Indeed, a lot of water has passed under the bridge in the past couple of months in a desperate bid to end the terror siege laid on some parts of the North by the Boko Haram insurgents… beginning with the belated visit of President Goodluck Jonathan to the beleaguered Borno and Yobe states in early [...]
In elementary economics, we are taught that labour is a veritable factor of production that generates wealth for investors. Most wealthy men and women in civilized climes make their money positively using the human elements in the pursuit of their riches. However, there are those whose sources of wealth are questionable. Unfortunately, in most primitive [...]
A few weeks ago, one Chief Okoro Pius, a business tycoon based in Zuba, a bustling settlement that neighbours Suleja in Niger state, threw a birthday bash for his Alsatian (guard) dog, named Temper. The party which gulped a whopping N1m caused many readers to drop their lower jaws. And from their lowered jaws came [...]
Barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan constituted the amnesty committee intended to deal with the festering Boko Haram plague, the hitherto peaceful community of Baga in Borno state, was suddenly transformed into a killing field. There were conflicting accounts on the mass murder. One report said the ubiquitous JTF operatives got a tip-off [...]
I was cruising along the Kubwa Expressway last Monday morning to keep an important appointment fixed for 8. 45 when my mobile phone rang. My destination was Asokoro, Abuja. The call caught me just as I drove past the Mpampe junction. It was not in my habit to pick calls while driving. I reached for [...]
Early last week, my lower jaw dropped in disbelief as I watched a telecast on the full restoration of railway services to Lagos-Kano-Lagos route. Even though the operation is on weekly basis for now, it was the longest distance ever covered by the rail transport since the government began some desperate but selective moves to [...]
I did not know about the serious health challenge facing Chief David Attah until I read Adagbo Onoja’s piece in his column last Tuesday on page 18 of this paper. Adagbo painted a very disturbing picture of the man I have come to regard as one of my mentors in the journalism profession. It will [...]
Today, I am abandoning this space to readers whose reactions have been hibernating in my custody for quite some time now. Happy reading: Good luck indeed! I savoured with gusto your piece “Nigerian democracy and the mystery of good luck” of January 4, 2013. Some people are born lucky, [...]
Good day, old man. I am deeply pained to pen this missive to you because I know it would disturb your peace. When we were growing up, you inculcated in us the virtue of honesty. You did not spare the rod in getting us to tow the path of moral rectitude. I will forever remember [...]
The Christian missionaries shipped western education system to Nigeria in the mid-nineteenth century and used it as a veritable tool of evangelism. Besides education, they also armed themselves with healthcare system. Education and healthcare delivery were effectively used as a vehicle to propagate Christianity starting with the littoral communities. The first mission school was founded [...]
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