr. Michael K Oladimeji

  • THIS TERRORIST THING 
    by Dr. Michael K Oladimeji
    In my earlier lamentation on the destructive reach of the voices of anger which visited the World Trade Center last week, I have described the World Trade Center as the "Scepter of American ingenuity, opulence and grandeur". That to me was what the World Trade Center represented. I should know this, I worked there for close to ten years. My mind went to my boss, Dr. Robert C. Iotti, who I had patterned my work ethic on earlier. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Obasanjo and the Throne of Egypt
    Dr. Michael Kayode Oladimeji
    I do not belong to those school of thought who believe that the only thing you need to run Nigeria very well is good leadership. I believe that far more important than leadership are good political structures. In other words, the structure of a house is far more important than the furniture you keep in it. A good house must be able to withstand inclement weather and the rigour of reasonable existence. NigerianNews Special

Kayode Taiwo

  • OPC: A POPULIST PARTY IN THE MAKING
    by Kayode Taiwo
    I think I must have read someplace where OPC was listed as a terrorist organization, and in other places where the North and the East were accusing OPC of the same.  The stark reductionism, ignorance and confusion in such a statement of course came as no surprise. NigerianNews Special
     

  • This Legislature And Bakassi
    by Kayode Taiwo
    As Nigeria looks forward to 2003 with hope and apprehension it may suffice to say a solution albeit ironically had been dropped, by cosmic design if you please. NigerianNews Special
     

  • Cultism and the Nigerian Youth: A Threat to National Security by Kayode Taiwo 
    Recently there was another wave of cult-violence and killings in some of our higher institutions. The public reaction was king of muffled this time, which brings on the question – Are we going deaf, or, is the government going deaf as par the yearnings and the pathos of the Nigerian youth? NigerianNews Special
     

  • The "Impeachment" Aftermath: Heroes and Villains
    by Kayode Taiwo
    The last two weeks served as another milestone in Nigeria’s history.  Our country, our democracy, and most importantly “the people”, was “tested”. NigerianNews Special
     

  • A Modern Nigeria in 2003
    by Kayode Taiwo 
    With President Obasanjo under the “threat or blackmail” of impeachment and an unrealistic and delusional Babangida awaiting “Allah’s intervention for 2003”; the political landscape in Nigeria presently looks very much like a deadly macabre dance on high wire.  Did someone say; are we back to square one again? NigerianNews Special
     

  • The Arts and Nation Building
    by Kayode Taiwo
    Language, art, and culture are the backbone of all societies anywhere in the world.  The “use”, the “representation”, and the “knowing” or knowledge, of language constitutes, or defines the arts. The arts henceforth portray and propagate culture, CONSCIOUSNESS and spirituality. Culture is thus dynamic, fluid, and ever evolving; a product of art, and language. NigerianNews Special 

  • Obasanjo and Critics (Part Two)

    by Kayode Taiwo
    Typically Nigerian; we always want to run before we walk.  If there is a fascinating impeachment provision or instrument in the constitution trust some Nigerians to try using it in some macabre manner anyways – “after all,  the Americans tried to impeach President Clinton”!!! And the fact that the house is making this bizarre move at a time when a probe into its finances is imminent is even more troubling. NigerianNews Special  
     

  • Obasanjo and Critics (Part One)
    by Kayode Taiwo
    This democratic dispensation is definitely showing dividends, although some are not as glaring as others – one obvious dividend that we are all witnessing is the most fundamental of all human freedoms, the freedom of speech. NigerianNews Special