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Nigeria: A union of ethnic mistrust and hatred

Nigeria: A union of ethnic mistrust and hatred

By BEN OGU   As already established, the problem of Nigeria is neither hunger nor kidnapping nor fuel. These are real problems, but only micro symptoms of the real underlying ailment. The real problem of Nigeria is the 1914 amalgamation that yoked a disparity of nations of incongruities and varying religious and cultural temperaments in a death […]
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APC, nPDP and the doctrine of good faith

APC, nPDP and the doctrine of good faith

The question of whether Karl Marx was right or not in his contemplation that capitalism contains the seed of its own destruction is subject either way to the dialectics of conversation, logic and ramification, especially against the backdrop of a writ large summation that underpins the global expansionist tendency of the capitalist governance ideology.

Plateau Paid Mourners and Matters Arising

Plateau Paid Mourners and Matters Arising

We cannot doubt that these crises have facilitators and masterminds, whose only mindset is to reverse the gains Plateau State Governor Simon Lalong has made in peace and security in the state. They don’t want him to earn this positive point in leadership.

Ifiekporo community: Uduaghan’s   china-modelled city

Ifiekporo community: Uduaghan’s   china-modelled city

Ifiekporo community shares landmass with Ijala, Itsekiri’s ancestral heartbeat location of Warri Royal Cemetery, and where Itsekiri’s first king, Ginuwa, settled around 1480 before crossing over to Ode-Itsekiri which is not far from Ifie. Both of them are located in Warri South Local Government Area. Before 2007, Ifiekporo was accessible off the Refinery Jetty road. It was referred to as “that community behind Warri Refinery” or a reference for pottery and fishing, the two predominant trades of Ifiekporo indigenes before 2007.

NEMA stalemate as hand of Esau, voice of Jacob

NEMA stalemate as hand of Esau, voice of Jacob

Depression and nervousness are the bane of staff of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on the fate that awaits them. Panicky directors and other staff facing the EFCC‘s noose are becoming more vicious in emplying tactics to save their necks.