SOME readers of this page last week queried the narrative’s scoring of President Jonathan on his mid-term report. I knew it would be so, having provided a somewhat noncommittal headline (Mr. President Didn’t Fail, He Didn’t Pass Either) and...

THE matter of the controversial election of the Nigeria Governors Forum to choose a chairman is still raging. Now the parties are in court to prove an elusive point. I will explain why it an elusive point. Let’s work with the most favourable...

THE recent signing into law of a gay marriage bill by the French President, Mr Francois Hollande, and the passage of an anti-gay legislation by our own House of Representatives have framed the issue of homosexuality once more in terms of...

THE office of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, and that of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been speaking on Alhaji Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, the governor of Sokoto State from 1999 to...

EXACTLY 20 years ago, there was a country! Nigerians of all persuasions – Christians and Muslims; Northerners and Southerners; Arewa, Afenifere and Ndigbo, OPC, MOSOP, MASSOB and even Boko Haram — so decided. That appeared to have effectively...

HIGHLY talented people have a rough time adapting to new circumstances. This is because in their over confidence, talented persons feel they know it all. This is why it is difficult for them to continually expand their talent. Being adaptable or...

AN interesting debate has been raging on in the communication and advertising sub-sectors in the last couple of weeks. Stirred by the sudden and dramatic switch of camps by artiste Hafeez Oyetoro, alias Saka, from Etisalat to MTN, the controversy...

I REMEMBER like yesterday an account related to me decades ago` by a fellow teacher and friend, Boye Lawal, a science teacher with the mind of an artist. It occurred, according to him, during one of his trips, years back in Pankshin, Plateau...

THE African Union has helped throw off colonialism and resolve conflicts since its birth in 1963. But can it answer the desire for democracy among many Africans?

The African Union (AU) is now 50 years old. Amid the celebrations, the AU – which...

Continued from yesterday

MOREOVER, as a resource-rich nation Nigeria is under the heavy veil of the “resource curse”. The CCS is the EITI equivalent of the “magic arm” by which we convert the complex diversity and liability of our large...