Mr. President, I don’t know how you would take this, but there is no nicer way of putting it – Nigeria is going down. I have watched, helplessly, in the last few months as things appear to be spinning out...
It is an established fact that the race unto sustainability being run around the world today is alien to Africa and Nigeria in particular. The foundations upon which developed countries are building sustainable...
ACROSS the nation, the onset of the rainy season and the ravaging floods have once again exposed the decay in the nation's road networks, making life very miserable and hampering economic activities. Normally, a...
Paper Presented by Mr. Ide Owodiong-Idemeko at The Feast of Barracuda Event hosted by the National Association of Seadogs, Netherlands Chapter, Saturday July 4, 2009, Gaasperplas Public Park, Amsterdam Zuidoost...
IT is amazing how a shrivelled conscience can allow people inflict so much pain on others and extinguish human solidarity planted in the DNA of all humans. I am reminded of this each time I think of local government...
Bleak as the Delta situation appears to be, given the recent escalation of violence, we may actually be approaching a stage of possible resolution – touch wood! This is why, albeit with much reluctance, I feel I...
A LANDMARK separation of the wheat from the chaff in the vexed issue of what constitute illegal secret societies was yesterday carried out by the Rivers State High Court, which ruled that the National Association of...
Nuhu Ribadu's Testimony before the US House Financial Services Committee May 19, 2009. Good morning, Chairman Frank, distinguished US Representatives of the Committee, and thank you for this very kind...
It is shameful that in 2009, we are still unable to conduct ourselves like civilized and enlightened people. The conduct of INEC, the Police and the political parties especially the PDP in the suspended Ekiti Re Run...
The more things seem to change, the more they remain the same. I don’t know the author of that saying, but I find myself repeating it all the time. Take a cursory look at the history of Nigeria and you’re...
Nigerian police are denying reports that they are using increasingly violent means, including torture and illegal killings in their fight against militants in the volatile Niger Delta region. Amnesty International...
The Nigerian government announced Wednesday it has set up a board of inquiry to investigate a multi-million dollar bribery scandal involving American company Halliburton and allegedly implicating two former Nigerian...