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Olumhense: Mixed Metaphors: It Is Injury Time

I CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN for finally visiting Borno State, the heartland of the insurgency in Nigeria, last week. His stop was Maiduguri, the state capital, where he guaranteed his personal security
9 years ago

Food miles flim-flam

African farmers lost millions in Europe’s recent Icelandic-volcano flying ban but their greatest threat comes from European environmentalist fears and European Union farm subsidies.Just last week, the chairman of a report by
14 years ago

Yar’Adua’s exit

THE announcement of the death of Nigeria’s former President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has brought a closure to months of shoddy politicking, barefaced lying, odious vocabulary of illness and dying imposed on Nigeria
14 years ago

CBN must rethink its reform strategies

IN line with his responsibility, the national security adviser admonished not only the president this time but the entire Nigerian people who cared to hear about how the actions of the CBN
14 years ago

The Katyn massacre

I wish, in this brief intervention, to present a summary reconstruction of the historical circumstances leading up to one of the worst massacres of the Second World War (1939-1945). I will also
14 years ago