How did Ejiro happen to journalism: A response to “How did Sheriff happen to Delta?”
By FESTUS OKUBOR Reading Ejiro Idama’s latest offering in Vanguard was like watching a gifted comedian trying very hard to pass for an auditor. The jokes landed. The arithmetic did not. It reminded me of the old Ika saying: “The man who counts another man’s yams with his eyes often forgets to count the ones in […]
IBB Presidential Library: Preserving a Nigerian Presidency for posterity
PRESIDENTIAL Libraries exist in a world all of their own. Though, they are as the name implies, research and reference centres, they are not libraries in the usual sense.
War and its kaleidoscopic overview
The pluralistic coloration given to the TRUTH has always precipitated divisions, conflicts, controversies and wars. Hence, the first victim of war is TRUTH. When truth is murdered or suppressed in any collectivity it stimulates the instant death of peace redounding to war.
GYB, ASUU and the vanishing clouds
Many have written a lot about the ascension of Governor Yahaya Bello to the governorship of Kogi State. Raging arguments for or against have burnt many minds, many “heads” and many fingers
Peter Obi at 55
TODAY, the former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi turns 55. Born on July 19, 1961, he remains a man of strong will and gentle speech, of imposing purpose and simple sentiments. His character and politics have continued to please the people. He is genial, witty, unassuming, and endowed with a charm that atones […]
Abia and the metaphor of the fast lane
You know the fast lane: the extreme corner of the road where drivers throw caution to the wind and challenge the speedometer of their automobiles.
