It must have been around 1984 that Wole Soyinka declared his generation, ‘the wasted generation’. The 1986 Nobel Laureate in literature had accused anyone who was 40 years old or over, of belonging to a generation that wasted the opportunities to take the country to greater heights…
Since President Obama became president of the United States in 2009, the federal government has increased its influence and involvement in public education particularly in elementary and secondary education…
The government of Anambra State of Nigeria and Access Bank, a local financial institution, have recently launched a 2.5 Billion Naira microfinance project. This is good news…
The United States government attaches a value of $400 billion dollars in federal dollars and political representation for the benefit of all residents of the United States. This can be lost or diminished through apathy, undercount and ignorance…
Nigeria’s social dilemma is money. We ruminate endlessly on how, when and where to get it. We place far more value on material success than cultural and human values…
Inconsistency will be a recipe for disaster. Your adversaries are alarmists and carpetbaggers. They couldn’t do it when you were up. Now they want to remove the drip and turn off the monitor. How abominable. Look at them jostling and meandering, positioning and politicking…
Nigeria is filled with issues that sometimes make one doubt God’s preeminence in the country. On a second thought however, deep insights are not needed to fathom the evident presence of God’s mighty hands in our affairs…
Recently, Fugar Community stood still for Professor Emmanuel Omoh Eshiemokhai to hear the news he had to break. Prior to this, there was ongoing information that a University was proposed for Fugar…
After eight years of the seemingly anti-intellectual presidency of Mr. George W. Bush, who governed with a sort of moral certainty and inspiration from his gut instincts, we now have the professorial, contemplative, deliberative Mr. Obama, a savvy-suave and over-analytical president who is on the verge of being afflicted with over-analysis paralysis…
Politics apart, President Shehu Yar’Adua deserves our empathy and prayer at this crucial time of his life in the spirit of brotherhood and nation building…
The irony is that even known philanderers, confirmed adulterers, and certified hypocrites are having a field day criticizing Tiger Woods. All manner of people, people you normally wouldn’t leave your daughter or wife with, are all having fun at his expense…