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 […]
Promoting the rule of law over rule of the jungle
ONE of the indispensable components of democracy is the rule of law! In common parlance, the rule of law is the condition in which every member of the society, including its leaders, accepts the authority of the law.
ONSHORE/OFFSHORE DICHOTOMY: A threat to Nigeria’s survival (3)
The writer today continues his argument that Northern leaders are responsible for much of the problems in the region
China/Africa co-operation on infrastructure and media
AT the two-day meeting of the fifth ministerial conference of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation, FOCAC, held in Beijing last month, the issue of infrastructure as the key link in enabling functional integration in Africa received attention at the highest echelon of Chinese leadership.
Onshore/Offshore dichotomy and North’s dance of shame (2)
WHEN my friends from the South point accusing fingers at me for being a Northerner and for the way the region has ruled the country and brought it to its present deplorable state, I shake my head in sadness.
Who speaks for Farouk Lawan?
DURING the Vietnam War – a cold war era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from November 1, 1955 to the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 – many Americans appeared thorn between the patriotic impulse of supporting their country’s involvement in the war and the horrors of deaths, mostly of Vietnamese, during the war.
