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My Easter Thoughts

My Easter Thoughts

Easter, a very important day in the Christian calendar, means different things to different people depending on age, religion and location. For the young, it is a time of revelry. First, it marks a break from the monotony and drudgery of school. It is also a time to connect with friends irrespective of their religious persuasions. For the average child, it is a time to have a new set of church clothes and participate in at least a couple of the many activities around Easter. For the deeply religious, Easter is a time to re-affirm their faith in loving God who died for the sins of the world and rose to intercede for His beloved.

Unbundling NNPC, unsettling Nigeria

Unbundling NNPC, unsettling Nigeria

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its workers recently exhibited their usual irremissible acts. Epileptic flow of imported petroleum products continually kept Nigerians at the benevolence of the national oil company in fuel queues. The recent shut down was at the behest of their two labour unions: NUPENG and PENGASSON over restructuring or unbundlin

The Change President and his slumberous Police Force

The Change President and his slumberous Police Force

Bail is now free. Isn’t it? One thing the APC does fairly well is appropriating moral high grounds. Intolerable hypocrisy happens in politics. Delusion is worse but excusable. A troublemaker can insist on being renamed ‘Papa peace’. We have humored many of them. The society is better if morons marched around with the self esteem of geniuses.

Federal character: How commission is addressing ethnic domination challenge

Federal character: How commission is addressing ethnic domination challenge

Dr. Shettima Bukar-Abba is the Acting Chairman of the Federal Character Commission who bears the burden of ensuring that all ethnic groups in the country are fairly represented in federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies. In this interview, he says that getting MDAs to adhere to the regulations regarding the federal character in employment is a tough job but one that must be done to ensure equity and fairness. To do otherwise will breed injustice which leads to unrests and violence in various forms.