Oparadike: Epitome of humility, intellect and loyalty
By Ikedi Ohakim IN a society where individuals are celebrated for the wrong reasons and the dead, showered with unmerited encomium to Impress the living and perhaps sound politically correct, a tribute...
View ArticleProtecting public infrastructure
By Temilade Aruya ON a daily basis, public infrastructure are being destroyed and vandalised in their numbers with government losing millions of naira to repair and, sometimes, replace them. These are...
View ArticleNigeria’s perilous times
By Chiedu Uche Okoye THIS is not the best of times for the generality of Nigerians. Never before – save for the period when the Nigeria-Biafra war raged-have we experienced such excruciating economic...
View ArticleThe neglect of health reporting in Nigeria
By Emmanuel Onwubiko For over two decades that I have been engaged in media practice and other allied advocacy activities in Nigeria, one issue that has mystified me is the failure of newspaper editors...
View Article‘Igbo,’ not ‘Ndigbo’
RE: Southeast Economic Summit: Igbo Concerns, DAILY SUN January 26, 2017) Et tu Lewis Obi? Let me warn you, Sir, that if you ever use ‘Ndigbo’, to represent Igbo aggregate in written English, I will...
View ArticleOlayinka and the restoration of peace at UI
By Sunday Saanu University of Ibadan (UI) Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, who turns 59 today, having been born on February 16, 1958 at Odo-ljesa, State of Osun State, is an absolutely...
View ArticleEFCC and Nigeria’s economic development
IT is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.” Charles de Montesquieu The above quote accurately illustrates the perennial...
View ArticleRivers rerun, INEC and the alleged N111m bribe
By Patrick Momoh Nigeria is not quite the most corrupt country on earth. But events that keep unfolding in the country in recent times have proved that the government still has a long way to go in its...
View ArticleAPC, Buhari and arrogance of leadership
On Monday evening, news filtered in that newly sworn in American president, Donald Trump would hold a telephone conversation with holidaying or recuperating (depending on the information you are...
View ArticleEssence of competition in telecom sector
By Nwobodo Chidiebere “Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.” –President Herbert Hoover Competition is a state of centrifugal market forces...
View ArticleThe new Ohanaeze and Igbo future
Since the emergence of Chief John Nnia Nwodo, the Ike Ukehe, as the President General of the pan-Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo early in the year, the Igbo narrative is fast assuming...
View ArticleBastardisation of ‘doctor’ as a professional designation
By Paul JOHN I wonder if there is any professional appellation or title that has been abused in Nigeria more than the title ‘doctor’. From the herbalists who sell their ‘NAFDAC approved’ herbal...
View ArticleMadcap politics and underdevelopment in Rivers
By Solomon Bob Rivers State has been the focus of unsavoury media attention for some time and the subjects of their interest have typically ranged from violence and chaos to killings, kidnapping and...
View ArticleRussia and the emerging global order
By CHARLES ONUNAIJU Despite the outlandish bogus allegations and the visceral criticism of Russia’s leadership by the U.S political establishment and its media wing, Moscow is playing a pivotal and...
View ArticleLooting as virtue
FORMER governor of Delta State, Chief James Ibori, a fortnight ago came back to the country after serving a jail term in the United Kingdom. Last weekend, a superfluous thanksgiving service was held in...
View ArticleThe advantages of renewable energy
Renewable energy refers to energy that can be replenished on a human time scale. The implication of this is that mankind will never exhaust the source of this energy. Examples of renewable energy...
View ArticleAnambra’s innovative community development scheme
Constituency project is a discredited term in Nigeria’s public space. It is a byword for legislative corruption and has largely been abused. The modalities for the execution of constituency projects...
View ArticleThe Supreme Court judgement on Anambra Central
By Michael jegede After the conclusion of the March 28, 2015 National Assembly elections, Mrs. Uche Ekwunife, the then candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was declared winner of the...
View ArticleAkwa Ibom: Bury the Property Charge Bill
By Ofonime Honesty Something fishy is brewing in the hallowed chambers of the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly. A private member bill codenamed ‘Real Property Charge Bill is being conceived. And if...
View ArticleEnugu’s exemplary strides
By KIZITO AWALU Since his inauguration on May 29, 2015, Governor Lawrence Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi popularly known as “Gburugburu” has piloted the affairs of Enugu State impressively and, in doing so, has...
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