PDP and Manchester United

Shareby Sam Omatseye

From the outset, I must confess loyalties. I owe no passion for any of the football fancies of the day. I am an agnostic in this feverish play of pieties that exalts the foreign to the asphyxiation of local talents.

While many of us, in our post-colonial imbecilities, may throw our weights behind Manchester United [...]

November 2, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Sam Omatseye  Comments

The NPA Six And Nigeria’s Two-Prison System

Shareby Reuben Abati
WHY won’t the NPA Six who were convicted by Justice Bunmi Oyewole’s court, a court of competent jurisdiction, and who have since been kept in prison not wear prison uniform? The only explanation that can be gleaned from reports in yesterday’s newspapers is that Nigeria runs a two-prison system: one for the rich [...]

November 1, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Reuben Abati  Comments

Constitution on Trial at Appeal Court

Shareby Simon Kolawole
I don’t know much about Chief Andy Uba. He had always run his life away from the limelight, until he dived into the “murky waters” of politics. I have met him only once – at the THISDAY summit tagged “Nigeria Meets the World”, held in New York two years ago. He was in [...]

November 1, 2009  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Simon Kolawole  Comments

The Anatomy of Corruption

Shareby Dele Momodu
There is no better time than now to examine the socio-political dynamics of corruption in Nigeria. The landmark judgment handed down to some bigwigs of the ruling party last Monday has made the topic even more attractive to commentators. But I’m not about to comment on that particular case, which like most things [...]

October 30, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Dele Momodu  Comments


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