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MIDWEEK ESSAY: Debt Relief, Debt Punishment or Greed ? - The Case of the "Scroogey" Paris Club (November 2, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: In Memoriam - Eight Hours with the late Stella Obasanjo (October 31, 2005)
WEEK-END ESSAY: While We Prepare to Indeed Emit $12.4 Billion in Nigeria for Debt Relief....(October 29, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: Debt Relief and Nigeria - To Emit or not to Emit $12 billion (August 22, 2005)
THE ROT IN THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY Prof. Chike Anamdi, M.D. (July 6, 2005)
MID-WEEK ESSAY: DERIVATION, RESOURCE CONTROL AND THE NPRC - JOINING THE DEBATE (June 23, 2005)
Advert: "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, GOVERNOR FAYOSE !" (June 2005)
Advert: ICT_G22 MEMORANDUM TO NPRC FINAL (June 2005)
MONDAY-QUARTERBACKING: Re-Structuring Nigeria - Towards Regionalism in the South-West Zone and Ekiti State of Nigeria (May 2, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: Restructuring Nigeria - On the Issue of Local Governments (April 18, 2005)
TUESDAY THOT: Towards Greater Transparency and Accountability in Nigeria: Publish their Properties, Publicize Their Taxes, Prepare their Statements, Prosecute their Indiscretions (April 12, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: Wait A Minute, Professor Soludo: What Kind of “Corporate Responsibility Service” is This ? (April 11, 2005)
SATURDAY ESSAY: Handcuffing White-Collar Corruption in Nigeria (April 9, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: 10 Top Corruption Cases – and A “Cutlass” to Cut the Snake’s Head, Please! (April 4, 2005)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: Our Nigeria: A Perpetually Scandal-Ridden Society, Led (Mostly) by a Criminal Gang? (April 3, 2005)
TUESDAY ESSAY: Parliamentary/Presidential System, Regionalism and Resource Control in Nigeria (March 29, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: Towards Successful 2007 Elections - A 21-Point Agenda (March 28, 2005)
MID-WEEK ESSAY: Reacting to the Day of the Long Knives in the Education Ministry (March 24, 2005)
FRIDAY ESSAY: Week 1 of the NPRC: The List, The Speech, The Sittings – and Tea Leaves (March 4, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: Before PRONACO’s Enahoro Accepts the Chairmanship of Obasanjo’s NPRC (February 7, 2005)
MID-WEEK ESSAY: Africa and the Permanent Membership of the UN Security Council (February 3, 2005)
SATURDAY ESSAY: The NPRC and the PNC- Thoughts on the Opposing National Conferences (January 29, 2005)
MIDWEEK ESSAY: Physics of the Tsunami – and Understanding Why It Causes Devastation (January 5, 2005)
MONDAY QUARTERBACKING: Mensis Horribilis for the PDP and the President (December 27, 2004)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: NEPA, Electrical Energy and Nigeria – Unbundling Some Issues (December 19, 2004)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: 17 Ways of Stopping Financial Corruption in Nigeria – A Summary (December 5, 2004)
The President’s Wealth by Chike Anamdi (November 30, 2004)
FRIDAY ESSAY: How and Why Corruption Persists in Nigeria – And Some Simple Things to Do About It (November 26, 2004)
ANAMDI: THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? by Chike Anamdi (November 7, 2004)
STAR-STAR COMMENTARY : "Government policies should seek legitimacy" by Concerned Professionals (CP) (November 2, 2004)
FRIDAY ESSAY: That Independent Cushion Committee of Senator Ibrahim Mantu (October 29, 2004)
FRIDAY ESSAY: Achebe’s Refusal of Nigerian National “Honor” Award: Matters Arising (October 22, 2004)
A Plea for Return to Political Tranquility in Ekiti State by Babatope Oguntuase etc.(October 1, 2004)
FRIDAY ESSAY: 44 Years of “African Pride” – and Present National Embarrassments by Bolaji Aluko (October 1, 2004)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: The Barbarous Acts of Okija (August 9, 2004)
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND: Federal character and Presidential Rotation, Indigeneship
And Settler ship by Chike I.D. Anamdi (July 31, 2004)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: Governor Soludo and the CBN (July 26, 2004)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: Two Strikes Against Halliburton in Nigeria (June 14, 2004)
MIDWEEK ESSAY: From May 1962 to May 1963: State of Emergency in Western Nigeria and in Nigeria (June 2, 2004)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: Random Thoughts About Our Sick and Paranoid Democracy – The State of Our Nation (May 2, 2004)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: Why Government Should Release the Okigbo and Oputa Reports – A Question of Credibility (April 25, 2004)
FRIDAY ESSAY: How the Ongoing NIDO Controversy Will Eventually be Resolved (April 9, 2004)
THE SYSTEMIC RAPING OF NIGERIA BY THE MILITARY by Prof. Chike I.D. Anamdi (Mar 28, 2004)
AN OPEN LETTER TO GOV. OLAGUNSOYE OYINLOLA by CCOOSID (Mar 23, 2004)
MONDAY QUARTERBACKING: Shell, Nigeria and Oil & Gas Reserves Revision - Sloppiness or Fraud? (Mar 22, 2004)
TUESDAY THOT: The “Big Big” Salaries of the “Diaspora” Ministers (Mar 2, 2004)
MONDAY QUARTER-BACKING: OUR FOREIGN EXCHANGE BAZAAR OF THE NIGERIAN NAIRA (Mar 1, 2004)
FRIDAY ESSAY: Nigeria and the Beautiful Game of Soccer (Feb 13, 2004)
HIV In Nigeria - Living on the Edge, A PhotoEssay by Jide Adeniyi-Jones (Feb. 8, 2004)
MONDAY QUATERBACKING: Nigeria and Its Membership of OPEC (Jan. 26, 2004)
MID-WEEK ESSAY: Untangling the Nigerian Top Domain Level Registration Palaver by Mobolaji Aluko & Sunday A. Folayan
(Jan. 7, 2004)
MONDAY QUARTERBACKING: MTN’s Power-Generating Issues (Jan. 5, 2004)
MIDWEEK ESSAY : Why NCC Should Allow ISPs To Use ISM Bands Despite ITU (Dec. 24, 2003)
STAR REVELATIONS: Nigeria's Officialdom and Public Expenditure Waste (Dec. 21, 2003)
MID-WEEK ESSAY: The Arithmetic of PMB, PSB and Interconnectivity Telecommunications Charges in Nigeria (Dec. 11, 2003)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: ResolvingThe Interconnectivity Battle In Nigeria - Some Suggestions (Nov. 16, 2003)
STAR ADMISSION: "Nigeria is Poor, o!" says President Obasanjo (Nov. 14, 2003)
STAR MONEY: Govt. disburses N165b Oct allocation (Oct. 27, 2003)
THE DEBT CRISIS IN EKITI STATE by Femi Falana (Oct. 11, 2003)
STAR INQUIRY: El-Rufai-Gate in the Senate Unfolds.........(Oct. 8, 2003)
STAR LAUNCH: NigeriaSat-1 Successfully Aloft! (Sept. 27, 2003)
Isolate Liberian By CHARLES E. COULTER (Sept. 19, 2003)
Mistakes of Vietnam repeated with Iraq By MAX CLELAND (Sept. 18, 2003)
STAR "SACRIFICE": Obaseki’s hotel stay costs NNPC N240.4m (Sept. 9, 2003)
STAR ARTICLE: South-West and 2007 Election - by Dele Sobowale (Sept. 7, 2003)
UN-STAR WAGE BILL: Pay rise - FG offers N10b (Sept. 4, 2003)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: Of Pension and Ghost Workers (August 31, 2003)
MONDAY QUARTERBACKING: Nigeria’s Upcoming Entry into the Space Age (August 25, 2003)
SUNDAY MUSINGS: Ekiti's Governor Fayose and TELL Magazine (August 24, 2003)
UN-STAR DEBT: Of Naira and Dollars (August 13, 2003)
STAR NEW STRATEGY (?): The New Economic Czar Takes A New Tack (August 5, 2003)
STAR LETTER: July 18 Letter of Soyinka to Obasanjo
Bush 'monitors' while Liberia is murdered By CHIDO NWANGWU (July 29, 2003)
STAR EXCHANGES: Of Obasanjo, Soyinka, Ige, Adeyeye (July 29, 2003)
STAR ARTICLE: The Many Deals of Inspector General Tafa (July 28, 2003)
STAR LEGAL CONFUSION: Ngige, Uba and Egbo-Egbo (July 25, 2003)
STAR ARTICLE: Charisma on Nigeria’s Christian President (July 21, 2003)
FRIDAY ESSAY: That Fuel Price Increase Agreed by NLC and Government (July 18, 2003)
MID-WEEK ESSAY: That Monetisation of Fringe Benefits in the Public Service (July 15, 2003)
STAR TALE: Inside Story of the "Local Civilian Coup" in Anambra State (July 13, 2003)
UN-STAR TREASON: Anambra Governor Ngige Deposed in a Local Political “Coup” ? (July 11, 2003)
UN-STAR DEVELOPMENT: Compilation of "419" Nigerian Names! (July 10, 2003)
MONDAY QUARTERBACKING: Why Not Build More Refineries? (July 7, 2003)
SUNDAY MUSING: On Fuel Price Hike, Highway Maintenance - and Toll Gates (July 6, 2003)
NNPC and Mr. President: Where is Our Subsidy? (July 5, 2003)
