IF the truth must be told, Nigeria today is on the edge of a precipice – with its economy hanging perilously on the balance. The situation is so precarious that President Muhammadu Buhari will be seeking Emergency Powers to tackle the economy as soon as the National Assembly resumes from its vacation on September 12, 2016.

THERE is indeed no doubt that the way the nation’s electoral agency, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is handling the Rivers State rerun poll gives cause to worry. Many Nigerians and commentators have condemned the umpire’s attitude towards the poll, especially its continued postponement when the State is peaceful. It will be recalled that […]

Nigeria’s pioneering millionaire, Candido Da Rocha of Water House, Kakawa Street, Lagos is a prime example. He made his money from selling “clean, clear” water from his borehole and the first water fountain on Lagos Island. Sensing the inevitable municipal necessity of potable water, he was also instrumental in the establishment of Iju Waterworks, the first public “clean water” enterprise in Nigeria.

One major nagging headache besetting the people of Okwagbe community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State is the deplorable state of the roads there.

Edo State is reputed to be the heart beat of the nation and very influential in national politics. I do not know how to categorise it now, but after the Ogbemudia administrative era, successive military administrations so messed up the place that criminal elements, including the Aninis of this world, held sway for some time.