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The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all

The Nativity: Why Mary belongs to us all

By Valentine Obienyem As our chaplain, Fr. Chigozie Jidere, proclaimed today’s Gospel on the genealogy of Jesus, my mind went to the story of Hecataeus of Miletus. Within the colossal inner halls of the temple of Amun at Egyptian Thebes, Hecataeus boasted to the priests that he could trace his lineage back sixteen generations to […]
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SOS in IDPs camps

SOS in IDPs camps

HEARTLESS people are stealing food items from the weak and vulnerable Internally Displaces Persons, IDPs, living in camps Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. President Muhammadu Buhari should deal with individuals and organisations that are culpable of this inhumanity. Considering the fact that there are international aids agencies contributing to the funding of the supplies, it […]

El Rufai: Walking the Change

El Rufai: Walking the Change

WHEN I read in the FORBES recently that ”democracy is delivering impossible results,” I didn’t understand until I met the indefatigable governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El Rufai. Call privitisation czar or Mr. Demolition, El Rufai is ostensibly a sharp departure from the behavioural instincts of some state Governors in Nigeria who have creamed out the finances of their various states.

Beauty in regional integration

Beauty in regional integration

A FEW days before he was killed, the then Premier of Northern Nigeria, Sir Ahmadu Bello, (1909-1966), Sardauna of Sokoto incorporated a company called the New Nigeria Development Company.

The making of Senate rules and the forgery controversy

The making of Senate rules and the forgery controversy

Since the issue of how Senate Standing Orders can be changed has been subject of both on-going civil and criminal litigations which are now threatening the freedom of the presiding officers and the independence of the institution itself, it is pertinent that one addresses the question of how does the Senate generate its rules and how does it amend it?

An open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari

An open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari

Ramadan Kareem with hope that you are enjoying your weekend break at Daura. The Almighty God will continue to replenish your vigor to pilot the affairs of this great nation to the desired destination. Your dream of a country that “our children and grand children will be proud of” will be achieved in our lifetime.