by Stanley Azuakola “Our hospitals and clinics are dirty and smelling. This is not healthy for the lives of our people.” Recently reinstated speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson, who presided over the screening of commissioner nominees, said the above during the screening of Dr. Michael Awoli. Interestingly, when members... Read More

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‘El-Rufai is delusional’ – Thisday editorial board member responds to Peter Obi critique

by Dr. Okey Ikechukwu Mallam Nasir el-Rufa’i’s analysis of Anambra State’s 2012 budget lacked the objectivity and attention to available evidence needed for believable conclusions. He certainly got some data on physical and human geography and capped it with random and recondite statistics. This is all right where the targeting audience is foreign, especially if... Read More

anambra, budget, el rufai, obi

May 20, 2012

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Opinion: El-Rufai exposes Buhari – says it’s time for a new generation of leaders

by Abdullahi Aborode This is a message to General Muhammadu Buhari from Mallam Nasir El-Rufai on the 4th of October, 2010 few months before the April 2011 elections. READ BELOW; The attention of Mallam Nassir El-Rufai has been drawn to statements from Generals Muhammadu Buhari and Ibrahim Babangida purporting to be responses to the advice he gave both men to retire. Since,... Read More

Buhari, corruption, el rufai, Leadership, Politics

March 30, 2012

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Have government critics outlived their usefulness?

by Gabriel Ola For there to be change in Nigeria, there must be a revolution. If we won’t have a bloody revolution, then we must have the revolution of the mind This week has seen debate by several writers over the subject of young people joining political parties, especially the People’s Democratic Party. Far from... Read More

Dele Momodu, el rufai, omojuwa, tolu ogunlesi, toyosi akerele

March 24, 2012

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Nasir el-Rufai and the question of integrity: A critical assessment

by Femi Owolabi Success Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. When we talk of integrity, we generally refer (at least in part) to the realisation of that nature which is literally integral to our being; of being true to our intrinsic qualities and... Read More

el rufai, opinion

December 6, 2011

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DATED: What happened last week?

by ‘Ifreke Inyang MONDAY *Popular radio OAP, TV personality and BBA host, IK Osakioduwa, formerly known as Wildchild, and his beautiful wife- Olohi, welcomed their second child, a beautiful baby girl. The young couple previously had a son. *Yasmin El-Rufai, the eldest daughter of former minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai passed away. The 25-year-old... Read More

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December 2, 2011

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From the Bloggers: Life, death and the anti-gay bill.

by Wilfred Okiche The Ikemba of Nnewi Dim Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu passed on during the weekend and while the blogosphere was alive with the news, ‘Dobby’s signature’ published a revealing interview which his widow, Bianca, granted a national daily a while back. In the interview, the former beauty queen, who is about thirty years younger... Read More

el rufai, gay, ojukwu, same sex

November 4, 2011

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You Tweet! “I'd pay Twitter a tithe if they ask for it,” – @Omojuwa

by ‘Ifreke Inyang [@Ifreke] Japheth J Omojuwa is a lot of things: -Director African Operations for The Prometheus Institute USA. – Research Associate with Ghana based Think Tank, IMANI Centre For Policy and Education. – Assistant Editor for ATLAS Economic Institute’s African Liberty Organisation. -Director of Communications and Strategy Feeding Africa Project for Winners’ Haven,... Read More

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