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1.1K2015: The Chances of PDP, APC
“It takes political sagacity to know political arithmetic,” said Chuba Okadigbo in 2003. He was supposed to know: he read political science,...
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Early Signs of a Failing Economy
Nigeria as well as its economy is now sitting on a precipice – and nobody needs an Obasanjo to know this. In...
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1.2KThe Debt Nigeria Owes Zik
Had he lived up to this Sunday, Nigeria’s first president Dr Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe would have clocked 110 years. It’s not likely...
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751Selfish Senators versus Prostrate President
In anger, the Nigerian Senate has decided to go on strike. No more consideration of any bill before it. No more sitting....
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1.0K2015 Elections: A Preview
The next general elections in Africa’s most populous nation will be most interesting. Nigeria’s two major political parties, the People’s Democratic Party...
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1.2KAli Mazrui: Simply Africa’s Greatest
In the books of Western intellectuals, something good rarely comes from Africa. Until recently, Africa was nothing more than the “Dark Continent”...
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995Spent Forces Flock to AGIP
Peter Obi could not wait longer than six months in the wilderness. The man who handed over to his chosen successor, Mr...
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800A Gifted Nigerian Leader
At a time religious, sectional and ethnic extremists have taken the centre stage in the West African nation, Governor Babatunde Fashola of...
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931‘Black Scorpion’ Adekunle Laid to Rest
The remains of Brigadier-general Benjamin Adesanya Adekunle, who died on Saturday, September 13, at age 78, were buried Friday in Lagos. A...
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977Questions President Jonathan Failed to Answer in His 54th Independence Anniversary Speech
President Goodluck Jonathan had nothing meaningful to tell Nigerians – and foreigners – on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Nigeria’s...