Monthly Archive: December 2016

Man of the Year 2016 0

Man of the Year 2016

  At the end of every year, I usually pick my Man of the Year. Today 31st December 2016 I am picking my Man of the Year 2016.   My Man of the Year...

Lagos 0

Lagos

  Lagos always has a way of reinventing itself. There is never any "dulling" in the mega city. While other cities sleep, the city never sleeps. And it is not by happenstance.    Of...

WONDERFUL OKOROCHA 0

WONDERFUL OKOROCHA

Rochas Okorocha   The on-going Imo Carnival doesn't make sense to me.   A government that cannot pay salaries and allowances to its workers…..   A government that sacked thousands of its workers for...

When A Sense of Shame is lost – by Prof Pat Utomi 0

When A Sense of Shame is lost – by Prof Pat Utomi

Prof Pat Utomi    I am not sure what to say about us, Nigerians. Should I praise the Nigerian spirit for resilience in the face of a misery index those from countries seen as...

Time To Act Mr. President 0

Time To Act Mr. President

David Babachir Lawal The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria yesterday 14th December, adopted the interim report of its adhoc committee, headed by Shehu Sani, which investigated the humanitarian crisis in the North East...

AMAECHI FOR NIGER DELTA MINISTRY? 0

AMAECHI FOR NIGER DELTA MINISTRY?

Rotimi Amaechi   As talk of the need for cabinet reshuffle dominates current discourse, I have read a few individuals recommending Rotimi Amaechi for Niger Delta Ministry.   My view on Amaechi is well...

THE WAR MONGERS OF RIVERS 0

THE WAR MONGERS OF RIVERS

Amaechi and Wike It is sad to note that in spite of the failed last Rivers State legislative re-run elections in which some youths, including a member of the NYSC, lost their lives on...

NYSC: A WASTEFUL ANACHRONISM 1

NYSC: A WASTEFUL ANACHRONISM

  Within a space of two weeks three young Nigerians died in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps across the country. All three deaths were due to poor health facilities, negligence and...

Mimiko: Profile in treachery – by Louis Odion, FNGE 0

Mimiko: Profile in treachery – by Louis Odion, FNGE

Olusegun Mimiko   A cartoon published earlier by Punch offers perhaps the most prophetic foreword to the political tragedy that climaxed in Ondo on November 26. Someone in an unconscious state is sketched being...