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THE presidential elections have come and gone, the postponement had initially caused some panic and deepened the mistrust among the political elite with suggestions of manipulations, undemocratic invasion and possible rigging. However, things seemed not to have been what some thought they were likely going to be.

ON the other side of the coin, it was a quantum leap for President Goodluck Jonathan and his country, Nigeria. He broke a unique record in Nigeria’s political history for his fellow politicians and the people to emulate. In defeat, he scored an unprecedented victory of historic significance; a landmark victory that heralded a new…

AT number five, Kotter identifies “allowing obstacles to block the vision” as another reason why Jonathan’s agenda may have failed.

IN out in,’ says the bicycle pomp. Power is like the bicycle pomp. It speaks the language of the computer - garbage in, garbage out. Power is an enigma. It’s both a myth and a mystery. It’s a mirage, so evasive and so slippery. Power is esoteric.

NIGERIA is Africa’s most populous nation with a population of about 170 million, and fairly recently, it emerged as the continent’s largest economy, displacing South Africa that had for long flaunted the trophy.

THE presidential elections have come and gone, the postponement had initially caused some panic and deepened the mistrust among the political elite with suggestions of manipulations, undemocratic invasion and possible rigging. However, things seemed not to have been what some thought they were likely going to be.

IN his seminal work on transformational change, Harvard Business School’s Professor Emeritus –John Kotter identifies eight reasons why organisations including governments fail to create and sustain transformational change.

ACROSS all indices, the incidence of Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus, HIV, the precursor of the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS, has nosedived to the bottom. Not only has the prevalence of HIV dropped to a commendable 3.1 per cent from the about 3.8 per cent it peaked between 2004-2005, the amount of new HIV infection…

Ourgirls2 HAD to inform and enlighten Peter on the need to tell his story; not to keep quiet. That one day, the right people would read, hear, listen or watch his story and something positive would occur. One suggestion that brightened Peter’s face was when I told him to begin to write down all his recollections about that day and his journey to Lagos.

THE challenge of energy generation, distribution and utilisation has, of recent, become a serious pandemic that the Nigerian society is struggling to grapple with.

IT has been 365 days since the Chibok girls were uprooted from their homestead. Like most Nigerians; I wish my eidetic memory were strong enough to recollect my activities on Monday, the 14th of March 2014. Honestly, I cannot remember but I do recollect the pains Sope Martins (On Air Personality with Smooth 98.1FM) some days later as she kept on talking about it.

THERE are few diseases that can evoke fear in us than cancer. Perhaps, not just because of its creeping nature, but because it connotes doom. In the developed world, the number one killer disease is still ischemic heart disease. In the developing world, it is lower respiratory infections (mainly in children). Though, in the developing…