by Farooq Kperogi One of the biggest germinal tragedies of Nigeria, as Chinua Achebe has pointed out in his The Trouble with Nigeria, is that Nigeria has never had the fortune to have a corps of far-sighted national leaders. We have not had our Mahatma Gandhi or Kwame Nkrumah, that is, transcendent national leaders that... Read More

Opinion

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May 21, 2016

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Why PDP’s National Convention was suspended

The Peoples Democratic Party has officially called off its national convention which was scheduled to hold today in Port Harcourt, Rivers state. The build up to the convention had been marred with several conflicts between members of the party and the founding fathers of the party. While this convention was billed to hold in Port... Read More

The News Blog

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November 26, 2013

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PDP crisis: Baraje-led faction calls for the intervention of party elders

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following several failed attempts to achieve a peaceful resolution of the crisis tearing apart the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Abubakar Baraje-led faction has called on the elders of the ruling party to intervene. The “New PDP” asked the founding members of the PDP to come to its aid lest all their... Read More

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January 21, 2013

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Dean Obeidallah: Why President Obama should not be sworn in on a bible

by Dean Obeidallah U.S. presidents should not be sworn into office with their hand on a Bible. At Monday’s inauguration of his second term, President Barack Obama will raise his right hand and place his left on not one, but two Bibles: One owned by Abraham Lincoln and the other by... Read More

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