Mothers in Rivers State are happy once again since the visit of the mother of the nation, the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan. This is because of the gains of her recent visit including the establishment of the South-South secretariat of her pet project, Women for Change and Development Initiative.

The rumblings within the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) have exposed some ignoble but hitherto hidden characters of some of our political operators.

Some fundamental issues are critical to the resolution of the ongoing crisis in the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF).

I sat down, after church last Sunday, to think about 2015 and beyond for Nigeria and the South East. Unfolding events have made it clear that all the parties still play regional politics, be it the PDP, CPC, ACN, Labour, and APGA.

THE Ministry of Petroleum Resources oversees the most strategic but maligned sector of the nation’s economic domain.

ABIA State is a very unique state. Apart from its pride of place as the number one state in alphabetical order among the comity of states in Nigeria, Abia is the only state, according to its indigenes, which can be cited in the Holy Bible. Before the assumption of office by the present governor of […]

FOR some time now, the entire West seems to be engaging the rest of the world in a very fierce war to get everyone on earth to buy into the GROUND SIN called ‘same-sex marriage’. It appears very clearly that the West is in a hurry to provoke God’s anger as Sodom and Gomorra did in the Bible days.

IRIJI MBAISE, one of the very rooted festivals for which Igbos in general and the Mbaise clans in particular are known is celebrated annually on August 15. Celebrated during the harvest season, this festival is set aside as a thanksgiving to God for a good harvest and offering of prayers for better ones in the seasons ahead.

ABOUT a week ago, I received a report from Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, an organisation committed to monitoring and documenting unlawful killings in Nigeria. The centre also monitors the disposition of relevant authorities saddled with administration of justice in Nigeria.

HARDBALL, an opinion column of the Nation newspapers, on Friday May 17, 2013, took a swipe on Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State over alleged comments on succession to the office of the governor of the State. The Governor was said to have communicated his aversion to being succeeded by a professional politician to a group of religious leaders when they paid him a visit at the Governor’s Lodge at Amawbia.

At the onset of the present democratic dispensation, it was clear to the founding fathers of the Peoples Democratic Party that the major challenge confronting our nation was the establishment of an enduring democratic platform with a sustainable legitimacy. We were also convinced that such platforms should possess credible internal capacity to produce leaders who will be committed to the public purpose and whose leadership will be informed by a common good and sustained by the popular will of all citizens.

Counterfeiting and faking of drugs and food substances have assumed a global industry status, so also are the worries and concerns over the development. Particularly for Nigeria, the challenge has been the impetus needed to frontally and aggressively confront the menace. To the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, Nigeria’s health boosting agency, falls that responsibility. The efforts of the Dr. Paul B. Orhii-led agency, especially its deployment of cutting edge technologies to fight and win the anti-counterfeit drugs war, have gained global recognition

There are certain demographics that give a clear indication of a country’s development profile and some insights into its economic future. Literacy rate, access to health and potable water, state of infrastructure, housing, functional public utilities, transparency in governance and efficient service delivery by government agencies etc.

IT is leadership that defines a nation. Essentially, it builds or destroys a nation. General Charles de Gaulle relevantly stated that “nothing great can be done without great (leaders)”.

IN 2002, when Mr. Peter Obi threw his towel into the political arena of Anambra State, many wondered what prompted the gentle and soft-spoken young man to dare the political jungle of the state.