Okuama: When Political Blame Ignores the Constitution, Fuels Blackmail
By Ufuoma Egbe The tragedy of Okuama has left deep wounds. Families have lost loved ones, a community has suffered devastation, and several Okuama leaders have remained in detention for an agonising period. Their plight deserves justice, compassion and sustained public attention. But precisely because the tragedy is so painful, it must not become an […]
The Constitution as a scapegoat
One of my most favourite English idioms right from my primary school days is the one that says that “A bad workman quarrels with his tools”.
Abia Govt and its policies and programmes
Who says governance is a tea party. It is not and can never be because of the numerous challenges associated with it, which demands clear understanding of it, the ability to map out policies and programmes that will tackle the challenges without minding whose ox is gored.
No more roads to Turkestan
IT would have taken more than a miracle for the national honours to be awarded without criticisms. What weakens present criticisms is that the proponents pretend the standards for the awards are new or that the high number of awards is necessarily an abuse.
Bakassi Peninsula: ‘Why ceding of Bakassi Peninsula must be revisited’
THE judgment of the International Court of Justice, which purported to award the Bakassi Peninsula to the Republic of Cameroun, is to all intents and purposes outrageous, blatantly unjust and patently unsupportable.
Achieving food security agenda in Nigeria
LIVESTOCK in Nigeria plays a big role in the livelihood of farmers and nutritional needs of the country. Livestock also contributes to farming in many other ways. Animals are used as draught power to pull plows or help weed farmland, and cow dung is an excellent fertilizer.
