The United States, US and some of its partners, notably the United Kingdom, UK  went to Venezuela and carted away  13.5 kilograms  of enriched uranium.  The materials which can be used to fuel commercial nuclear plants or   in  research  reactors, are  from an inheritance research reactor in Venezuela.  The research  which was concluded in 1991 had […]

To say that former Anambra State governor, Mr Peter Obi, has become a nightmare to sundry political actors in Nigeria is to understate the political reality of this time. By proving to be an unstoppable force that disrupts their comfort, he has become an immitigable source of fear for them, even when they claim otherwise. In […]

Perception matters in politics. Sadly, Peter Obi has acquired the untoward reputation as a perfidious and nomadic politician. He’s viewed as a politician who hates the rough and tumble of party politics and runs away at the first whiff of a crisis. He’s seen as a politician who prefers to nurture and put his faith in […]

Last semester, I watched a talented graduate student lose a research assistant position she deserved. She had the qualifications. She’d done the work. But in the interview, when the professor asked for her thoughts on the project, she paused. Five seconds. Ten seconds. The professor interpreted her silence as uncertainty and moved on to the next […]

 “A people can never rise from low estate as long as they are engrossed in the painful struggle for daily bread”, William Winwood Reade The evolution of politics in Nigeria has now reached a critical juncture where the question of Northern Nigeria’s interests and priorities can no longer be deferred or treated as an inconvenient distraction. […]