Daily Columns

• Monday

  Moving Nigeria Forward: Lessons From Malaysia, Singapore, China And Dubai by Sam Nda-Isaiah Aug 25th | No Comments

  The paper I presented at the 1st City People Monthly Lecture last week, and which was published on this page last week, was very well received by Nigerians of all…

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• Tuesday

  Transformation Lies For Sale by Comrade Timi Frank Aug 26th | No Comments

  Even though President Goodluck Jonathan has continued to dither on declaring his intention to contest the 2015 presidential election, Nigerians are no doubt aware that he has since commenced his…

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• Wednesday

  Remarkable Heroine by Hannatu Musawa Aug 27th | No Comments

  How does one react to the death of a woman one didn’t know… if that woman was a true representative of what humanity should be? If she was compassionate, selfless;…

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• Thursday

  Racist Netanyahu by Abba Mahmood Aug 21st | No Comments

  Since I started writing this column, I have always avoided writing on the Arab–Israeli conflict. This is because I consider them “bloody cousins” from their Abraham lineage, as Gen. Murtala…

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• Friday

  Gwoza Wives Fighting With Bare Hands by Azubuike Ishiekwene Aug 22nd | No Comments

  I knew it would come to this. I knew it would come to the point where the troops would rather face execution for mutiny than agree to fight Boko Haram…

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• Saturday

  Ribadu: Quest For Power And Glory? by Capt. Daniel Omale Aug 23rd | No Comments

  On hearing that Nuhu Ribadu had defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), my friend's wife made this categorical statement: “I can only be surprised if I hear of General…

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• Sunday

  Helping The Poor To Help Themselves by Aniebo Nwamu Aug 24th | No Comments

  Is anyone truly serious about loaning money to micro, small and medium-scale enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria? One year after the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that it was making…

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