The thematic response of Izonebi Alfred and Tompolo’s Haulers and Hailers
By Gogi Serikoromo Purely in a historically anticipatory celebration of scholarship, friendship, Tompology, and Dr. Enewaridideke Ekanpou’s books, Tompolo’s Haulers and Hailers and The Wanted Man in Camp Four, the exceptionally gifted Ijaw highlife musician JKing Dr. Izonebi Alfred has once again emerged in public discourse. This emergence in public discourse is foregrounded by the […]
The NIS Applicants tragedy, by Rev. Chris Okotie
The big news this week was the inauguration of the National Conference, but the deaths of more than 16 young applicants who died in Abuja and other venues, during the Nigerian Immigration Service, NIS recruitment exercise, overshadowed it. This tragedy mirrors the desperate situation of Nigeria. One only hopes that this unfortunate loss of lives, […]
APC and the roadmap to nowhere
THE other week, the leading opposition party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, took its predilection for obfuscation to another level by engaging in self-serving opinion poll.
Owelle Rochas Okorocha, Imo and 2015
THE good people of Imo State decided to change their leadership, rejecting Chief Ikedi Ohakim and his party, the PDP, at the 2011 elections.
Boko Haram: 10 lessons from Biafra
NIGERIANS have continued to be inundated with the ever chilly tales of the deaths of scores of innocent citizens on daily basis in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East.
The one-man-one-vote controversy
THE 2010 Electoral Act in Section 53 subsection (1) states that: “No voter shall vote for more than one candidate or record more than one vote”.
