By Edmond Enaibe WITH the Monday July 13, 2009 release of MEND leader Henry Okah, the amnesty jet can be said to be in full flight. Just hours before the declaration of amnesty for all militants by President Umaru Yar’Adua, the Ijaw Elders and Leaders Forum made a one page advertisement on page 49 of […]

By Noble Nwabueze IN its resolve to open up the rural areas of the state and quicken the pace of its industrial development, the Imo State Government under the leadership of Chief Ikedi Ohakim, is accessing N18.5 billion bond from the nation’s capital market as the first phase of the N40 billion medium term note […]

By EJIRO IDAMA NOTHING has exposed the soft under belly and incompetence of the federal authorities in tackling the Niger Delta crisis than the failed efforts to use the military machine to crush militant activities in the region. In two years, since Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, came into office, promising peace and security, nothing on the […]

By SUNNY ESENIUSE IKHIOVA IT is said that of all the resources available in Nigeria, the one that is most plentiful is manpower. You find our professionals in all parts of the world, our doctors and medical personnel form a significant percentage of medical doctors in South Africa, America and even in Europe holding their […]

By UDO IBUOT IT is hardly surprising that the Akwa Ibom Peoples Front (AKPF), as a socio-cultural group, has continued to come under undeserved attacks and criticisms by people who do not seem to understand objectives of the group. While some people accuse the organisation of being a secret cult, others say that its influence […]