The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all
By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
Obaseki, man on rescue mission
Prior to his introduction as the likely successor to the former labour leader, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Mr Godwin Obaseki had worked behind the scene in Oshiomhole’s administration as the Chairman of the State Economic team.
The true meaning of and need for government: Oyo people deserve more from their leaders
According to the Webster Ninth Collegiate Dictionary, the government is the ‘act or process of governing, administering or exercising discretion over a political unit.’
Nicholas Mutu, Australia’s longest serving parliamentarian
Nicholas Mutu is a quintessential parliamentarian and a political juggernaut, a goal-getter who is the longest-serving parliamentarian in the history of Nigerian House of Representatives.
Enugu govt. bans operations of IPMAN’s state chapter
The Enugu State Government has banned the operations of the state chapter of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) till further notice.
Fruits of Not-Too-Young-To-Run
The bill was a good omen to the beleaguered polity which was earnestly yearning for progressive reforms
