A case for the “Igbo ranch”, by Ochereome Nnanna
This is a necessary sequel to my article last week titled: “Owo Ranch: Attention, Gov. Peter Mbah!” You may have, like me, wondered why Governor Mbah would carve out over 10,000 hectares for the ranch project at his hometown, Owo, in Nkanu East LGA of Enugu State. Since his government has remained mute on the […]
Al Majiri education: Journey to nowhere
THAT an estimated 10 million children and young adults are roaming the streets of the North as mendicants is a shame of Nigeria. But more importantly, it is the shame of Northern Nigeria, not because other regions or subcultures of the country do not have their own share of young, uneducated youth.
Journey to Aba
FRIDAY, March 30th 2012 was a special day in Abia State and Aba in particular. It was that day that the Governor of Abia State, Chief Theodore Orji, invited the media and the general public to accompany him to Aba to witness the commissioning of some capital projects in Aba and Umuahia over the course of two days.
Let Police keep crime database
THE term, “beauty of democracy” is an understatement when you consider the impetus the National Assembly has provided the ordinary citizen to start understanding the convoluted nature of government in Nigeria.
Ngozi, the man for the job
WHEN the story broke that our Minister for Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (NOI) had been tipped for the Presidency of the World Bank, the first questions that rushed to my mind were: Will she? Should she? Not, can she? I will briefly touch ruminatively on all three.
Now, GEJ sits pretty
ONCE it was public knowledge that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan had a preferred candidate for National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, I knew he was interested in the 2015 politics. Normally, every president in power in Nigeria would be interested even if he has exhausted his two terms. If he is not running again he will be putting someone of his own choosing as he vacates office.
