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Uduaghan I know – Ogeah

Uduaghan I know – Ogeah

Well, like I said when I started the job, I said he is like an elephant. It depends on which part of him. You know when a blind man is feeling an elephant, he will feel the ear and he will think that it is a massive fan. When he feels the tusk, he will say what kind of tree is this? The point I am trying to make is basically that he is a man that has so many sides to himself. And it depends on what side of him you are dealing with before you will be able to come to that conclusion.

Who says the unity of Nigeria  is not negotiable?

Who says the unity of Nigeria is not negotiable?

OUR country has witnessed several great events in the past years, indeed, within 100 years of the amalgamation of the different nations within it, under the then Governor General, Lord Lugard. It was his wife who had the singular honour of giving a common name to the various nations; she named it Nigeria.

Ambush, rape on Abuja pedestrian bridges

Ambush, rape on Abuja pedestrian bridges

They are no doubt a part of the social infrastructures built for one purpose: to link one point with another. Be it in the air, on the land or across the lagoon, they connect towns and decongest junctions to ensure free flow of traffic. In places with features of urbanity, they are a common sight. Thus, Lagos, Port Harcourt, Abuja, still counting, are some major towns that boast of them. They are bridges.

Mystery Benue murderers or herdsmen

Mystery Benue murderers or herdsmen

This is not the best of times for the people of Benue State who have been traumatized by attacks from people suspected to be Fulani mercenaries.

Impunity of taking containers, tankers  into inner city roads

Impunity of taking containers, tankers into inner city roads

With so many articulated vehicles plying the roads especially on working days including those carrying containers with heavy cargoes of all kinds, the damage done to road infrastructure and discomfort suffered by other road users who cannot enjoy smooth transportation due to incessant traffic hold-up can better be imagined than experienced.

Tankers, trucks over-run Lagos

Tankers, trucks over-run Lagos

Close to a month now, the Apapa axis from Second Rainbow, a bus-stop along the Mile 2/Apapa expressway down to Tincan Island and environs in Lagos have been witnessing a worst situation of traffic snarl.

Re: An elitist sermon

Re: An elitist sermon

LAST Sunday March 2, 2014 editorial of The Nation newspapers with title: An Elitist Sermon, is yet another in the growing series of poorly thought out and betrayed emotions that is characterising the media in recent time and one that calls for an urgent transformation if the media is not to lose its historic place of value in Nigeria.

Yuguda’s day of honour in Ghana

Yuguda’s day of honour in Ghana

“Realising your enormous contribution to the development of the education sector in your state, which has given hope to many and raised the potentials of development there, we give you this award today in recognition of your efforts,” the organisers said.

Legal tussle over Catholic Church land

Legal tussle over Catholic Church land

Despite the pendency of suits in courts, hoodlums have continued to lay siege to the Our Lady’s Devotional Centre and Chaplaincy in Nkpor area of Anambra State, as the Roman Catholic Mission of the Onitsha Archdiocese is locked in a tussle with Mrs Patricia Ikemefuna, daughter of the donor of the land upon which the church is built.

Filling stations close shop in Jonathan’s Yenogoa

Filling stations close shop in Jonathan’s Yenogoa

When the current long queues resurfaced in filling stations in the predominantly riverine Bayelsa State two weeks ago, many did not believe it would persist this long due to the government call on residents not to embark on panic buying as everything was being done to address the scarcity.

‘We don’t know the cause of this scarcity’

‘We don’t know the cause of this scarcity’

“What type of country is this now? I have been standing here for the past two hours waiting to buy fuel. The petrol assistants said they are not ready to sell fuel. Where do I go from here? I sell groundnuts to fend for my children and I depend so much on fuel. Can’t these our leaders just consider the masses?”