Beyond Gov. Otti’s N1bn gift to teachers
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State deserves commendation for placing teachers at the centre of the state’s development agenda. On October 5, 2026, at the Michael Okpara Event Centre, Umuahia, during the 2026 World Teachers’ Day celebration, he announced a N1 billion Teachers’ Appreciation Fund, to be shared equally among teachers. He also ordered payment […]
Complicating The Yar’Adua Affair
THERE is enough to worry about over the non-resolution of the issues around the health of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the scratches its complications have left on the country. We wake up daily to new angles that consistently tilt towards the fact that the solutions are still a long way off.
More Issues Than Arms
NIGERIA is already over-armed. Some of the arms are in wrong hands or being put into wrong uses. Militants, criminals, kidnappers have enough arms to challenge the authority of governments all over the country.
Edo House Of Commotion
IF you are a fervent follower of events in Edo State House of Assembly, you would think the legislators were being paid to exhibit their stale boxing skills. Last week, the hospitals in Benin City were busy receiving victims of the most recent flurry of punches unleashed in a gathering that is supposed to make laws for the good governance of the State.
Tsiga’s bomb in his bunker
AS Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier- General Maharazu Ismaila Tsiga is bound to protect interests in the NYSC, which at the moment are waning.
Back To Presidential Anomie
THE enthusiastic expectation of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s return from his medical trip to Saudi Arabia has been eclipsed by the silence about the state of his health even after an ambulance took him to the Presidential Villa on Wednesday morning.
