AS one of the world’s unquestionably acknowledged great man of the 20th Century (and indeed all-time), Nelson Mandela, prepares to turn 95 on 18th July 2013, the entire world quite rightly, is collectively priming itself to give him a befitting...

Language on parade

AS you know very well, questions are one of the most pervasive features of language.  They feature frequently in our daily conversations, discussions, and debates, not to mention one form of speech that revolves around...

Prof. Warisu Oyeshina Alli, Dean School of Postgraduate Studies and Professor of Political Science, University of Jos, took time to examine the performance of politicians and attempted to feel the pulse of the electorate in these 14 years of...

Dr. Eme Ekekwe is the Acting Head, Political and Administrative Studies, University of Port Harcourt, where he teaches and research in political theory and political economy.  He told KELVIN EBIRI that though the country has not relapsed...

MAY 29 is here again! As the 2013 edition of what has become christened as Democracy Day in Nigeria is around the corner, it is only reasonable, yes, logically imperative, that an attempt is made to appraise the context and the circumstance of the...

• Our People Are Frozen By Different Emotions, We Must Defreeze Them

Olisa Agbakoba, former Civil Liberty Organisation (CLO) and Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) President was among those who laboured to enthrone this Fourth Republic.  In...

Tony Afejuku, radical poet and professor of English, Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Benin, Benin City, writes on 14 years of democracy, warning that citizens must get ready for a...

MAY 29, 2013 is three days away. Wednesday to be precise. When the day comes, one thing is certain: President Goodluck Jonathan will give a Democracy Day speech. The yearly ritual of Democracy Day is meant to celebrate the eventual transition from...

Language on parade

HELLO, members of ALAN: finally, GEJ has done it! In the evening of Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in a derring-do defiance of calls to the contrary by some opposition parties, our President, instead of digging himself deeper and...

• Achebe Will Not Be Laid To Rest At Night

REALITY is beginning to dawn on the people, especially friends, professional contemporaries and the Ogidi age-grade leaders and the rest of the community, that in truth, the mighty had fallen.

The...

WE write to correct certain wrong assertions made by Mr. Hendrix Oliomogbe in his feature titled: ‘Ogboru, Ewherido plunge Delta DPP into crisis’ (The Guardian, May10, 2013).

Let me start by quickly stating that the crisis, as you referred to...

• PDP Not Dead In Ogun

Mr. Kayode Amusan, two-term Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member of the House of Representatives from Ogun State in the last dispensation, spoke to NIYI OLAJIDE on national issues, particularly the political...

• It Is Time For Us To Save This Country And Secure Its Future

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State does not shy from confronting issues. For a man so passionate about democracy, who was part of those who made sacrifices to ensure that...

Chief Edet Mkpubre is the immediate past national vice chairman of PDP South-south. He is from Oron Nation in Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State. In this interview with AYOYINKA OLAGOKE, he lamented the uneven allocation of resources by...