There are several categories of leaders we can talk about in oil producing communities in Nigeria. There are youth leaders, who usually provide leadership for the militant wing of the community; there are appointed or elected elders, most of whom are elders that are often a blend of illiterates, semi-literates and literates; and there are activists and agitators, some of whom are appointed by the respective communities, and some others gradually become leaders because of the prominence and visibility secured from their robust activism.

NIGERIA as we know it, was a contrivance of imperial Britain . Prior to the partition of Africa and the claim of Britain on Nigeria, various nationalities with centuries of historical existence and flourishing civilizations occupied the territory which was to later become Nigeria.

What has Mr President done for Nigerian youth since he assumed the mantle of national leadership? How committed is he to tackling the many challenges facing our youth? Such questions are popping up regularly.

THE Niger Delta region is the region known in Nigeria as the South-South geo-political zone. It is made up of nine states, among which are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers, although some states which are geographically not in the South-South region were conscripted because of the availability of oil there.

QUITE recently, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, the National Chairman of the ANPP, generated a divertional media controversy, away from the actual statistics of the potential strength of his party in Ebonyi State.

AS the political scenario in the country gears up towards ensuring the election of credible candidates into various political positions, Delta State like other states and the electorate, including the candidates are on daily basis engaged with putting finishing touches to ensure excellent result of their aspirations.

THREE hours after the Federal High Court Asaba presided over by Justice Ibrahim Buba dismissed the application for tenure completion by Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, who was sworn in on January 10, 2011, following the re-run of the governorship election, he and his followers were in Obiaruku for the kick-off of the zonal campaign of the PDP for the April general elections.

DESCRIBE it as uncontrollable desperation, call it ungodly dispositions or religious jingoism, you are right as some Christian clerics in Abia State have now made themselves available to be used as political marionettes by some politicians in the state who have lost out in the power equation to achieve their selfish desires against the majority of the people ahead of the April polls.

A STUDY of the behavioural pattern of the Nigerian politician and political parties reveals that when a party or candidate is declared winner of any election, the candidate so declared and his political party would say that the election was free and fair while the loser candidate and political party that sponsored him would cry blue murder, alleging that the election was fraudulently conducted, marred with irregularities and that electoral officers were bribed to alter results in favour of the winner.

SINCE August 26, 2010 when the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR unveiled his administration’s road map in the Power sector, various business groups and investors have indicated interest in participating in the acquisition of the Power Generating Plants.

LEADERS who will not recruit green horns based on party allegiance or family ties. Leaders who will inspire their professional cabinet and co-workers into higher levels of teamwork motivation to achieve realistic targets.

AS we gradually approach the 2011 general elections, any right thinking Nigerian who is patriotic enough would now be concerned with how the country should achieve hitch-free polls.

THE Arab world is enmeshed in crises of identity and direction. First it was the Tunisians who gave Ben Ali one of the oldest dictators this side of the Atlantic, the marching order.

TODAY, Mr. Peter Obi of Anambra State would have spent the first one year in his second term in office. And to properly assess the progress of his administration or lack of it, we will occasionally revert to his first four years in office, since development is a veritable continuum; where an aspect complements the whole..

MY heart as a Christian goes to our Lord Jesus Christ’s parable of the Prodigal Son as recorded in the gospel according to Luke 5:11-32.