Agricultural policies and climate change
By Martins Eke Climate change has emerged as one of the most challenging environmental issues of the 21st century. As a driver of many kinds of environmental changes, climate change poses risk to fresh...
View ArticleAnnual medical exam: An ideal preventive healthcare
WHEN I first came to this country, I was not concerned about my health, just like every other male in his early 20s. My prevailing notion then was that people only sought medical attention either when...
View ArticleLegal system, corruption and the common man
By Mike Ilechukwu IT is no longer news that some Judges were recently arrested, detained and are currently being prosecuted on allegations of corrupt practices. The manner and justification of this...
View ArticleAnother look at Aregbesola’s Osun
My piece today is not going to be popular with some people. But everything is not all about criticizing government. It is equally important to praise where government has done well and that is what...
View ArticleJammeh’s volte-face and Gambia’s future
By Tayo Ogunbiyi After he had initially conceded defeat to Adama Barrow, who won more than 43% of the the total votes cast, suddenly in a typical African leader’s sit-tight fashion, Gambian strongman,...
View ArticleRivers poll and the road to 2019
AT long last, Rivers people will soon have full representation in the Senate, the House of Representatives and the State Assembly courtesy of the rerun poll held in the state on Saturday. Beyond the...
View ArticleDevelopment of Kwali Area Council
By Chukwudi Enekwachi Among the six area councils of Abuja, Nigeria’s federal capital, Kwali Area Council is emerging as the cynosure of all eyes going by its developmental strides. Honourable...
View ArticleThe naked road (2)
As I round up the piece on the naked road, let me share this story with you. It is about Samuel Ketusa who lived with his beautiful wife and two adorable children at Aladinma Housing Estate in Owerri,...
View ArticleIs redemptive governance Nigeria’s option?
By Oseloka H. Obaze Nigeria remains politically and developmentally in the wilderness, due to poor leadership and governance challenges. Nigerians still pray for Nigeria in distress, knowing that...
View ArticleMDAs and implementation of renewable energy plan
By Martins Eke THE ECOWAS Renewable Energy Policy (EREP) and the ECOWAS Energy Efficiency Policy (EEEP) were adopted by the ECOWAS Member States in October 2012 and the ECOWAS Heads of States on 18...
View ArticleFalcons and our sports reward system
By AYODELE OKUNFOLAMI IT is often said that success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan. The case of the Super Falcons, Nigeria’s women national football team, after the just concluded African...
View ArticleMerry Xmas Mike Adenuga
WHEN we went for the inauguration of the Romanesque Editors’ House in Ikeja, Lagos, not long ago, I met telecommunications editor extraordinaire, Otunba (Comrade) Goke Odeyinka, a friend of mine and...
View ArticleTinubu: A view from America
By Fola Ojo AT the turn of specific seasons of life; and in set times buried in the exclusive knowledge of Divinity, humanity experiences the birthing of certain beings who have been marked to carry...
View ArticleRivers re-run and police phoney probe
THE politics of Rivers State will not cease to confound us. It never resile from its ugly nature. It’s often characterised by violence, killings and irregularities. Indeed, it would have been a...
View ArticleThe essence of Christmas
By Chiedu Uche Okoye Man’s efforts to reach his god or understand the cosmos gave birth to religion. As a result, today, we have diverse religions such as Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, confusionism,...
View ArticleMuch ado about Odili’s ‘perpetual injunction’
By Nnamdi Wali TWO-TERM former governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, has become an obsession of sort for some people. Such politically motivated irrational preoccupation has been on for sometime...
View ArticleAbuse of displaced women and a weak system
By Emmanuel Onwubiko Great thinkers have often stated that the logical consequence of not learning from history is the constant repeat of some costly human mistakes and intentional crimes....
View ArticleFreedom is failing Nigeria
By SKC Ogbonnia Before assuming the presidency in May 2015, Muhammadu Buhari rightly proclaimed that “corruption will kill Nigeria, unless Nigeria kills corruption.” Unfortunately, however, after...
View ArticleCorruption war has lost momentum
Compared to his 1984 offensive President Muhammadu Buhari’s current war against corruption is looking like a child’s play. Granted, he does not have the same tools he had in 1984-85, the dictatorial...
View ArticleSchool infrastructure upgrade in Osun
By Isaac Olusesi LIfe is no longer deadly, brutish and short for pupils in Osun public schools. Today, an Osun child no longer wakes up unkempt to the drudgery of hawking wares all day. He or she is no...
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