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World War 2 Horrors Faced By ‘Forgotten Army’ In Asia

“Some of the other prisoners tried to escape but they were caught. Their heads were chopped off in front of…

Onovo, It’s Time To Abolish The Checkpoints

Although accounts of the number of lives lost differ, at least 30 people were believed to  have died in the…

Don’t Scrap Post-UME Test

Many candidates that sat for the last Post-Universities Matriculation Examination in the University of Lagos did not prepare for it.…

Ominous Signs Ahead 2011 Polls

Signs that next year’s general elections may be turbulent have begun to manifest in some parts of the country where…

Why Credible Elections Matter in a Democracy —Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

I have been asked to speak today in this Plenary IV panel titled “Do Elections Mean Good Democracy?”   I thank…

The Suspicious Spouse

Loving and being loved could be nice experience if given a chance of fairness. Nobody wants a ‘police dog’ coming…

Spendthrift Nation

It appears Nigeria is entering what could be called a period of insolvencies.  That may surprise you, coming so soon…

The Rot At Nigerian College Of Aviation

The Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State, is an institution that prides itself as the only…

Don’t Burn The Qu’ran

For whatever reason The Dove World Outreach Centre in Gainesville, Florida,  USA, is setting out to commemorate the 9th anniversary…

Competency Test For Civil Servants: A Welcome Development

The announcement by Stephen Oronsaye, Head of Civil Service of the Federation that senior civil servants would take competency and…

Power Belongs To The People

The decision of the National Assembly to amend the 2006 Electoral Act by listing the order of elections in 2011…

‘Exorcisms’ Performed On Stolen Brides

Dozens of cars were parked outside. Crowds thronged the pavement, desperate to get through the metal gates. In the courtyard…

Open Letter To Dora Akunyili

Dear Aunty Dora, I write you this letter as your first nephew and first son of your late sister. I…

LASU Authorities Must Act Now

The authorities of the Lagos State University, LASU, must act fast to salvage the image of the institution which is…

Love Audit

One of the measurements for a truly progressive journey is looking at where it started. Without knowing where you are…

Goodluck To Jonathan But Not On Obasanjo’s Recommendation

Recently I heard someone say that history will record Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo as one of the greatest Nigerians ever. Whao!…

A Malaprop’s Noise About Noise

In my undergraduate years I was passionately attached to The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, one of the finest playwrights…

Okereke Onyiuke: We Saw It Coming

For about two years, we were peeved that she had not been sacked. But, the removal, though belated, of the…

Murky Advantages Of Risky CooperationOf

The recent mid-year summit of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) saw the regional body establishing a new…

Benefits Of The Public Advice Centre

The Lagos State Government recently set up the Public Advice Centre, PAC, to provide Lagosians easy access to information and…

IBB For President: An Exercise In Futility

It pains me to the marrows anytime I read IBB’s useless and unwanted stories on the pages of our newspapers…

Enough Of The Threats Over Zoning

There appears to be no end to the daily threats being issued by zoning protagonists to force the rest of…

Momodu, Jonathan And 2011

If there is anybody President Goodluck Jonathan will be in utter envy of, it is Dele Momodu, the publisher of…

IBB’s Delusion Of Grandeur

Flag off the presidential campaign of Nigeria’s former self-styled military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd) in Ibadan, the Oyo…

A Day With My White Yorùbá Aunty

“Bí ó pé títí, àlejò á di onílé.” Yorùbá Proverb (In time, a sojourner becomes a native.) I usually keep…

Save Your Relationship

It is not unusual to hear people lament about negative things happening to their once-upon-a-time flourishing relationship. The causes of…

Need For Scanners At Seaports

The quantity of illicit drugs that comes into Nigeria by sea is frightening and if urgent steps are not taken…

Why The Noise About Noise?

When he was at Wesley College, Ibadan, Oyo State in the mid-60s, Mr. Ade Fajana told the story of a…

The Time Is Now

Humans are very peculiar. A lot of things we say, we cannot do. My Graduation song told me “Things never…

Much Ado About Zoning

Perhaps there is no other issue that has generated so much controversy lately as the zoning arrangement by the People’s…
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