ON Saturday, March 31, 2012, an event took place in the palace of the Ojuromi of Uromi and Chairman of the Esan Traditional Rulers’ Council, HRH Anselm Zaiki Eidenojie 11 that brought a respite to the convoluted Edo State political landscape, which had hitherto been hijacked and recklessly manipulated by an army of occupation that has been operating in the guise of governance in the State.

FOLLOWING the announcement by Robert Zoellick, the current President of the World Bank, that he would not seek re-election later this year, the question that has popped up in some quarters is: “Who succeeds Mr. Zoellick?” Must it be another American?

FIFTY-NINE years ago, precisely on March 23, 1953, the family of Rev. Ezekiel Nwogu Uzu and Mrs Cecilia Ozichi Uzu in the sleepy town of Umuahia, begot a new baby, a female child.

NIGERIA, by all standards, is a peculiar country. Here is a country in which many queer developments in civilized world are never seen as strange. The system of governance in this country is so inconsistent that discordant tunes from the same ministry or government department are sung from time to time only to throw the […]

THE administration of President Goodluck Jonathan appears determined to eradicate all forms of illegality in the Nigerian Water-ways – smuggling, hijacking, robbery and illegal oil bunkering. Towards this end the administration came up with a pragmatic maritime policy.

YAR’ADUA did not contemplate becoming Nigeria’s president. He didn’t dream it and it didn’t even flicker in his mind.
I remember vividly that day in 2006 (can’t remember the exact date now) when he was invited to a house in the Aso Rock Villa. Present were two governors apart from Yar’Adua, one presidential assistant and one business magnate.

COME April 11, 2012, Taraba State would be agog with what we have termed TAFEST ( Taraba State Festival of Arts and Culture). It is a maiden edition of the cultural fiesta as Jalingo comes alive with dancers, masquerades and arts from all the local government areas. It would be a four-day affair full of gaiety and fun.

IN Christianity, validly baptised Christians are configured to Christ in his three messianic functions or roles, namely: the Priestly, the Kingly and the Prophetic.

FOR the avoidance of doubt, the National Assembly comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate as presently constituted is part of the deep structural flaws and institutional anomaly that blights the Nigeria possibilities.

IT was, Tuesday, April 3. The staggering news hit the air. Olusegun Matthew Aremu Okikiola Obasanjo, former President and Chairman, PDP Board of Trustees (BOT) had resigned his position on the BOT.