The legendary sociologist scholar, Max Weber defined a successful state as ‘one that could be said to succeed if it maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force’. Another intellectual giant, Robert Bates […]
Former Nigerian President, General Olusegun Obasanjo is clearly one of the luckiest Nigerian mortals dead or alive. In 1970, he accepted the speech that led to the end of the about thirty year old civil […]
As the countdown to march 28 presidential election begins, Ayodeji Ajayi, a media practitioner, assesses the chances of the two leading candidates, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Muhammadu Buhari of […]
“People are saying you people said you will do [by December 2014] 6,000MW, yes! We have the capacity standing..” Professor Chinedu Nebo, Minister of Finance, PUNCH, January 28, 2015, p 38. That statement by the […]
Joseph Mbu is not the first Nigerian to be designated assistant inspector-general (AIG) of police, but he is certainly the first to demean that position in word and deed. Right from his tenure as commissioner […]
YEAR 2015 is likely to be a year of contrasts in which a difficult and uncertain start will most probably give way to a promising end, as renewed post-election economic reform efforts to address fiscal, […]
Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson, in this interview with the Editor,THE NATION, Festus Eriye, opened up on his relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan. He also spoke on the president’s character, the First Lady, Patience, his […]
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Eight years ago, Jimi Agbaje ran a very impressive campaign when he first came into public consciousness and was contesting for the gubernatorial job in Lagos State. His jingles were catchy and his message resonated. […]
He is so passionate about tomorrow. And so, looking back, he discovered that not a healthy and solid foundation had been laid for a strong future. To him, the return of democracy in 1999 was […]
Director General, National Centre for Women Development (NCWD), Lady Onyeka Onwenu, in this interview with Saturday Independent Editor, Charles Okogene, speaks on the centre, its activities, and how women have fared under President Goodluck Jonathan’s […]
WHO is in charge of Yobe, Borno, Adamawa, Kebbi and Sokoto? Who can stop Boko Haram from operating freely in these states or indeed anywhere? They have hit Abuja, Gombe, Plateau, Niger, etc. It is […]
One thing that sets this year’s electoral campaign miles apart from the previous ones is the overflowing stream of cheap talk – call it pedestrian propaganda. One is also astonished at the creative, even if […]
On the evening of September 26, 1960, about seventy million Americans watched two men debate on a live television show. The men were both candidates for the office of President of the United States. The […]
The National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (rtd) proposed for a postponement of the February 14 Presidential elections in Chatham House, London. His reason was for the populace to get the permanent voters cards […]
So the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) decided to postpone the 2015 elections with just seven days to go? What a shame. Since January 2014 — more than a year ago — when INEC released […]
And finally, it came to pass. After a week of meetings, speculations and sliceable tension, Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Saturday night announced a six-week postponement of the […]
Great leaders are never satisfied with current levels of achievements. They are relentlessly driven by possibilities and potential achievements’ – Donna Harrison True meaning was given to Nigeria’s democracy by the Federal Government with the […]
There is a saying that those who live in glass house should not throw stones. The rationale for this is the dark prospect of retaliation which could be more heinous and destructive given the structure […]
When the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, in company with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, addressed the party’s faithful at the Township Stadium in Umuahia recently, he mandated them to […]
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