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The anatomy of corruption
By Matthew Umukoro
NIGERIA is a land teeming with paradoxes. Or how else does one explain the welter of contradictions in which the country is enmeshed? For instance, Nigeria is one of the wealthiest and most naturally endowed nations on earth, but Nigerians are among the poorest and most deprived people in [...]

Corruption and the road to Accra
By Hope Eghagha, The Guardian, Monday, September 29, 2008

ONE of the problems of African countries is the great dissonance that exists between declared policy and policy implementation. Often the men on the ground do not share the grand ideas of their leaders. Conversely, it could be said that African [...]

The roads in Ogun State
By Sina Ogunbambo, The Guardian, Monday, September 29, 2008

MR. SUNDAY Saanu’s letter published on page 14 of Wednesday, September 16, 2008 of The Guardian titled: “Governor Daniel, Repair These Roads” should have been one of the avenues where the Ogun State Government gets the desired feedback from the public and [...]

Ekiti’s Theatre of Absurdism
By Josef Omorotionmwan, 09.25.2008
Apparently, Ekiti State is on rampage. The Executive and the Legislative branches are clearly abandoning their duty posts; and ignoring their legitimate functions while at the same time assuming the functions which clearly belong to other domains.

Quite often, it is easy to feign ignorance of the literary theory [...]

Yar’Adua and Morbid Journalism
By Abdulhamid Babatunde, Thisday, 09.24.2008
Recent reports emanating from the all-pervading Western media machines about the various stages of illness and “death” of the North Korean President Kim Il Sung which was copiously regurgitated in the Nigerian Press should have given the editorial gurus behind the morbid journalism targeting our own dear President [...]

Lessons from Beijing Paralympics
By Sonnie Ekwowusi, Thisday 09.24.2008
The spectacular performance of many of the disabled athletes, sorry, physically-challenged athletes, at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics Games has, for the umpteenth time, made nonsense of the case in favour of the neglect, contempt for and killing of the weak, physically challeged in the society, The 2008 Beijing [...]

NSE: Bears on the Loose
By Boniface Chizea in Thisday, 09.28.2008
Recently, government had to intervene in an attempt to stem the bearish run at the Stock Exchange by setting up a committee with related mandate. This development as should be expected had elicited some reactions most of which amounted to the fact that this was an [...]

Vanguard: Edo: Osunbor gets court’s nod to file two fresh appeals

Guardian: Two Ladies on a Peace Mission to Toronto

Guardian: New Age Limit For Used Cars Out.