President Recep Tayyeb Erdogan hosted Muhammadu Buhari, the President of Nigeria for a fairly long one-on-one meeting in Ankara, the Turkish capital on Thursday before the bilateral meeting that involved their ministers and members of their delegations.

Against the backdrop of the euphoria and backlash in the media against Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State for hosting the South African President, Jacob Zuma, attention shifted from a very important part of the activities to mark the 55th birthday of the seeming controversial politician.

That the Federal Government holds the controlling equity in the channel management companies and that it also chairs their boards of directors through the managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), are by no means accidental.

It is amazing how in most of the things that ought to matter to us as a people, as a nation, in a hurry to be what we want to be, we are always neither here nor there. I am talking about how we adopt practices and often conventions of the modern western world and yet deliberately refuse to implement such practices and conventions to the fullest.

EVERY elementary Philosophy student is aware of the thoughts and viewpoints of Parmenides and Heraclitus. While Parmenides believed that nothing changes, Heraclitus contended that change is ubiquitous.  In elementary Biology, growth is listed among the qualities of a human being. Growth is, therefore, Heraclitan, because to grow is to undergo changes, mostly positive.

WHEN Imo State  governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, told TELL magazine that “my vision drives me crazy,” many people did not take his words literally. In November 2016, he tweaked the statement a little, this time saying his love for Imo State keeps him from sleeping. “I find it difficult to sleep now because I want to change the entire face of Imo,” he said.

I HAVE, from the very beginning of this menace, come to the conclusion that the Indigenous People Of Biafra’s, IPOB, movement would be mismanaged by both sides of the divide.

IN every assemblage of human beings  as a family unit, kindred, organisation or geo-political entity – the pursuit and fulfilment of their collective interests and aspirations are derived principally from the quality of their leadership or management.

There is an urgent need for the Federal Government through its relevant agency to support the effort of the state government

What is it about South African President Jacob Zuma and statues? Two statues in one month- generating controversy from the streets of Pretoria to the streets of Owerri in Nigeria. In the first week of October, a 30-feet monument was unveiled in honour of President Zuma in the North West region of his country.