Why our leaders are dying abroad
THE failure of our rulers cannot be measured only by the visible decay of infrastructure and the dwindling quality of our lives but also by the way they prefer to die. While ordinary citizens live their miserable lives which literarily expire unsung in the country, our leaders, or rather, rulers on whose shoulders rest the responsibility of taking us beyond the 47 years pegged as our life span live theirs in foreign lands and/or die there. Yet, they daily savour the splendour and all that the high public offices they occupied or occupy but fail to provide the rest of us facilities in the quality measure they enjoy them in the foreign lands they govern us from.
MAN tasks Muslims on charity
The Muslim Association of Nigeria, MAN, has enjoined Nigerians to uphold the legacies of Prophet Muhammed by showing mercy to the poor.
Delta: The Third Force to the rescue
WHEN in 1999 an apparently diabolical team swarmed into government in Delta State, little did we expected that their vicious and dreadful siege on our treasury would last for 16 years. Two to three years into their messing up the hard-earned democracy, creating and confronting us with instant Augean stable and completely rubbishing our sensibilities, some of us counted it obligatory then to stand out and fight. We knew we were out to confront a monstrous system, but that was not to matter to us.
S-South CAN hails Jonathan, NASS on anti-gay law
THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in the South South region, yesterday, hailed President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly for defying pressures from the West to pass the Same Sex Prohibition Bill into law, describing homosexuality and lesbianism as unacceptable animalistic practices that must not be traced to sane human beings.
Farm machinery, sustainable agriculture must evolve together — FAO
Farm machines have revolutionized agriculture and reduced drudgery for millions of farm families and workers, but the machinery of tomorrow will have to do more than that – it will also have to contribute to agriculture that is environmentally sustainable.
Omotola releases single from upcoming album
Nollywood superstar Omotola Jalade Ekehinde has given her music career another boost
