Anyone with a modicum of human feeling would be horrified by the orgy of violence and destruction that has enveloped the world making millions of people sad and sullen. Imagine the horrible life of the Syrians, once a happy and ...
Despite the assurances of President Goodluck Jonathan that his Government is committed to ensuring that this month’s elections hold as scheduled, it is morbidly unfortunate that some enemies of our fledgling democracy want to scuttle the process. This desperate measure ...
Most Nigerians’ perception of President Goodluck Jonathan, as a person, is that he is a simple and humble man thrust up by the good hands of fate. I am not an exception. A semiotic reading of his mien and demeanor ...
A few years ago, there was a lot of hoopla when some United States-based analysts predicted that the year 2015 would mark the end of Nigeria’s corporate existence. Though the so-called report was not affiliated with the US Government, ...
It is so sad and disgusting that as millions of our country men and women are living under Syrian circumstances especially in the North-East, the noise hooting from Abuja and several state capitals is all about politics. The murderous gangs ...
In her book, “The Karma Club”, Jessica Brody wrote that “Karma comes after everyone eventually. You can’t get away with screwing people over your whole life, I don’t care who you are. What goes around comes around. That’s how it ...
“Let me specially appreciate these people, the taxi driver, Imeh Usuah, Corporal Solomon Dauda, presidential steward, Mr. Michael Onuh. Those who take into criminalities because of poverty are not quite right because myself and some of you here knew where ...
For long, Muslims have always protested against the use of “Islamic” in characterising the murderous Boko Haram group because they do not represent Islam. However, despite the denunciation of the group and condemnation of its agenda by Muslim leaders, there ...
One of the best initiatives taken by the Federal Government a few years ago to boost the critical security sector in Nigeria was the establishment of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Even more important was the appointment ...
This is not the best of times for Nigeria virtually in all areas. There is a lot of tension in the land with our fellow citizens being subjected to various forms of inhumanity. Children cannot go to school in many ...
When I wrote “On Ebolaphobia” on this page two weeks ago and followed up with “Of Ebolaphobia and Ebolaphobes” in another column of mine last week, I thought I was done with the “celebrated” Ebola disease. However, as the disease ...
There is a new phobia (excessive fear of something) in town and its name is Ebolaphobia. We woke up last month to face a new challenge, as if the deadly problems we are facing are not enough. “One mad man,” ...