The stupefying “I don’t care” attitude with which Nigerians have greeted the terrible news that three West African nations have taken their exit from the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, is alarming. Hey, why would we have so under-appreciated the idea of ECOWAS? Or is it because ECOWAS never really achieved what it […]

What Nigeria is going through now, be it religious, ethnic, social, political and economic, national insecurity, uncontrolled militancy and banditry, all our national ills, were disasters that were clearly foretold in a major publication. Next month will mark the 30th anniversary of Robert D. Kaplan’s “THE COMING ANARCHY – How scarcity, crime, overpopulation, tribalism, and disease are […]

I will never forget the sad and saddening picture of the late Amarachi Ugochukwu, the 32-year old staff of Globus Bank, Ikorodu, Lagos, who committed suicide on 8 January 2024. She had gulped down a toast of Sniper insecticide; the entire bottle. What made her forgo and override the most basic of instincts; personal or […]

Saturday 2nd of December, 2023, the Western Delta University (WDU), Oghara, Ethiope West LGA, Delta State, is the hub of the universe for the students involved in today’s convocation; the 11th – 13th combined convocation ceremony 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023 academic sessions. Ah, the first post-Covid-19 convocation! After years of diligent studies, the students will be getting their […]

Mr. Chiedu Ebie, a lawyer, has been prepared by his experience as Secretary to the Delta State Government. And oh, he has the pedigree, too.