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Are you our brother’s keeper?

Are you our brother’s keeper?

This troubling question has been on our mind every day over the last two and half years that God has granted breath and life to us: Where on this earth is our brother, Emenike Ihekwaba? We have not given up and would never, at least not until we have logical answers to our inquiry. We have cried, we have prayed, and we are still full of hope, because we are believers and much as Jesus the Christ had admonished us. Like Mary had asked on that faithful morning of resurrection day, as recorded in the Book of John 20:15, so we ask: “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”

Constitution amendment: The noise, the threat and the u-turn

Constitution amendment: The noise, the threat and the u-turn

About N4 billion may have gone down the drain in the process of amending the 1999 Constitution. The National Assembly went round the 360 federal constituencies across the country to conduct public hearing on the constitution amendment which representatives of the Federal Government attended.

Death of baby smashed on the ground: My story, by Katsina, Oyo State police boss

Death of baby smashed on the ground: My story, by Katsina, Oyo State police boss

Following the story of the six-month old baby, Azeem Wahab, sent to his early grave amid the violence that erupted in Irawo in Atisbo Local Government Area of Oyo State between Wahab Idowu and loyalists of Ajoriwin of Irawo, Oba Musiliu Ademola, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Katsina, has vowed to unearth the circumstances surrounding the killing.

Jonathan’s shrinking presidency

Jonathan’s shrinking presidency

In the run up to the presidential election on March 28, 2015, figures obtained from the protocol department of the Presidential Villa indicated that more than two thousand visitors visited President Goodluck Jonathan on the average in a week. This figures do not include visitors that met with the president in his official residence in the Villa. Neither do they include those he met outside the official residence but within the precincts of the Presidential Villa. It was perhaps the number and quality of people who thronged to the Villa on daily basis and the assurances they gave the president during the run up to the presidential election that informed the confidence he displayed as the election drew nearer that he was going to win.

Apapa Gridlock: Awaiting the Buhari Formula

Apapa Gridlock: Awaiting the Buhari Formula

The new job naturally brought joy to Mr. Ufot Essien and his family. He had been jobless since September last year, when he was relieved as the production manager of a manufacturing company at neighbouring Agbara, Ogun State. But the new job came with its own peculiar challenge: the company is located at Apapa, Lagos.

10 years of purpose driven intervention of Ekitipanupo

10 years of purpose driven intervention of Ekitipanupo

By Seye Adetunmbi Over the years, the common trend was for any interested group of Ekiti indigenes home and abroad to constitute various rallying points to serve kinsmen within those constituencies while a few others were established to serve narrow interests as evident in their activities and priorities. With the advent of technology that has […]

Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi years (2)

Dynamics of Change: The Amaechi years (2)

In continuation of review of the book “Dynamics of Change-The Amaechi Years’ by Chidi Amuta and Yemi Ogunbiyi, the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka in his forward painstakingly defines courage in leadership in a more appropriate and understanding way. While he expounds on those hard facts that are often swept under the carpet, he used Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi turbulent political career to draw some points

PDP: From Ruling to Opposition Party

PDP: From Ruling to Opposition Party

WHEN a former Tea Party leader, Jack Kimbal, emerged the Chairman of Republican Party in Newhampshire, expectations were high that he was going to boost the party’s bid of making Barack Obama a one term President.