How we are stemming the tide of strikes in Nigeria – Labour Minister, Wogu
Emeka Wogu, lawyer and politician, has set a record in the political history of Nigeria, as one of the youngest Nigerian politician from his state to head the Ministry of Labour and Productivity, a post that the first and last person from his Ngwa Ethnic Nationality of Abia, Dr. Jaja Nwachukwu, vacated over 45 years ago. Today, Wogu takes the punches on behalf of the Nigerian government, as the one who mediates between Nigerian workers and the government on several burning national issues without looking back.
Wicked humour
My favourite genre of entertainment is comedy; I like to laugh; I like funny people and I am sometimes considered very silly by those very close to me. It is always surprising to hear people describe me as very serious and even austere. I think life for the most part is serious; reality is a mixed bag of events that will either reduce you to tears or have you double up in laughter.
Life in My City repositions for 2013 festival
…creates Lagos zone
The new Board of Trustees and an Organsing Committee of Life in My City Art Festival (LIMCAF), the yearly celebration of creativity and fresh talent in the Nigerian art landscape, has outlined new measures for a successful hosting of this year’s festival.
My brother’s keeper
“I am, because we are”. -Ubuntu Philosophy
A Zulu philosophy that explains that a person with ubuntu knows his or her place in the universe and is consequently able to interact gracefully with other individuals. One aspect of ubuntu is that, at all times, the individual effectively represents the people from among whom he or she comes, and therefore tries to behave according to the highest standards and exhibits the virtues upheld by his or her society.
‘1,450 new jobs created in the maritime sector’
In line with the policy of the Federal Government to enhance rapid economic transformation through job creation and influx of Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs), A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, one of the leading terminal operators in the country has created 1,450 jobs in Nigeria and 10,000 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Conversation around The Third Wave of Nigerian Poets with Obu Udeozo (2)
What would you say is the defining character of The Third Wave of Nigeria Poets?
We have to be careful at this point. If there were no defining characteristics there will be no need for the differentiation in the first instance. And such dissociative markers do not lend themselves to very neat summaries; because they are several. So we may peep at their watermarks.
