2011: Agukwe slams Udenwa/Araraume alliance

2011: Agukwe slams Udenwa/Araraume alliance

By Chidi Nkwopara OWERRI—The recent political alliance between the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Chief Achike Udenwa, and his arch rival, Senator Ifeanyi Araraume has been described as  “a marriage, desperately contracted in Abuja for convenience, relevance and survival”. The Director General (DG) of New Face Organisation (NFO), Chief Elvis Agukwe, who stated this in […]
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Women of Global Impact – A  gathering for charity

Women of Global Impact – A gathering for charity

The banquet hall of the Lagoon restaurant Victoria island Lagos, was transformed a beehive of activities last Saturday, when women of substance gathered to make a difference at this year’s Women of Global Impact Conference 2009.

Why Yar’Adua’s amnesty is not an olive branch

Why Yar’Adua’s amnesty is not an olive branch

In short, MEND’s demands seek plainly to revisit the national question, and this is the true olive branch that would provide grounds for disarmament. Let us, of course, not overlook the subtle threat behind the federal government’s offer of amnesty and the six-month window for disarmament.

A salad bowl of intellectual garbage (4)

A salad bowl of intellectual garbage (4)

Race is a deep cesspit of absurdities. One of the inverted theoretical justifications of slave trade and colonization is the doctrine that the White race is innately superior to the Black race

Sex of your child: Does it matter?

Sex of your child: Does it matter?

Madam, I don’t care what sex of children my wife and I produce,” said a colleague. “Our major concern before we got married was that the Lord should give us healthy kids, and the where withal to cater for them properly. In His wisdom, He gave us three girls first and then a boy.

Life in My City Festival: Reclaiming cultural soul of the coal city

Life in My City Festival: Reclaiming cultural soul of the coal city

THE just concluded week long Life in My City festival, which held in the coal city of Enugu, no doubt recorded strong achievements in many ways and also reveals that there are still rooms for serious improvement. As a cultural festival, the project initiated three years ego by an Enugu based outdoor advertising company, ROCANA Nigeria Limited, with collaborative support of Alliance Francaise, Enugu and Nigerian chapter of Pan African Circle of Artists, PACA, has in the spirit of its founding father, chief executive officer of ROCANA, Robert Oji, largely succeeded in re-inventing the use of art and culture in re-mobilizing youths towards a positive social development.