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Nasir el-Rufai’s Book as Intellectual Fraud?…………By CHUKWUMA SOLUDO
Although there is no single definition of fraud, the online definitions that come to mind as one reads Nasir el-Rufai’s book (The Accidental Public Servant) is “fraud as course of deception, an intentional concealment, omission, […]
Front Page News
Dana Crash Victim at The Discourse LIVE on Sunday..(Victim of 2012 plane crash shuts Dana office…Punch)
Pastor Daniel Omowunmi whose building was destroyed by the Dana air crash is yet to be compensated a year after the accident happened.The Punch today reports that” Business activities at the Allen Avenue office of Dana […]
Politics
"Democratic Governance In Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges" By Pastor Tunde Bakare
It was Abraham Lincoln that gave the world the simplest and the most concise definition of democracy: “government of the people, by the people and for the people.” It is a definition with a thesis […]
Sport
Tribute: For Pini Jason – Who stood for something….By Ikeddy ISIGUZO,Vanguard
EVEN with the mortality of humans being well founded, there are people you would hardly think about that way. Pini Jason Onyegbaduo who passed on yesterday belonged to that class. He brought pristine joy to […]
Government
Feed yourself:If only Nigeria could revamp its farms…..ECONOMIST
“IF I had a wish list,” says Luka Abgu, a farmer from Taraba state, in eastern Nigeria, “I would like a tractor.” “Farming is slow back-breaking work and I often have to employ labourers,” says […]
Sport
RELIGIOUS MADNESS ON CAMPUSES……ONYEJI DOMINIC
Religious activities are completely out of place when they become competitive in contemporary society. Churches and their various denominations are seen as something else when they operate like business establishments or profit orientated organizations. Close […]
Sport
PREMIUM TIMES columnist convenes public lecture to launch El-Rufai’s book in Canada
A PREMIUM TIMES columnist, Pius Adesanmi, is organizing a public lecture in Canada as part of the launch of Nasir El-Rufai’s book,The Accidental Public Servant. The lecture, with theme: “Post Colonial Writing and the Challenge […]
Sport
Letter from Africa: Chinua Achebe betrayed…Sola Odunfa (BBC)
In our series of letters from Africa, Sola Odunfa in Lagos writes that acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, who died last week, was a fierce critic of corruption and misrule and would not have welcome […]
Government
The missing link in Jonathan’s administration by Azuka Onwuka ….Punch
It must be frustrating for President Goodluck Jonathan and his staunch supporters that in spite of his achievements, he continues to receive a barrage of knocks from Nigerians, especially in the media.
Front Page News
Private jet: Adeboye’s defence stirs debate on social networks….Punch
THE interview granted by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, to Qatar-based private broadcasting channel, Al Jazeera,stirred a heated debate on social networks on Sunday.
Life Style
Article of Faith: I Am Greater Than Isaiah, By Femi Aribisala…Premium Times
Sons of God are greater than all the Old Testament prophets. My name is Femi Aribisala. You may know me as the writer of these articles of faith. What you may not know, however, […]
Sport
Lardner: Through The Glass Darkly….The Guardian
LATELY I have been having this recurring vision that it is at once intriguing as it is disturbing. In the vision I am on the second floor of a house, peering through a square and […]
Sport
NBA PRESIDENT at THE DISCOURSE this SUNDAY
This Sunday we have on THE DISCOURSE OKEY WALI SAN,THE PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION talking about the bar,the bench, and other contentious legal issues
Life Style
Why does Easter move around so much?…..The Economist
THIS year Easter falls on March 31st for adherents to the various branches of Western Christianity, and on May 5th for Eastern Christianity. In both cases the date of Easter can vary by more than […]
Sport
Laila St Mathew Daniel at THE DISCOURSE
LAILA was born in LAGOS 60 years ago and has lived here ever since and even got married to a Nigerian..She got her first passport 42 years ago.In a bizzare episode an Immigration “oga at […]
Sport
LAURA JOHNSON at THE DISCOURSE today
THE DISCOURSE WITH JIMI DISU this Sunday tells the story of LAURA JOHNSON who survived an aircrash in ’96 in which 16 people died .Very moving story you just must not miss!
Sport
Chinua Achebe: What Nigeria Means To Me…….THE GUARDIAN
NIGERIAN nationality was for me and my generation an acquired taste like cheese. Or better still, like ballroom dancing. Not dancing per se, for that came naturally; but this titillating version of slow-slow-quick-quick-slow performed in […]
Government
Amnesty and Boko Haram……GUARDIAN EDITORIAL
WHEN Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, called for amnesty for members of the Boko Haram sect, the response, appropriately, from President Goodluck Jonathan, on a visit to Maiduguri, was that the group remains […]
Government
Lagos Driver Charged With Attempted Murder of Judge……SAHARA REPORTERS
A Lagos commercial driver, Mr. Kasali Quadri, was today arraigned before Justice Christopher Ayodeji Balogun of the Lagos High Court for the attempted murder of Justice E.A Adebajo, a member of the State judiciary. Quadri, […]