Articles

Social & Political Issues Oct 25, 2006

The State Of Emergency In Ekiti State And The Nebuchadnezzar Non-Option

By Mobolaji E. Aluko, PhD

Twenty-Four Days to A State of EmergencyOn Tuesday, 26th September, 2006,  the 26-man Ekiti State House of Assembly (ESHOA) passed  a motion...

Social & Political Issues Oct 23, 2006

Dele Giwa: 20 Years After

By Sunny Awhefeada

culled from GUARDIAN, October 23, 2006Sunday, October 19, 1986, was like any other day in the somnolence of Evwreni countryside. The tall rubber trees...

Social & Political Issues Oct 23, 2006

EFCC: Ethical Sanitisers or Selective Inquisitor?

By Tam David-West

culled from GUARDIAN, October 23, 2006To conceptualise idea (or vision) is among the innate attributes of our essence as rational humans. The idea is ...

Social & Political Issues Oct 23, 2006

Ekiti: The End Of The Beginning

By Reuben Abati

"The world today is ruled by harassed politicians absorbed in getting into office or turning out the other man so that not much room is left for debat...

Social & Political Issues Oct 22, 2006

A Nation in Crisis

By Mahmud Jega

culled from Weekly Trust, October 22, 2006Three "governors", two Chief Judges and two impeachment panels existed side by side in one state. Two more g...

Social & Political Issues Oct 22, 2006

Obasanjo's Obsession And Nightmare

By Ibanga Essien

culled from VANGUARD, October 22, 2006Without bothering the reader with countless dictionary definitions, let me just say that to be obsessed with som...

Social & Political Issues Oct 20, 2006

EFCC’s Hasty Graft Index

By Jide Ayobolu

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu recently named former Head of State, General Sani Abacha as th...

Social & Political Issues Oct 19, 2006

Anarchy and the Rule of Law in Ekiti and Plateau

By Michael Oluwagbemi

Events of the past few weeks in my home state of Ekiti and the Middle Belt state of Plateau have been nothing short of alarming. In what appears to be...

Social & Political Issues Oct 19, 2006

Ideas, Not Money, Alleviate Poverty

By Philip Emeagwali

I once believed that capital was another word for money, the accumulated wealth of a country or its people. Surely, I thought, wealth is determined by...

Historical Speeches Oct 19, 2006