The normal learning curves for humans demand that the more you practice a certain system the more you get attuned to it. It is thus indeed very sad that we have to be debating such mundane matters as supremacy of both houses of the national assembly after over 10 years of democracy! Which Legislative House is supreme??

By Itoro Eze-Anaba

It is 10 years since the United Nations recognised November 25 as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.  On this date a decade ago, the Mirabal sisters were violently assassinated in 1960, by the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo in the Dominican Republic.

In commemoration of this violent assassination, [...]

At a time when the United Nations Office on Drugs and Corruption is expressing deep concern about illicit drug trafficking in West Africa, a United States government and a Chicago Court have linked and  traced an alleged drug smuggling king pin to Nigeria and declared him a fugitive offender, although he is believed to be [...]

By Awa Kalu

The smell of Christmas, once more, is in the air.  An annual reminder of the birth of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Christmas in
not just a one day event.  It encompasses a season and offers a comprehensive package of joy, festivities, jollification, merriment, family reunion, etc.

In this piece, first published [...]

By Innocent Anaba

Are  we practicing federalism?  This was the question participants at a five-day retreat on ‘Foundation of Fiscal Federalism’, recently in Abuja tried to address. Though it was accepted that from the provisions of the 1999 constitution, there is no doubt that Nigeria is suppose to be a federal state, but in practice, [...]