“No one saves us but ourselves. No one can, and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path “-BuddhaMore. THE biggest and deepest pain of the electricity consumer today is the issue of fraudulent bills by the electric power houses and suppliers in the name of DisCos. Our leaders have battled with the problems […]

PROPONENTS of restructuring in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to divest Ibe Kachikwu of his double-barreled position of minister of state for petroleum and group managing director of the corporation have, at last, had their way.

WHAT fitting birthday present can one possibly give His Excellency, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, the Executive Governor of Delta State, a rare politician who turned 57 today if not to salute his professional touch in a state that pride itself as the finger of God? I have come to respect His Excellency since the day I first met him. By virtue of his background in medicine, Governor Okowa would appear to be professionally programmed to be cautious, painstaking, detailed and meticulous.

“An unjust law is no law at all” St. Augustine 2011 was the year of reckoning for Arab dictators and the rise of people power in the Arab world. The ordinary people stood up to their leaders and said “enough was enough”. The revolution swept out decades old dictators in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and […]

THE tradition of primogeniture entails the total non-negotiable handing over of power of attorney over properties, titles, positions, etc to the eldest son. This is a very common practice all over the world. The eldest son and not the eldest daughter is looked upon as the pretender to the throne. And as soon as the king dies he is crowned as the next king. He is always regarded as the king in waiting.