Open Letter To President Jonathan On Ntuen, Anambra Guber Congress And Other Matters
Opinion August 23, 2013
By Edet Edubio Dear President Jonathan, I am a noble son of Akwa Ibom State, who would prefer to be recognized as a retired civil servant with vast interest in the potentials of the agriculture industry. Simply put, I am a farmer at present, yet committed to... Read more
By Nwankwo Tony Nwaezeigwe (Ph.d) Nigeria’s nationality question is neither the creation of the Igbo nor the Yoruba. It is the consequence of Hausa-Fulani’s megalomaniac quest for political power in the nation. Yet the Hausa-Fulani accept the fact that both the Igbo and Yoruba hold the key to their... Read more
By Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe Lagos State belongs as much to the ethnic Igbo as to the Yoruba, Ijaw, Hausa, Fulani, Efik, Idoma, Urhobo, Itshekiri, Edo, and so on who live in it, pay tax, identify with it, and settle in it. That compact was made the moment... Read more
Using every resource from psychologists to agriculture experts and security forces, the Nigerian state at the heart of an Islamic uprising hopes to reach a reservoir of angry and rootless young men easily recruited by Islamic extremists and transform them into productive members of society. “We are trying to... Read more
Toppled dictator Hosni Mubarak left jail for under house arrest on Thursday but his release stirred little reaction as Egypt wrestles with the fallout from Islamist president Mohamed Morsi’s ouster. Mubarak, who was overthrown in a 2011 uprising, was flown from Tora prison in Cairo, a day after a... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong, Calabar The Cross River Ministry of Lands and Housing recorded an improvement in its revenue profile from N200.6 million generated in 2011 to N1.1 billion in 2012. This was disclosed Friday in Calabar by the Commissioner, Mr Raphael Uche, at an interactive forum with journalists at... Read more
NDDC Admonishes Contractors on Project Standards
Nigeria August 20, 2013
The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has warned contractors handling its projects to follow specifications and deliver top quality jobs that meet the needs of beneficiary communities. Acting Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NDDC, Dr. Christy Atako, issued the warning while inspecting the Commission’s hostel project at... Read more
By Femi Aribisala The year was 1965. I was an innocent starry-eyed 13 year-old and Nigeria was in turmoil. It was the era of the “wetie,” when the houses of politicians and key public-figures were burnt down in the brouhaha that was then Western Nigeria. We lived in... Read more
By John Okiyi-Kalu One valuable discovery I made from participation in Facebook political discussions is that Nigerians define political loyalty in narrow and strict terms to mean “see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil” of the candidate of your choice. In a way I think it... Read more
Femi Fani-Kayode’s Bitter Rants: Matters Arising from the Empty Lies of a “Half-baked Intellectual.”
Opinion August 17, 2013
By Samuel Okafor (Ph.d) From his myopic bubble Femi FaniKayode claims the Yoruba were the first to acquire Western education; the first ever known record of a literate Nigerian in the English Language is the narrative of an Ibo slave who regained his freedom and documented his life... Read more
