Greed and callousness seem to be at the heart of the crusade to hike the price of fuel products. The argument has been made, at the state and national levels, that fuel subsidies guzzle resources that should be invested to provide absent, much needed infrastructure. This argument would have a measure of traction in a political space run by serious-minded, visionary leaders..
Nigerian senate has just passed a bill outlawing same-sex marriage as well as banning public displays of affection between homosexual couples. Approval of the bill, which still must be voted on by the House of Representatives and signed by the President, stipulates a 14-year jail term…
With barely less than four years to the targets year of the Millennium Development Goals to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality…
The city of Port Harcourt stood still on the 26th of November, 2011 at Tunnel’s Bar and Lounge, GRA Port Harcourt. It was the occasion of the album listening party of FL, the self-styled Zagaza Master…
Prince Tonye Princewill’s congratulatory letter to The Management of the Rivers State Newspapers Corporation on its 40th anniversary of the publication of The Tide Newspapers, made a good read…
In this era of technological revolution, a sequel of the industrial era, Nigeria should jump on the bandwagon of promising knowledge economy that predominantly drives the development of new technologies, skills, strategies, processes, procedures and aptitudes to revive the nation’s comatose industrial sector…
Confusing and conflicting roles in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Nigeria as a country and the world at large have been counterproductive. Ideally, the social and family structures are expected to train up a child in the fear of God and instill good morals that would enable the child to decide personally to abstain from sex…
Rivers State is falling into serious environmental chaos, even though the residents are calm and peace loving…
Nigeria is a nation run on the erratic brainwave of those that have succeeded in cornering state power. Here, the attention span of both the leaders and the led is mercifully short. No importance is attached to details…
In life, Ojukwu was at once a spellbinding presence and approachable; he was both charismatic and truly larger than life. One measure of Ojukwu’s stature as a historical figure is that, among those who knew him – or merely knew of him – it’s extremely difficult to meet many who can honestly say they were indifferent to him…
I was angry as a child because my uncles and big brothers shared with nostalgia the dream of what Biafra could have been, had Gowon not marshaled all the forces in the universe to quench the aspirations of a group of people in the hinterland…