READING some of the public commentaries – and other forms of reactions – on the current fuel crisis and associated issues, I was reminded of why I opposed the controversial call to kill the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) made last year by a prominent Nigerian politician. The politician reportedly summed up his justification for the call with the words: “If you don’t kill the NNPC, it will kill Nigeria.”

IDEALLY, I would not have wished to engage in exchange of mails with you, but for the fact that your letter in paragraph two claimed that its purpose ‘is not to engage in polemics with you (sic); rather, it is to explain and present facts’; is indeed not explaining facts as they are, but turning […]

THE Edo state governorship election slated for September 10, 2016 presents both an opportunity and a challenge to reposition a state with the sobriquet Heart Beat of the Nation. Getting it right starts from the party primaries especially that of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state. For a party that held sway from May 29, 1999 to November 12, 2008 and suddenly found itself in opposition in the state, there is a compelling reason to get it right owing to the wobbly performance of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.

THE Bible did not make a mistake when it amply said in Proverb 22:29 “that a man found diligent in his ways will dine before kings.” This clearly depicts the commitment his Excellency Governor Ben Ayade has shown towards workers welfare in cross river state that have earned him great accolades across the country and […]

IT is important for all of us to know that, irrespective of our ideological, sentimental, ethnic or religious position, the country belongs to us all. If things go well, everyone benefit – whether you are a critic of the government or pro government – and if things go bad, we are all deep in it. It has been a downward trend this past year and whatever picture our politicians try to paint for us, everyone of us is feeling the pinch, feeling the hardship.

Perhaps, the most cheering news to ever emanate from Nigeria and consoling is the official declaration of the eventual suppression and defeat of the Islamic insurgents which goes by the appellation Boko Haram (BH).

Nigeria is not the only country where nomadic pastoralists herdsmen come and go. In Kenya, they have the Maasai herdsmen who have been herding cattle around the Nile Valley area from the days of Joseph in ancient Egypt. Other nations have their own form of pastoralists too. But never in the history of the 20th and 21st Century has the world encountered a scenario such as that which stares Nigeria in the face, whereby Fulani pastoral Herdsmen simultaneously and nationally and almost systematically are wiping out indigenous Nigerians for the benefit of their cattle.

SINCE the proposed Timelines for the 2016 Chapter Congresses and National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP was released, the now opposition party that led Nigeria for 16 years has been filled with activities and trepidation.

CONTRARY to the views expressed by one Mr. Erasmus Ikhide, in an article titled : “The return of the old order”, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the chairman of the Economic Team of the Edo State Government is one of the few governorship aspirants in Edo State who understands the basics of national configuration as it relates to constitutionally settled matters.

LET’S start and see what an efficient bureaucratic Civil service and university should be like. The examinations leading to admission should all be held on the same day throughout the federation. The results will be posted on a day to be announced, so that everyone knows. Admission to the universities based on the results to be announced the same day throughout the federation.