To a people addicted to the tragic luxury of self-delusion, truth hurts badly. But then, truth always refuses to go away. It lingers around to perpetually taunt and haunt those that loathe and despise its face…
Nigeria is making a bold but calculative move to establish a sovereign wealth fund. The Acting President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has asked his economic team to make the requisite arrangements to establish a sovereign wealth fund…
Security is a very wide subject in Human Development Concept. In this write up, I will like us to look at Human Security in Nigeria as it affects Human Development, with Special emphasis on Imo State…
To today’s Nigerian adolescent, some of the information in this article may seem like a fairy tale but it is true. But for those who were adolescents and young children then, it should kindle nostalgia…
Continental Africans and women of African descent can be rightly said to be obsessed with having and not having hair. At the risk of generalizing and stereotyping, all Black women have a hair fixation…
The lack of large capital financing is a major obstacle for the oil and gas industry in Africa. For the industry to continue to be viable and buoyant, ways must be devised for ready availability of the capital in local markets…
I am particularly happy with the way Anambrarians comported themselves during the election and the good organization by INEC shows that it can after all conduct credible elections, that is, if the Presidency grants INEC full independence to do their job…
There are Nigerians of immense faith, who believe in prayers and in miracles and in abracadabra and all that and so believe that President Yar’Adua will be back to assume the daily functions of the Presidency…
This appears to be the first time, in any part of the world, where a government, at whatever level, would require candidates applying for its jobs in the public service to part with some money for its jobs…
This monumental environmental disaster is getting worse. It is fast spreading in expanse. Oil slick covering miles and miles of coastal waters in the Gulf of Mexico, threatening aquatic life, particularly in the coastal waters of Louisiana…
As it seems, the IBB candidacy is gradually eroding us of the actual issues we are clamoring for – credible elections, true democracy, citizens’ participation, accountability, infrastructural development, zero tolerance for corruption, and stability of power…