Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
By Victor Afam Ogene When news of the passage of Professor Chinualumogu Achebe, the famed writer who, perhaps, more than anyone else told the African story to the world, first filled the air, quite unlike many of his compatriots and admirers worldwide, I ‘refused’ to...
Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
I was alarmed but later bemused when I read about Afenifere’s press conference in the media recently. Seated with Afenifere’s chieftains were Senator Iyiola Omisore and Mr Yinka Odumakin. Mr Odumakin was the vocal spokesperson of the group that broke away from Afenifere. What then...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Nigeria is a blessed nation. Its people are unbelievable. Its leaders are ingenious. Quite very ingenious leaders! From the late Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa to the incumbent Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, our leaders have been incredible. Take, for instance, the late President Umar Sheu...
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
My reaction to the recent write-up in one of the Social Media “9ja Community” written by one Femi Falana (not my respected learned friend, hardworking, courageous and humanitarian SAN), was to ignore the write-up by reasons of the many inexactitudes in its constitutional citation and...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
By John Ajiboye The rate at which the foreigners are smuggling arms into the country is alarming and it callsfor a serious concern for all and sundry. With the kind of security challenges Nigeria as a nation is facing, we are supposed to be cautious...
Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
The Community Defence Law Foundation, CDLF, a grass-root based civil society organization that works to introduce and achieve education among youth groups in Nigeria, recently challenged the northern leaders to wake up and do something concrete to support the Federal Government to halt the mass...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
Health they say is wealth and for individuals, households, communities, state and country to enjoy the goodness of life to the fullest, their health indices have to be medically satisfactory. In accessing qualitative health care service delivery, a certain amount of money is required directly...
Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Blessing Imodoye For a long time, the incidence of pipeline vandalisation has plagued the Niger-Delta area of the country and the JTF teams have had a running battle arresting and detaining the perpetrators of this crime. What is most interesting is that, these chaps...
Sunday, May 19th, 2013
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Since May 4, 2012 when the late principal secretary to Adams Oshiomhole, Olaitan Oyerinde’s life was cut short, the question on everyone’s lips and minds has been: Who killed Olaitan Oyerinde? It was this kind of question that was asked again...
Friday, May 17th, 2013
Sir: Risks associated with road transportation in a developing country like Nigeria are legion. They include accidents caused by a number of factors such as bad road, broken-down vehicles, dangerous driving and armed robbery attack whether in the day or night time. These risks have...
Friday, May 17th, 2013
By Tosin Makinde On 21st April, 2013, over 200 ‘innocent’ civilians were said to have lost their lives in what many have termed as a massacre. Expectedly, it was described as a gross violation and abuse of the fundamental human right of those that lost...
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
By Edwin Ekene Uhara According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, suspicion is the feeling or thoughts without certain proof that somebody is guilty of something. It is an erroneous belief that something opposite is going to happen. This belief is fast becoming a tradition in...
Thursday, May 16th, 2013
The relevance of information and communications technology (ICT) in agriculture is on the rise. The marriage of Agriculture and ICT (E-Agriculture) has been in public view. It is an emerging field that centered on the improvement of agriculture via enhanced ICT opportunities. According to Wikipedia...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
The former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Professor Tolu Odugbemi, made a promise to the university community to provide students and staff on campus access to broadband internet facility. This was as far back as about four years ago. Three years and nothing...
Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
By Bob Majiri Oghene Etemiku This piece is not about Rueben Abati, the presidential media person. Neither is it going to be about the present perception that his former admirers have of him. Rueben Abati or Segun Adeniyi or any journalist for that matter who...
