Atiku’s Political Antecedents

culled from SUNDAY INDEPENDENT, April 10, 2006Analysts insist that one political truth about Atiku is that he is a man gifted with a highdegree of int...

Atiku And The Anti-Corruption War

Nigeria between 1984 and 1999 was ruled by a succession of corrupt generals who brought the country to its knees internally and made her a pariah stat...

ASSESSING THE FUTURE OF NIGERIA’S ECONOMY: IGNORED THREATS FROM THE GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBACLE

Policies adopted globally to mitigate climate change (global warming) will have negative implications for specific sectors, such as the coal, oil and ...

Assessing States and Universities in Nigeria - Beauty in the Eyes of the Beholder

I.  INTRODUCTION As a teacher, I hear this kind of statement all the time from students:   “I got an A in Chemistry but the teacher g...

Assessing Federalism, Partisan Politics and Development

This topic is fit for a doctoral dissertation. It has so many dimensions that I am stuck between being a fox and being a hedgehog. A fox wanders far a...

Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times:

And We Call This Democracy ?

culled from THISDAY, May 08, 2005Two things – I’m angry and I’m sad. But that should not surprise me. There is no time I travel out of this coun...

Anambra’s Multiple Legislators - 6 Senators Instead of 3

In Remembrance of June 12Ten Years Later“That The World May Know”June 12, 2003My Compatriots:The drama of six senators instead of three from Anamb...

And What Is To Be Done About the 2003 Elections Results?

INTRODUCTIONWhat is to be done about the 2003 elections results?  That is the big question begging for an answer – or many answers.Despite best...

AND WHO SHALL I VOTE FOR COME APRIL 2003?

INTRODUCTIONAnd who shall I vote for on April 19, 2003, in the Nigerian presidential election, between Aremu Obasanjo (PDP), Muhammadu Buhari (ANPP) a...