THE harsh reality of death as the predictable end of every mortal was succinctly driven home by Williams Shakespeare in one of his enduring works, Julius Ceaser, in the following words: “Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come”.

By Save Niger Delta Coalition In the book, Orchestra of the Minorities by Chigozie Obioma, the Chi (the guardian spirit) of Nonso, a poultry farmer in a Niger Delta community when it arrived the celestial court to plead its case said “I have come in haste, soaring untrammelled like a spear through the immense tracts […]

By Niagale Bagayoko The difficulties encountered in dealing with crises and conflicts on the African continent can not be considered purely operational and technical. In reality, a number of obstacles related to the difficulty of taking into account, from a conceptual as well as a strategic point of view, the security dynamics currently at work, […]

IT is without a doubt that Nigeria’s primary resource of revenue, oil, has dipped in the international market due to global politics and increased production of hitherto oil-buying nations. This decline, made worse by the failure of the previous administrations to save for the rainy day, has impacted negatively on the nation’s balance sheet and financial strength.

Socio-cultural and political sentiments aside, fairness demands loud applause for the present administration of Muhammadu Buhari for two major executive propellants: the nudge towards making Nigeria become a knowledge-based economy, and the creation of the Department of Cartography and Geographic Information System, GIS, in the Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation, OSGoF, are apt.