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Jonathan and the angry Nigerian youths

NEVER has the power to determine who becomes Nigeria’s next president been at the behest of Nigerian youths more than now. Let me explain why:Nigerian demographic records indicate that over half of Nigerian population, perhaps 60% is comprised of youths (18-35) so the bulk of voters are the youths.

Ogboru’s critical assignment in Delta

NO question, Great Ovedje Ogboru will easily fall within the pantheon of Delta state’s political icons. This venerated stature remains something of a mystery. For one, Ogboru has neither been a governor nor held a political position in the state. Yet, he commands a totemic followership that confounds. Indeed, in Delta state, Ogboru is simply a movement. A movement for the common good.

NDIC-CBN tangle, let the interest of depositors prevail

LAST week the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) was at the public hearing organised by Senate Committee on Banking and Finance to defend its quest for amendments of its 2006 Act to make it more effective in serving depositors’ interest. It met with resistance from an unlikely quarter—the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

Web of apologies in Edo

ORDINARILY, an apology is the act of declaring ones regret or remorse or sorrow for having wronged another. Curiously, Edo State has in recent times been inundated by unsolicited apologies. First, it was Chief Frank Erewele who apologized during a Television programme for the role he played in facilitating the election of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as Governor of Edo State in 2007.

A child of destiny

THE ways of nature and man are unfathomable, deep and endless. The more we try to find meaning to life, the more it pushes us into deeper search and it goes on and on.

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