I WAS in the United States when Moammar Gaddafi finally went to meet his Maker last week. And even though Americans have been his staunchest adversaries over the years, the Americans around me did not jubilate because they were so profoundly shocked by the savage manner in which he passed away.
I AM taking time off from the subsidy debate to discuss lighter matters. Lighter in as far as they do not evoke the same passions, but by no means are these matters less important. You see, I don’t understand why the removal of “subsidy” must equate to increase in fuel prices.
Mr Uchenna Emelonye is Head of Governance, Institutional and Justice Reform Programme and oversees International Development Law Organization, IDLO’s work with governments on legal and judicial reform, as well as its work with civil society on legal empowerment and access to justice. In this interview, he spoke on the report by IDLO into the ethno-religious crises in some Northern parts of the country. Excerpt.
ON Sunday October 23, residents of Ajegunle along Ikorodu Road woke up to be confronted by a serious flood arising from the overflow of the Odo-Ogun river. The surge especially affected the major tarred road leading to Ikorodu and its environs.
