Confusion Walks On All Fours

As you read this, it will be 18 days to the start of the epoch-making April 2007 elections.
Epoch-making in the sense that if the elections hold as scheduled on April 14 and 21 and the incumbent government successfully hands over power to another government, that will be the first time in the 46-year history [...]

Nigeria And The Metaphor Of ADC Airline’s Flight 053

It is extremely difficult, no matter how hard one tries, for any well meaning citizen not to be exasperated at the miserable Nigerian situation.
 
For some others, they have even passed the stage of exasperation and are in fact, hibernating in the rather frightful realm of despondency.
 
I have had enough time in the past [...]

The “Ayo Fayose Mistake”

Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose
 
Many Nigerians continue to lament what they call the deficiencies of the 1999 Constitution, which to them have made the document a recipe for disaster. Correct as such perception might be, it is, to my mind disingenuous for anyone to blame solely the constitution for the many problems bedevilling
Nigeria [...]

Is This War Or Election?

Pictures of former Presidents Mathieu Kerekou and Jerry Rawlings of Republic of Benin and Ghana respectively who honourably handed over power after conducting free and fair elections in which their political parties lost to the opposition.
 
Is Nigeria preparing for war? This is the question that should concentrate the minds of all well meaning citizens as the [...]

Bayo Ojo’s “Slippery Slope” And Yar’Adua’s Catarrh

Chief Bayo Ojo, Nigeria’s Justice Minister and Attorney-General
 
One of the core modules essential for the award of a Masters degree in International Journalism by the
School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University, is Information Gathering and Analysis (IGA).
Taught across two semesters (Autumn and Spring), IGA 1& 11, designed both to be a professional [...]

Gregynog, Just Like Obudu Cattle Ranch

The serene environment that is Gregynog. Left is the main building and right is the lawn. 
“This place is magnificent and heavenly, simply out of this world. In fact, I lack appropriate adjectives to describe it.” That was how Yuan Wong, a Malaysian described the scenery that confronted her on stepping out of the bus at [...]

No Stubbing Out The Light

Third quarter financial report indicates BAT shareholders’ good fortune still holds. If the company’s intended bid for
Tekel, Turkey’s state cigarette company sails through early next year, then, there will be no stubbing out its glowing share price  
Sitting in his London office, overlooking the Thames, on October 22, 2006, Paul Adams, British American Tobacco’s chief executive, [...]

Globalising Multiparty Democracy

The shipwreck of communism, some analysts say, is the triumph of multiparty democracy. But must the echo of this victory be made to reverberate globally as a matter of urgency?  
In his second inaugural address titled, There Is No Justice Without Freedom, President George W. Bush underscored America’s role in fostering global democracy. 
“It is the [...]

Magazines In The Blogosphere World

In the past decade, personal publishing has dramatically changed the way journalism is practiced, thus raising question on the future of magazines in an era of digital revolution. 
The pictures were as grisly as they were enthralling. Moments after the execution of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on December 30, 2006, the graphic details were in [...]

US-China Dialogue: What Prospects?

Chinese President Hu Jianto (left) with US President, George Bush

The US-China dialogue signals desire by both countries to address economic issues that have dogged their relationship for so long. But do they have the political will? 
Mr Al Gore, America’s former vice president, reputed for his perspicuity, lived up to the billing recently. Answering a [...]