GIVE ME A BREAK: THE NEW SINGSONG
GLOBAL economic melt down and the Nigerian home grown recession have combined to create a new sing- song in Nigeria . Nigeria in all her years of existence, which is since 1914, has never been exposed...
View ArticleAs education for change begins
By Toni Akuneme IN the words of John D. Rockefeller of blessed memory, a good leader is the one who pursues above everything else, “the emancipation of the human resource”. This thought must have...
View ArticleHope rising from G20 Summit in China
By Qin Jian During the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), Marco Polo, a famous European traveller and explorer from Venice, visited Hangzhou. He was overwhelmed and referred to the city as “the City of...
View ArticleT. A. Orji’s hacks (1): Don Ubani (2)
TREACHEROUS Don Ubani, at the fullness of time, will team up with the current governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, to fight his predecessor, Mr. Theodore Ahamefule Orji, if, hopefully, both...
View ArticleThe disastrous outing at Rio
By Sunday Onyemaechi Eze After an awful outing in the 2012 London Olympics, everyone thought that history of unpreparedness will not repeat itself again as the nation prepare for the just concluded Rio...
View ArticleSuper Eagles, Rohr and Russia 2018
By Fred Nwaozor Since February 24, 2016 when Sunday Oliseh resigned as the Coach of the Super Eagles, the technical committee of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) had relentlessly sought for an...
View ArticleEye care and national developmen
By Smart Adekunle THE primacy of the eye as an indispensable organ in the body cannot be over-emphasized. If you are in doubt, close your eyes for ten seconds and in that brief period, try to walk...
View ArticleWhy Wike’s support against militancy matters
President Muhammadu Buhari needs at least a morsel of sympathy and cooperation. Buffeted from all sides by a myriad of challenges, an economy in recession, accompanied by falling oil prices,...
View ArticleCall for a national religious conference
By Chuks Akamadu IT is exactly one year ago I, alongside other classmates of mine at International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi visited a religious tourist centre in Tamil Nadu, where...
View ArticlePosterity and Buhari’s fight against corruption
By Daniel Ukwu For over one year now, the nation has been caught in the whirl of the battle between President Muhammed Buhari and corruption. Even his most ardent critics recognize this confrontation...
View ArticleTrump’s ‘deplorable’ minority outreach
By SKC Ogbonnia Let me start by disclosing that I have been a Republican throughout my years in America . This affinity is shaped by my values as an African. For we are fundamentally religious,...
View ArticleTribute to Isidore Okpewho
By Isaac N. Obasi HE spoke no words to me and I was not one of his students. Yet Prof. Isidore Okpewho was one of the great minds at the University of Ibadan who inspired and influenced my decision to...
View ArticleBuhari’s ‘change begins with me’
By Ehi Ekhator Few days ago, notwithstanding the non-verbal communication of frustration by the President, he approached Nigerians to begin the change, which he (Buhari) promised the country. This is...
View ArticleNdigbo should think home
By Nwobodo Chidiebere “We never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something; build a new model that makes the existing one obsolete”. –Buckminster Fuller The fate of the...
View ArticleAddressing the problems of malnutrition in Nigeria
By Rasak Musbau Education and awareness are the first steps to understanding and solving any problem. The problem of malnutrition is not an exception. The ranking of Nigeria among countries with the...
View ArticleObesity, mortality and the rest
Very closely trailing tobacco, and may potentially overtake it, obesity is the second leading cause of death and it is too close to conform among African immigrants. Looking at myself in the mirror in...
View ArticleBlame game as the master strategy
By EZE CHUKWU A healthy democratic system in any part of the world is dependent on vibrant ruling as well as opposition political parties; as the ruling continues to jostle for power, the latter goes...
View ArticleThese eminent Nigerians can’t be wrong
Before and since the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari happened on the scene, Nigerians have been fed with hope. Hope that the administration has a magic wand that would immediately solve...
View ArticleThe coming local government election in Abia
By Okechukwu Ukegbu THE local government, which is referred as the third tier of government in Nigeria, may be defined as the lowest level of government in a country established by law to ensure the...
View ArticleDon’t drag Wike into Edo poll mess
While the reasons the Edo State gubernatorial poll of September 10 was postponed a few hours to the exercise are still unfolding, it is laughable that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of...
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