EZE and Okoro were two sons of Abia State who went to Abia University to study governance for eight years. First to secure admission was Eze and because his people have suffered so much as a result of bad governance, expectation was high that he would better the lots of his people by doing well in the university.

DURING the last nationwide strike that lasted from January 9 to 16 over the removal of subsidy on petrol and the consequent increase in the pump price of petrol initially from N65 a litre to N141 (before it was reduced to N97) by the government, social media played more than a passing role in mobilizing Nigerians and in creating awareness on what the issues were.

VIRTUALLY all private owned media houses, both print and electronic, with national coverage are owned by Southerners.The Guardian,Vanguard,ThisDay,Independent Daily, Ait, Channels, Silverbird television stations, to mention but a few, are owned by people from Niger Delta, particularly Delta and Edo states that were hitherto part of South West Nigeria under Awolowo’s exemplary leadership.

THREE weeks ago I was at a meeting in Accra, Ghana, in preparation for the biennial African Feminist Forum, which is convened by the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), an Africa-wide grant-making foundation for African women which I co-founded twelve years ago.

FOR an instance, many contributors lack the knowledge that expatriates in certain areas are exempted from quota requirement. This includes those operating in the various free trade zones in the country such as the Export Processing Zone, Calabar; Oil & Gas Free Zone, Onne; Kano Free Trade Zone; Lekki Free Trade Zone and the Export Processing Zone, Snake Island, Lagos. Those who are engaged by government establishments are equally exempted from expatriate quota.