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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

Predators of press freedom

THE first few months of this year alone has witnessed all manner of protests by pressure groups over matters germane to the interests and survival of both the concerned groups and the
14 years ago

The celebration of Christmas

TODAY is Christmas Day when Nigerians once again join the rest of the world in marking an outstanding date in the Christian calendar. Christmas is the centre of an annual holiday
15 years ago

The problem with Nigerian leaders

May God give us leaders that care, leaders that will serve the people instead of serving themselves; may God in His infinite mercy rescue us from those whose main concern is to
15 years ago

Laughing and crying at Xmas

"You gotta cry to laugh" is the title of a book by Peter Enahoro. Looks like that is what Nigerians are going through, this Christmas. There is so much excitement across
15 years ago