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The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all

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 […]
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We must restructure to save Nigeria

We must restructure to save Nigeria

Nigerians should be aware that while we endorse president Buhari’s Security and Corruption challenges, it is the National Assembly that has the challenge to usher in very urgently a restructured system of governance for more viable economic challenges

Verification: Is PTAD playing politics with pensioners’ income?

Verification: Is PTAD playing politics with pensioners’ income?

It is most disheartening when government spends public funds on frivolities amidst one of the toughest economic downturns Nigeria has ever witnessed. The proposed verification of Nigerian pensioners in the Diaspora by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) falls into this category.

Dangerous dance with the Supreme court

Dangerous dance with the Supreme court

AN Igbo proverb says that if a man knows a thing that will bring confusion and trouble let him refrain from doing it.

The law profession is one where seniority is treated with the highest regard in appointments and practice. It flows from the National Judicial Council, NJC, the highest policy making organ for the law profession.

Exigencies of the war against corruption

Exigencies of the war against corruption

TO characterise a scale of mass murder that defied the English lexicon, Raphael Lemkin cobbled together a new word “genocide”. He pieced the word together from the Greek word, geno, meaning tribe, nation or people and the Latin word, cide (from the conjugation of caedo) meaning to kill. With his new word, he highlighted the methodical and systematic slaughter of entire peoples and nations by the Nazi in Axis occupied Europe.

A memory of America on Obama’s last day

A memory of America on Obama’s last day

THE unusual thing about the U.S. is that everything is unusual. If there was still a doubt, the election of Donald J. Trump, who takes office on Friday as the 45th president of the United States of America, settles the matter.

Nigeria-Poland collaborative initiatives

Nigeria-Poland collaborative initiatives

NIGERIA and Poland established diplomatic relations in the 1960s. Since then both countries have enjoyed good political relations. It is important to highlight that bilateral relations between Nigeria and Poland have been marked by mutual cooperation and support for each other in the international force.

The elite rape Nigeria

The elite rape Nigeria

THAT Nigeria is still afloat is a miracle pure and simple. This is against the back-drop of jugular bleeding inflicted by Nigeria’s elite financial rapists. This small group has mercilessly battered and plundered Nigeria at all fronts and from every angle waiting for Nigeria to die. A lot of them are evil geniuses in reverse – Thievery.