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Imoke: Cruising back to finish the good work (2)

adekunle — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:10:16 +0000

IT was also within the administration that solar was installed in Ipene, Umon Island and Community Secondary School, Adim in Biase Local Government Area, while boreholes have been provided in Betem and Iwuru in the Area. There is now also electricity in Nkim-Osokom and borehole and solar in Buda in Boki.

Before Ribadu Accepts This “Offer”

adekunle — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:31:17 +0000

The author was not surprised when President Goodluck Jonathan appointed Nuhu Ribadu to Chair the Petroleum Task Force. Short and simple, the presidency is in desperate search for credibility, especially since the fuel subsidy removal and the monumental exposure of corruption surrounding the oil subsidy.

Imoke: Cruising back to finish the good work

adekunle — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:00:24 +0000

IN the words of Anon, ‘Ordinary people think of spending time: Great people think of using it.’ Isak Dineson summed up his own words of winning this way: ‘don’t count every hour in a day; make every hour in the day count.’

Between Abia govt and armchair critics

adekunle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:16:46 +0000

FOR quite a long time now, it is obvious that the activities of the Abia State government have been getting negative publicity, most times fabricated or twisted for selfish and mischievous purpose by a particular national daily owned by a former governor.

Oshiomhole’s dogged format of deliverance

adekunle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:43:29 +0000

THE average un infested Nigerian’s main needs amongst others, is to see government at work, pursuing the provision of his basics that would make life worth living like good roads connecting the rural with the urban, transportation at affordable rate, health facilities stocked and water.

Beware of Boko Haram apologists

mbgolu — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:13:08 +0000

WHILE the killings of Southerners,Yorubas and Northern Christians continue unabated in the North, there is a recognisable systematic effort to locate the perpetrators among the victims or at least to obfuscate the source of culpability for the on-going mayhem. The articles written by Hakeem Baba-Ahmed and Ishaq Kawu in the Vanguard of 11 and 12 January respectively are an example of such attempts.

Fashola: Tollgates, Oke Afa and Jesse disasters

adekunle — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:22:37 +0000

LAGOS State Governor, Babatunde Fashola is worthy of honour. But I would return to this matter of honour after a brief detour on the uncharacteristic meanness and insensitivity which Fashola has subjected the people of Lekki and Ajah to with his toll gates schemes. I am forced and reluctantly so, to associate Fashola with a Jekyll and Hyde personality.

Still on hardliners over fuel subsidy removal

adekunle — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:14:07 +0000

EVERYONE, young and old alike felt the impact of the fuel subsidy removal and nationwide strike that accompanied the implementation.

Light at the end of tunnel for eliminating NTDs

ojiego — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:12:19 +0000

Though much of the world has never heard of diseases like lymphatic filariasis or schistosomiasis, these and other neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a daily reality for many living in Africa and across the world. These terrible diseases affect more than one billion people worldwide, disabling, disfiguring and blinding their victims, and making it difficult for the world’s poorest communities to lift themselves out of poverty.

Taming Boko Haram

mbgolu — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00:41 +0000

By TIM EJOOR
I almost choked on my drink last Thursday evening when a news flash came in on television that President Goodluck Jonathan was appealing to the Boko Haram group to make its demands known so that the Federal Government would know how to deal with the situation on hand.

This came only [...]

Politics of Ugbowo-Dawson Road rehabilitation

adekunle — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:29:36 +0000

IN every society, socio-economic policy interventions are meant to provide directions for the realisation of needs. A policy that is structurally defective or lacks the recipients’ input will achieve little or nothing in the realisation of the expectations of the recipients. The success of any policy intervention, therefore, depends highly on its impact on the needs of the target society.

Court of Appeal as Father Christmas

adekunle — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:35:02 +0000

THE proceedings at the Court of Appeal, Enugu which gave rise to the court’s nullification of the election of Senator Andy Uba who represents Anambra South Senatorial district in the Senate are still puzzling.

Policing Nigeria: Can Azazi be right?

adekunle — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:00:56 +0000

NIGERIA with a total land area of 356667 square miles and an estimated population of 167 million people according to the international security indicators requires about 2-4 policemen per 1000 population; a minimum of 334,000 to 668,000 policemen to effectively maintain law and order under normal circumstances.

Akpabio and the New Akwa Ibom

adekunle — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:16 +0000

A LOT has been written about Chief Godswill Akpabio and his uncommon transformation of Akwa Ibom since he mounted the saddle four and a half years ago as the Governor.

A tale of five governors

ojiego — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:30:28 +0000

The culture of losers filing petitions against the result of elections announced by different electoral bodies in Nigeria since Independence has taken very deep root and it is very doubtful whether there is anything in the offing that will negate this habit. I am not aware of any serious or concerted effort by political scientists or sociologists to study the cause or effect of election petitions.