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Monday Odiaka: My grace to grass story

Monday Odiaka: My grace to grass story

I was injured in one of our Olympic qualifiers ie against Cote d’Ivoire. And the match was played here at the National Stadium. I was deliberately kicked by an opponent from behind. Initially, I thought it was just a minor injury.

NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL REPORT: Roadmap to peace (2)

NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL REPORT: Roadmap to peace (2)

Medium Term 2009-2013•Providing appropriate support to the efforts of the Federal Government to establish and carry through a credible DDR process which embodies resocialisation, capacity building and skills acquisition for ex-militants in the Niger Delta.

NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL REPORT : Roadmap to peace

NIGER DELTA TECHNICAL REPORT : Roadmap to peace

LOCAL GOVERNMENT/COMMUNITIES   SHOULD: I. Discourage further establishment of new militant camps by organising enlightenment campaigns to sensitise community people about   DDR process ; 2. Commit to participate in the DDR process ; 3. Expose criminal elements and their sponsors within communities. MILITANTS  SHOULD: 1.Support the DDR process by committing to enter and respect agreements reached. […]

Amnesty: Now the way forward…

Amnesty: Now the way forward…

If the Federal Government is serious about resolving the Niger Delta problem, (Post Amnesty ) now is the time to revisit the way forward – contained in the Niger Delta Technical Committee Report (NDTC) or (The Ledum Mitee Report) presented to the President in December 2008.

You don’t have to lobby anybody for the NPOM award – Mrs.Funmi Komolafe

You don’t have to lobby anybody for the NPOM award – Mrs.Funmi Komolafe

In screening nominees for the award, the committee looks out for the individual’s and organization’s creativity, skill and efficiency. The whole idea is simply to encourage those excelling in their fields to keep remaining at the top, tell those not yet there “someone is watching you and you can strive to be there by putting more effort”.

Amnesty and militants arms surrender: How far?

Amnesty and militants arms surrender: How far?

By Emma Amaize , George Onah & Sam Oyadongha FORTY three years ago, precisely on February 23, 1966, Isaac Adaka Boro, who headed an organization known as Niger Delta Volunteer Force, NDVF, told his field commanders – Samuel Owunaru and Nottingham Dick – that the die was cast. It was at a camp called Touton […]

Our Police would be intelligence driven – Onovo

Our Police would be intelligence driven – Onovo

The President set up a reform committee. The report of the committee has been approved. If the paper is implemented, we would have a new police force. I cannot talk of my strategies, but the results would show what we are doing. I want to concentrate on three items – welfare, training and intelligence led policing.

Benin herbalists,chiefs caught for human trafficking

Benin herbalists,chiefs caught for human trafficking

By Simon Ebegbulem Benin City – There is hardly any family  in Benin City , Edo state capital that you would not find either a son or daughter residing abroad. In most cases, their location  is either Italy , Spain or the Netherlands . To the uninitiated, living in Spain, Italy or the Netherlands is […]

Military govts and Gani’s 32 detentions

Military govts and Gani’s 32 detentions

TODAY, the final rites of passage would be completed with interment for an exceptional Nigerian, a man who dedicated his life to the struggle for improvement in all areas of our troubled national life – Chief Abdul-Ganiyu Oyesola Fawehinmi (SAN), better known to the rest of us as Gani.