Monthly Archives: February 2006

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Compare and Contrast: Branson, Adenuga

By Simon Kolawole, This Day Newspapers: There is one hell of a guy in the UK called Richard Branson. He is called the “guy with the beard”, an entrepreneur who has the knack for the outrageous and the courageous. While schooling at Stowe School, UK,

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In truth, we bluffed our way to ANC bronze!

By: Deacon Ayo Ositelu THE odds against our determined ambition to win the just concluded African Nations Cup title were mightily daunting, even if we did not realise it. For ages, we have always been told by our elders that “a house divided against itself

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Homecoming for a Robotic Ambassador

By Max Amuchie From the mid 1980s up to the 1990s, Nigeria suffered a serious disease called brain drain. Nigerian professionals, the bedrock of the society voted with their feet. Medical doctors and other paramedical personnel moved in droves to America, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and

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Again!

Nigeria’s quest for a third Nations Cup triumph ended yesterday on a very scrappy note. It was a painful loss, not because we were knocked out of the competition but because we lost to a side that has not shown real class since the competition

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Nigerian Police Again!

If there is any group of people I don’t like meeting or having anything to do with – The Nigerian Policemen are on top of the list. I take extra precautions not to cross their paths because I have witnessed them performing all sorts of