Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has expressed worries over the wave of corruption in the country. He also recounted the pains he had taken in combating the...
It is no longer news that the University of Benin has been embroiled in a crisis of monumental proportions since the past six months over the selection of a substantive Vice-Chancellor. However, it must be brought to...
The death in the early hours of Saturday, Sept. 5 2009 of Gani Fawehinmi, one of Nigeria’s most outstanding legal luminaries and human and civil rights activist was received with shock, trepidation and despair by...
The U.N. children's fund says infant morality around the world has dropped nearly 30 percent during the past two decades. But that improvement in child survival is far smaller in West and Central Africa where...
The Nigerian army has reinforced security presence in the oil-producing Niger Delta, after the region's leading militant group declared it may resume attacks on the oil industry when a 60-day cease-fire expires on...
I am not an Abian, but having spent nearly all my life in Aba , I consider myself at least a stakeholder. In the least, I should hold an opinion. I started life in the legendary town called Enyimba City from the dawn...
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has slammed the Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE) over their comment describing the bombing of the Atlas Cove jetty by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) as...
Mr. President, I don’t know how you would take this, but there is no nicer way of putting it – Nigeria is going down. I have watched, helplessly, in the last few months as things appear to be spinning out...
It is an established fact that the race unto sustainability being run around the world today is alien to Africa and Nigeria in particular. The foundations upon which developed countries are building sustainable...
ACROSS the nation, the onset of the rainy season and the ravaging floods have once again exposed the decay in the nation's road networks, making life very miserable and hampering economic activities. Normally, a...
Paper Presented by Mr. Ide Owodiong-Idemeko at The Feast of Barracuda Event hosted by the National Association of Seadogs, Netherlands Chapter, Saturday July 4, 2009, Gaasperplas Public Park, Amsterdam Zuidoost...
IT is amazing how a shrivelled conscience can allow people inflict so much pain on others and extinguish human solidarity planted in the DNA of all humans. I am reminded of this each time I think of local government...