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Prince Charles visit: Matters Arising

Many matters seemed to have arisen from the visit of Prince Charles to Nigeria. The visit which lasted only three days drew as much kudos as anger. Th

Benjamin the Donkey is laughing

The character Benjamin the Donkey in George Orwell’s 1945 novel Animal Farm was said to be the only animal on the farm that never laughed. Whenever th

Babatunde Fashola’s celebration

Last Monday, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing (PWH), offered a public evaluation of the performance of his Ministry in

A LETTER FROM RUSSIA

This week, your Columnist was in Russia; first in Moscow and then mostly in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, for the Fourth Meeting of the Russia-Is

Nigerian democracy and the threat of transactional politics

This week, the Yar’Adua Centre held a conference on citizenship, democracy and the culture of transactional politics in Nigeria. The underlying concer