When clueless is better than calamitous
The present government of President Mohammadu Buhari would, in a few months, be two years old. Ever since the government was sworn in, save for the euphoria that trailed a new government and the...
View ArticleEnding discrimination against persons with disabilities
By Fred Nwaozor On December 3, the world will commemorate the 2016 International Day of Persons living with Disabilities. The United Nations (UN) decade of disabled persons was held from 1983 to 1992...
View ArticleEFCC and Odili’s ‘perpetual’ injunction
Before lawyers, the learned men as they call themselves, tear me apart, let me confess ab initio that I am not a lawyer and I have no intention to become one very soon or later. I say this because one...
View ArticleRemembering World HIV/AIDS Day
By Dr Paul John The first world AIDS Day was held 28 years ago, after health ministers from around the world met in London. They agreed that such a day was important to highlight the enormity of the...
View ArticleEllen Johnson Sirleaf: Moving into a new order in the new year
By Lindsay Barrett Liberia’s long and painful journey back from the brink of destruction imposed by war and political mismanagement will take on new significance in 2017 as Africa’s first elected woman...
View ArticleOf portrait and recession
By Osa Director When Kemi Adeosun was appointed the Finance Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari, she indeed stepped into very large shoes. This is for the simple...
View ArticleThe killing of IPOB members
By Emmanuel Onwubiko The Nigeria Army is once more in the eye of the storm over the unprofessional conduct of some of its operatives and officers with regard to internal military operations. Under the...
View ArticleRivers rerun and do-or-die politics
By Carl Umegboro THE treasure base of the nation, Rivers will on December 10 host the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in respect of rerun elections into the State and National...
View ArticleAfrican leaders and the ‘curse’ of power
By Tayo Ogunbiyi SOUTH African President, Jacob Zuma, is a controversial figure. In the past few days, the maverick politician has been facing lots of opposition from the homefront. He has severally...
View ArticleKalu in APC: My reservations
RECENTLY, the former governor of Abia State and one of the foundational financiers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA), Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, defected to the...
View ArticleThe war against cancer in Lagos
By BILKIS OGUNNUBI Recently, the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Mudasiru Obasa, sponsored a bill for the establishment of a Cancer Institute in the State. This action was guided by...
View ArticleCross River: Rethinking Miss Africa Beauty Pageant
By Victoria Ngozi Ikeano It is not unlikely that Cross River State governor, Professor Ben Ayade considers his introduction of a beauty Pageant to the now ongoing yearly Calabar Carnival as one of his...
View ArticleObiano’s leadership example
By Chiedu Uche Okoye DR. Willie Obiano, the Anambra State governor, is a courageous man, who is not daunted by challenges and vicissitudes of life. Soon after he won the Anambra State governorship...
View ArticleRivers re-run: Our democracy on trial
“FACTS are stubborn things”, said John Adams in 1770 “and whatever may be our wishes , our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence”. After...
View ArticleWhy do Lagosians fight after road accident?
By Chukwu Oteh Frequent accident induced fight on our roads is one question that has defied reasons? Why would two enterprising adults, young and old, engage in fisticuff because one of them was...
View ArticleYouth empowerment: The Enugu MDGs/SDGs initiative
By Chris Chime The timing of the ongoing skills acquisition initiative by the Enugu State MDGs/SDGs office designed to empower indigent and unemployed youths couldn’t be more perfect. What with the...
View ArticleCalls for interfaith dialogue bill
By Turaki A. Hassan For many devout Christians, the idea of combining the practice of their faith with active partisan politics is so antithetical to their beliefs that the mere thought of it is seen...
View ArticleThe Abeokuta 10 – lane Expressway project
By Adejuwon Soyinka WE currently have a problem in Ogun State. Yes, we do. The problem is that in this season of economic recession, the Ogun State government, not only pays its workers regularly, but...
View ArticleWhy Buhari should not sign Peace Corps Bill
By Benedict Ahanonu THE Nigerian Senate recently passed the Nigerian Peace Corps Bill which was sponsored by Senate Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC-Borno), and first read at plenary on March 10, 2016....
View ArticleThe military and its ‘Python Dance’ in South-East
By ADEZE OJUKWU ‘ALL the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances…’ -William Shakespeare The Nigerian Army is at it again. Few days ago, the...
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