Is Rivers State Wike’s Cattle Ranch? By Ugoji Egbujo
Wike is boastful. The temptation is to take his claims with a pinch of salt. But unlike other loud and garrulous politicians, friends and foes alike say it is perilous to ignore Wike’s rants, even when he sounds inebriated. Who would have believed he was bred by a pastor? He is brash and ferocious. And […]
Deep rot
It is often said that evil acts continue to thrive not because bad people refuse to turn a new leaf but when good people stand by and do nothing. Classic example in our society was the ALUU 4 killing and burning of young boys cut short in their prime last year.
STATE OF THE NATION: Yesterday and today
IT is absolutely necessary at times, even without being asked to consider what is often regarded as the state of the nation. It is believed that a period of a decade should be reasonable enough to examine the political, social and economic conditions of our dear country called Nigeria. We are assuming that it would not be out of place if we refer the year 1999 as our yesterday and the year 2013 as our today.
My wish
Can they close the space they usually leave between them, play compact game and break away when they gain possession? That’s my wish.
Agenda for presidential action
YES, the more things change, the more they remain the same. Nigeria has moved, sometimes, forward and sometimes backward.
Chief E.K. Clark: The oldman, governors and the PDP
THE struggle for factional hegemony within the PDP got messier last week, when Chief E.K. Clark, the grand Mandarin of Ijaw nationalism and “honorary godfather” to President Goodluck Jonathan, frontally took on the president’s most formidable ‘in-house’ opponents: The PDP governors and former president, Olusegun Obasanjo.
