The Nigerian Bar Association, its August guests, and the vacuum we must fill
Reflections on the 66th NBA Conference in Port Harcourt By Douglas Baye-Osagie The 66th Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, will be remembered for many things. Not just the swearing in of the first elected female President of the Bar, Mrs. Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya, SAN, but also the quality of some […]
The tall order on Ballot box snatchers
POST colonial realities in Nigeria and the ascendancy and sustenance of political merchants in corridors of power have sustained the reproduction of similar faults and errors. In the area of election shifting, it has progressed from weeks to month and the latest one came like a thief in the night. It was similar to inviting people for wedding ceremonies with the bride and groom only sending text messages to inform guests at the venue that the wedding had been shifted because the officiating pastor cited unfulfilled rites.
My Thoughts on INEC, by Feran Owootomo
On Sat 16th Feb 2019, INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu held a Press Conference by 2.00am to postpone the elections slated to hold on Sat 16th and Sat 23rd Feb to Sat 23rd Feb and Sat 2nd Mar 2019 respectively.
Why South East, South South Must rethink choice of presidential candidate
The case is the same in Bayelsa, the home state of the last PDP president, Goodluck Jonathan, where citizens who have been deprived of amenities now have access to pipe borne water.
Why we should vote Uduaghan, this Saturday
As we, the good people of Delta South go out to cast our votes this Saturday, we urge all our ever vibrant constituents to bear in mind that nothing short of the very soul of our Senatorial District is at stake in this election.
Between SDGs on health, Sanwo-Olu’s health care plans
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a collection of 17 global goals set by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015. The SDGs which are aimed at transforming our World have tagged the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Paramount within the SDGs is the SDG goal 3 that focuses on good health and wellbeing for all people with the aim of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well- being at all ages.
