The “fake universities” syndrome
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- Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013 22:35
- Written by Chido Onumah
Last July, shortly after the horrific Dana Air crash that killed over a hundred Nigerians, I did a piece titled “Murder Incorporated”. The thrust of the piece was that the government ought to take the larger blame for the incident. Why? Because ours is a country of “anything goes”. There are laws, but people break them with impunity and no
Nigeria, Boko Haram and the US War on Terrorism by Nkem Ekepara, Part 1
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- Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013 14:05
- Written by Nkem Ekeopara
The bombings in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on Monday, April 15, 2013, at the 116th edition of the Boston Marathon in which three people died and about 180 were injured, several with limbs blown off, is yet another sad reminder of the threat that terrorism continues to pose to everyone irrespective of his or her location at any
Kabiru Mohammed and the falsification of history
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- Published on Thursday, 25 April 2013 12:39
- Written by Abdul Mahmud
Kabiru Mohammed’s rejoinder, ‘’Re-delusion: Dino Melaye and The New Activism’’, is a sad commentary on the state of our tertiary education. Reading his grammatically-challenged piece, Kabiru Mohammed brimmed with such ignorance and stupidity that left me utterly bewildered. Much as I have sympathy for him, I am gravely worried
Funmi Olayinka: Yes, I knew her!
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 20:42
- Written by Abiodun Komolafe
“What does farewell mean if not death? But will death itself be a farewell?” - Honore de Balzak : I am not from Ekiti State but, like every other mortal, the untimely death of Funmilayo Adunni Olayinka, Governor of Ekiti State, devastated me. My knowledge of this pretty, witty and willing-to-go-places woman came about during the 2007
On Immigration the Republicans Are Playing a Short Game
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 20:13
- Written by Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba
The Senate Gang of 8 has a plan on immigration, the President has a plan and other organizations have their plans. These plans came to be because of the drubbing that the Republicans suffered in 2012 elections. The Republican Party had treated immigrants as if they were infected with leprosy before a cure was discovered.
Zoning Debacle: Selfish Oro People on Sabotage Mission
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:43
- Written by Anthony Udomkpa
Just as I had articulated earlier, the only people who will shoot themselves in the leg as far as zoning of the 2015 governorship position in Akwa Ibom State, are the very people that the shoe pinches. Put it straight, it often is said that the wearer knows better where the shoe pinches, and so also do people say that one cannot drink
Akwa Ibom 2015 Guber Race: Assembly Plan Traditional Embargo for Traitors
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:42
- Written by Essien Ndueso
Stakeholders of Eket Senatorial District may have concluded plans to introduce and place traditional injunction on any indigene of the district who betrays the position of the district in the forth-coming 2015 governorship elections in the state. The district has at last urged her contenders to start unveiling themselves and to make
Gov. Akpabio Versus Sen. Etok: Cultist Settlement expected!
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 14:34
- Written by OduduAbasi Nicolas Edet
The headline screamed, ""There’s No Vacancy” Etok Warns Akpabio". It was followed by this - "Analysts say with the announcement today by Senator Etok to continue in power in the senate, a tough battle line is now drawn for the Ikot Ekpene Senatorial seat between Governor Akpabio and Senator Aloysius Etok" -
The travails of Parvez Musharaff
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:18
- Written by Rotimi Fashakin
If you like, call it fitting justice coming the way of a man who held everyone hostage ,including the revered organs of government like the Judiciary. His name is Gen. Pervez Musharraf, though some preferred to call him 'Perverse' for the way his reign as the avatar in Pakistan did a few abominable things, including holding Judges hostage. Perhaps,
Amnesty Committee: Jonathan Goofed
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:06
- Written by Abubakar Usman
On Wednesday, the 17th of April 2013, the presidency announced the setting up of two presidential committees which has engaging members of the Boko Haram sect and defining comprehensive and workable framework for resolving insecurity in the country as its primary objective. The committees which has prominent Nigerians drawn
Akwa ibom; We Are Worlds Apart - Part 2
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 20:55
- Written by Clayton Udoh
In my last write up ,I explained why you cannot convince someone bred in corruption that there is another way to move forward. The point is simple; the corruption is so ingrained in their psyche that they will even come out publicly to support the conditions surrounding the despicable event. Today I would like to show how this has spread
MASSOB Treason Trial; no big deal
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- Published on Monday, 22 April 2013 23:37
- Written by John Okiyi Kalu
I have read the online hysteria on Ralph Uwazuruike and treason and wish to state that most of us are not getting it right. In November 2005, under President Olusegun Obasanjo, Ralph Uwazulike and 6 others were arraigned in an Abuja Federal High Court on charges that included treason. He hired Festus Keyamo to represent him. (That's a
Building an Alternative Political Party Platform: The Question Of Capacity
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 23:21
- Written by Jaye Gaskia
For quite some time now, and particularly since the announcement of the decision/intention to merge by the main opposition parties into a mega party with the proposed name – All Progressives Congress [APC]; there have been quite a lot of euphoria and near jubilant excitement within the ranks of emergent politically conscious youth and
Nigerian Activists and Politics: How Serious?
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 23:15
- Written by Salihu Moh. Lukman
Sometimes in 2004, at an interactive session with Mr. Rodrigo de Rato, then visiting Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), a member of President Obasanjo's economic team who was a Minister emphatically announced that the People Democratic Party was in government, "not to practice democracy but to
Realities facing Women: Imprints and Travails
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 22:59
- Written by Salihu Moh. Lukman
Tribute to Mrs. Funmilayo Olayinka - One of the messages of Frederick Engels' book, The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State, of 1884, was that women face direct challenge from dominantly held beliefs about God-ordained biological, physical, intellectual and moral inferior status. Across all human societies, this is perceived
The Historical Plight And Precarious Future Of Igbo People In Nigeria
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- Published on Sunday, 21 April 2013 13:43
- Written by Orji Uzor Kalu
The Historical Plight And Precarious Future Of Igbo People In Nigeria: A Speech Delivered By Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, Former Governor Of Abia State, Nigeria, and Coordinator of Njiko Igbo, To The British House of Commons On April 18, 2013.
Akwa Ibom Governor’s Wife, Unoma Akpabio In A $2.7M Scam
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- Published on Saturday, 20 April 2013 23:46
- Written by Dave Emma
Uyo: The wife of Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mrs. Ekaete Unoma Akpabio is said to have defrauded a US missionary group to the tune of $2.7m. The missionaries who visited the Akwa Ibom to help vulnerable children mostly those dubbed witches and wizards in different locations were diverted and duped of their hard earned currency. The
Is Everyone Afraid to say Islamic Extremist?
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- Published on Saturday, 20 April 2013 16:04
- Written by Bobby Eberle
The entire storyline of the two men responsible for the horrible terrorist attack during the Boston Marathon has me completely stunned. These two radicals, picked a very public event and a location they knew would be filled with people, including children, and decided they wanted to kill Americans. Yet, in all the coverage, the phrase all media
How to move Nigerians out of the $1-a-day bracket
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 22:01
- Written by Favour B. Afolabi
Perhaps we should get the N4.8Trn annual FGN budget paid as salaries to Nigerians which would come to N28,235 per head per annum and N2,352 on a monthly basis? Then each individual can also have their respective states share their state budgets to them in addition to this, so I’ll proceed to use Lagos state as an example to be used
The Sentence of Truth: address by Gov Akpabio
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 21:34
- Written by Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio
An Address Presented By The Executive Governor Of Akwa Ibom State His Excellency Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON, As The Chairman Of The Closing Session Of The 18th Commonwealth Law Conference Held In Cape Town, South Africa From April 15 – 18, 2013.
'Ochichi Nchigbu' In Abia State
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- Published on Friday, 19 April 2013 21:27
- Written by SOC Okenwa
Abia State in south-east Nigeria is known as "God's Own State" with Umuahia as the capital city. The Executive Governor is one 'Ochendo' Theodore Ahamefule Orji who made some history by becoming the first man to be 'elected' Governor while on the EFCC detention facility in Lagos for corruption charges as the Chief of Staff to his
