The recent plagiarism committed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides who lifted the words of US President Barack Obama’s victory speech in 2008 has again brought to the front burner the real question of the crisis of communication which has characterized Nigeria’s Presidency in the last five decades. Though the erring director in the Presidency has…
Justice, they say, is best served when seen to be done. There are times when official protection is not good enough; and the global embarrassment the country had to endure consequent of criminal act of plagiarism perpetrated by presidential speech writers, is one of such occasions. All those involved in the act must be…
By Philip Agbese International broadcaster, CNN certainly wowed its global audience with the video it exclusively obtained of Nigeria’s abducted schoolgirls that were abducted my Boko Haram terrorists on April 14, 2014 to the consternation of the entire world. As would be expected in any situation where one has expended resources to acquire such valuable…
The victory of opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria's presidential election could mark a turning point towards genuine democracy for the country, improving the image and moral standing of Africa's troubled giant. The defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan, whose People's Democratic Party (PDP) has run Africa's most populous nation since it returned to civilian rule…
The ascension of the son of the Niger-Delta, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to the Presidency in Nigeria following the death of his then principal, President Umaru Musa YarAdua was greeted by many as an excellent opportunity to drive a lot of the much envisaged development projects in the region. The same factor was also very visibly…