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As we bid Jakande farewell, it is important to note that there goes one of the ablest administrators in our national history.

Former Akwa Ibom senator dies at 71 Etang Umoyo, a former senator in the aborted Third Republic, died on Saturday, his son says. Etang Umoyo, a former senator from Akwa Ibom State, is dead. Mr Umoyo, who represented Akwa Ibom South District during the aborted Third Republic, passed on, Saturday, at his residence in Uyo, his son, Ime Umoyo, said in a statement. He was said to be ill. Mr Umoyo was a foundation member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) before he defected to the All Progressives...

Vanguard News Why Jakande and Tinubu didn’t get along On Ahmed Tinubu (L) and Lateef Jakande (R) At the time he died last Thursday, Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, LKJ was undoubtedly the role model for good governance with legacies spread around Lagos. So impactful was his touch on society that ahead of the 1983 election that those plotting to rig the election in some Unity Party of Nigeria, UPN controlled states knew better not to touch Lagos. That was essentially given the phenomenal imprin...

How Japonisme Forever Changed the Course of Western Design https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/t-magazine/japonisme-paris-western-design.html How Japonisme Forever Changed the Course of Western Design In the late 19th century, Japanese aesthetics and craftsmanship overtook Paris, inspiring a movement that would radically transform Europe’s visual culture. “Florence Peterson Lying Down, in a Floral Kimono,” circa 1909-10, a cyanotype image taken by the French-born photographer Paul Burty Ha...

In the Age of Enlightenment, in the years in which the North Americans founded their independence, and a few years later, when the Spanish and Portuguese colonies were transformed into independent nations, the prevailing mood in Western civilization was optimistic.

Democracy is a universal concept. Its practice differs from one place to another, as regards acquisition of power and institutional arrangements. Hence, one can talk of “American democracy”, “Nigerian democracy”, “British democracy”, “Irish democracy”, and so on. Wikipedia defines ‘democracy’ as a form of government in which the people have the authority to choose their governing legislators’. The present Nigerian genre of democracy started in 1999 when Olusegun Obasanjo t...

Edmund Fawcett’s Conservatism: The Fight for a Tradition was published in October, and follows on from his 2015 work Liberalism: the Life of an Idea. Fawcett has had a glittering career in journalism, writing for The Economist for several decades, where he served as the chief correspondent in Washington, Paris, Berlin and Brussels. In this latest book, Fawcett provides a detailed history of political conservatism from the late 18th century, tracing both the evolution of political parties a...

French President Emmanuel Macron gambles by saying ‘non’ to lockdown Adam PLOWRIGHT and Jeremy MAROT/AFP Police officers patrol near Le Printemps shopping centre in Paris on January 31, 2021, as big shopping centres are closed as a measure taken to curb the spread of the Covid-19. (Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT / AFP) Macron imposing a third national lockdown keeps France on a different path to its biggest neighbours Britain and Germany at a time when the more contagious UK variant o...

Macron gambles by saying no to lockdown The move keeps France on a different path to its biggest neighbours Britain and Germany at a time when the more contagious UK variant of the disease is spreading rapidly across Europe. A picture taken on 16 December 2020 shows French President Emmanuel Macron addressing the press upon the arrival of Portuguese Prime minister for a working lunch at the Elysee presidenti...

French President Emmanuel Macron has gambled by not imposing a third national lockdown to contain Covid-19 -- against expectations and the advice of his most senior scientific advisers. The 43-year-old leader opted to tighten existing restrictions on travel and shopping at a cabinet meeting on Friday after a week in which his government appeared to be preparing the public for new stay-at-home orders. The move keeps France on a different path to its biggest neighbours Britain and Germany at a ti...