His ambition was to be a big time farmer and a father-figure among his peers. And while he lived the late The Nation newspaper correspondent, Edo Sule Ugbagwu, nursed and gave expression to the vision to fight and conquer hunger among his people. And this also explained why he always ensured that those around him were well fed.

THERE were attacks from last week at the border areas of southern and northern Sudan, Africa’s largest country. The clashes were between the south-based Sudan Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA) and Arab marauders from Darfur (the Janjawid) aided by the northern army (SAF) Raids by the latter group are not new. In fact, their murderous raids against the people of Darfur which resulted in about 400,000 killed and 2.5 million displaced, has been classified by the international community as genocide.

By Vincent Ujumadu  AWKA—THERE was a near pandemonium on the premises of the Anambra State House of Assembly yesterday, when hundreds of placard–carrying demonstrators from Ayamelum Local Government Area of the state, stormed the House to abort what they alleged was an attempt to remove the Speaker of the House, Chief Anayo Nebe.  The Speaker,  […]

BARELY 24 hours after he fired Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Maurice Iwu, Acting President Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, vowed that never again shall Nigeria witness elections that would be characterized by fraud.

THE Benin Youth Council, BYC, a socio-cultural organization in Edo State, has vowed to participate in the process of selection and election of persons into the Senate and House of Representatives in the seven Local Government Councils that made up Edo South senatorial district in the 2011 general elections.