Tag: TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS
Nigeria: The Scoundrel From Khartoum
By Osuolale Alalade A scoundrel from Khartoum came to town last week and the nation went berserk. The cacophony of…
Democracy And Leadership In Nigeria
By Salihu Lukman In his book, ‘The Age of Turbulence’, economists and former Chairman of US Federal Reserve (1987-2006), Alan…
A Book To Crow About
By Kole Omotoso This is a book to crow about. There are many reasons why anyone familiar with the vexed…
Blueprint For Africa’s Industrialisation
By Adegboyega Ariyo Africa has about 16 per cent of the world’s population, with 22 per cent of the planet’s…
The New Police And FRSC Check-Points
By Kanayo Esinulo We begin with these obvious facts: many Inspectors-General who reigned at Sir Louis Edet House, Nigeria Police…
Defending Our Votes
By Babafemi Ojudu Let me start my reflections on the sanctity of electoral mandates with a personal experience of the…
Political Prospects And Challenges
By Salihu Lukman Divide and rule is by far the dominant strategy in Nigeria’s contemporary politics. It thrives on zoning…
Opon Imo: Inspirational Message From State Of Osun
By Salihu Lukman Partly on account of the aspiration to shape and orient citizens to become more productive, a critical…
The Project Of Killing Nigeria Slowly
By Kanayo Esinulo The Governor of Niger State, Dr. Babangida Aliyu, who is also known as ‘The Chief Servant’, has…
Aregbesola And The Renaissance Of Awoism
By Olumuyiwa Jimoh Leadership is rooted in the society. The society is anchored on the people. The degree to which…
Gamaliel Onosode: To Wear Honour Like A Garment
By Femi Osofisan The house is like any other along the street, without any special adornment. We are in the…
Weep We For Nigeria Our Country!
By Yemisi Shyllon As a concerned Nigerian, I must publicly lament the lacklustre management of the economy and the misplaced…
Fashioning A Workable & Realistic Constitution For Nigeria
By Ambassador Adegboyega Ariyo Commendable efforts have been made to restore the country to the path of sustainable development, where unity…
Gamaliel Onosode: To Wear Honour Like A Garment
By Femi Osofisan The house is like any other along the street, without any special adornment. We are in the…
Celebrating Adetokunbo Sofoluwe 1950-2012
By Funmilayo Sofoluwe My first encounter with Adetokunbo was in the 1960s through my older brother when they both attended…
Tackling Corruption In The Judiciary
By Akunna Ejim That corruption is one of the banes of Nigeria is no news to anyone with even the…
Birthday Notes To A Lost Nirvana
By Femi Osofisan I know Kole Omotoso. Wrong. I used to know Kole Omotoso, the Nigerian writer. Some thirty years…
Nebo: The New Spirit In The Power Sector
By Sunny Igboanugo When the Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Ositadimma Nebo, stood before the Senate earlier this year to…
Addressing The Menace Of Child Molestation And Rape
By Akunna Ejim A seven-year-old child, living with her aunt in Delta state, was repeatedly molested and raped by a…
Boko Haram: A People’s Alternative To Peace
By Adewale Adeoye Recently, tear-soaked Mrs. Deborah Shettima from Borno State gave a gory account of how her husband was…
Chinua Achebe: A Writer And A Half And More
By Akin Adesokan He sits there in the front row, looking baffled by the effusion of encomiums falling all around…
Achebe And I
By Nduka Otiono No one who met the venerable Chinua Achebe–in flesh and blood or in his writings–would ever forget…
Chinua Achebe: Death, Where Are Thy Claws?
By Niyi Osundare Chinua Achebe is one of those epically unique individuals whose lives have been so full, so purposive…
Achebe’s Apocalyptic Valediction
By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Chinua Achebe appeared on the world stage in grand style by way of the epochal novel,…
Paying For Achebe’s Snub
By Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo Like everyone else, I am saddened by the death of Chinua Achebe, one of Africa’s greatest minds.…
Achebe Is Africa’s Shakespeare
By Festus Ayayi I knew Chinua Achebe in the early 80s when he was President of Association of Nigerian Authors…
Curtain-Call For The Eagle
By Tunde Olusunle Over the years, Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo and I have had the good fortune of regularly hosting a good…
The Passing Of A Literary Troubadour
By Wale Okediran Like many Nigerian students, who offered Literature in secondary school, I first met Achebe on the pages…
Chinua Achebe – The Icon, The Legacy
By Akuna Ejim “Things fall apart and the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,…” This refrain…