Nigeria @66: The Otu Record — Beyond the Rhetoric
By Joseph Odok As Nigeria marks 66 years of independence, the anniversary offers more than an occasion for patriotic speeches. It is also an opportunity to ask a practical question at the sub-national level: what has government actually done with the resources and opportunities available to it?In Cross River State, Governor Bassey Edet Otu’s administration […]
Family planning: A force for good across Africa
Last year, I visited a mother’s group in the Korogocho slum in Nairobi to learn more about family planning in Africa. At the end of our conversation, a woman named Mary Ann told me something I’ll never forget. She said she plans her family because she wants to “bring every good thing” to one child before she has another.
Significance of endorsements of Oshiomhole
THE story surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ as contained in Matthew 2:1-11 keeps fascinating me. A part of which speaks of three wise men from the East who came to pay their obeisance and worship the birth of the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
Significance of endorsements of Oshiomhole
THE story surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ as contained in Matthew 2:1-11 keeps fascinating me. A part of which speaks of three wise men from the East who came to pay their obeisance and worship the birth of the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank presidency bid
WITH Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s formal entry into the race for the presidency of the World Bank, Nigeria has put its hat in the ring of international, high stakes diplomacy.
That unfounded attack on Orji
I WAS not, just like other Nigerians surprised with the article titled ‘T.A Orji’s Public Humiliation” written by Dan Onwukwe and published in his column in The Sun Newspaper of March 12, 2012.
