Stephen Lawrence: Triumph of Mother Courage By Taju Tijani Happiness and sadness fused together in the post-conviction speech of a tired Doreen Lawrence at the footsteps of Old Bailey where two of her son’s killers were convicted. Doreen Lawrence! What a woman!!! Against all mocking odds, she st...
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I will be very frank with you; despite the raging debates over the past six months or so, I had not the slightest intention of writing on this contentious and controversial issue of fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria until the Federal Government actually did it on 1st January 2012. One reason I did not...
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It has long been certain that “the wheels of justice grind slowly”, (in Nigeria and other less refined societies, usually oiled by Corruption) yet, contrary to the old adage, they don’t necessarily “grind exceedingly fine.”  In all cases, it is the victims that suffer the consequences. I...
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Morality and Legality: Lessons for Awoyokun By Cornelius Ewuoso Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. ewuosocornelius@yahoo.com   Awoyokun is right. Here I refer you to his article which appeared in the Guardian Newspaper of 14 December 2011. It is not the duty of the Senate to legislate on our mo...
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A Paper Presented to ACN UK General Meeting, 10th September 2011, London, UK . Ladies and gentlemen, it is perhaps imperative in this presentation to come to certain terms with what we are going to talk about. This is because when we say security, are we talking about food insecurity, financial ins...
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Prior to the 1966 coup which ushered in General JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi, very few people in Nigeria had ever seen soldiers before. They were mostly confined to the barracks. Most of us in those days did not even know that Nigerians soldiers were sent to the Congo. Even now, most history books never record...
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A short while ago, at the 2011 World Population Day celebration, it was revealed that by October 31, Nigeria’s population would hit the 167 million mark; and would hit 433 million by 2050. To many, it was a verdict of a bleak future, and an imminent catastrophe.  Nigerians then sat back to wait ...
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THIS DAY Gas Revolution: Oando Launches 128-km Pipeline 22 Nov 2011 By Ejiofor Alike Leading Nigerian indigenous oil company, Oando Plc, Monday made history with the successful completion of 128-kilometre gas pipeline system from Akwa Ibom to Cross River State, built by Oando...
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