NPERA Act: Between economic regulation and NPA’s statutory mandate
By Okey IBEKE The new Ports Economic Regulatory Agency could bring discipline, transparency and competition to Nigeria’s port economy. But unless its powers are carefully separated from those of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), the legislation could open a new front in the country’s long-running problem of overlapping maritime mandates.Okey IBEKE, a maritime expert, x-rays […]
A new vista for youths in Delta
I have watched with keen interest the silent revolution in youth engagement taking place in Delta State in the last six months and decided to comment on the young commissioner leading this change initiative powered by Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan.
Uduaghan and the victory dance
FOR Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, medical doctor and governor of Delta State , politics must rank as the toughest vocation in all of human enterprise.
Edo and the political correctness of Airhiavbere’s endorsements
ON Saturday, March 31, 2012, an event took place in the palace of the Ojuromi of Uromi and Chairman of the Esan Traditional Rulers’ Council, HRH Anselm Zaiki Eidenojie 11 that brought a respite to the convoluted Edo State political landscape, which had hitherto been hijacked and recklessly manipulated by an army of occupation that has been operating in the guise of governance in the State.
Considering Okonjo-Iweala for the World bank top job
FOLLOWING the announcement by Robert Zoellick, the current President of the World Bank, that he would not seek re-election later this year, the question that has popped up in some quarters is: “Who succeeds Mr. Zoellick?” Must it be another American?
Garlands for Immigration boss
FIFTY-NINE years ago, precisely on March 23, 1953, the family of Rev. Ezekiel Nwogu Uzu and Mrs Cecilia Ozichi Uzu in the sleepy town of Umuahia, begot a new baby, a female child.
