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Monday, 05 December 2011 11:51
Footprints of a Tiger
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, Ikemba Nnewi, Eze Igbo Gburugburu and leader of the secessionist Biafran Republic, dies at 78, leaving a huge leadership vacuum in Igbo land There are still a score of people who wish the news were another death hoax. But for the broadcast of the demise of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, head of state of the defunct Biafra, by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State, even personal staff in his Nnewi country home at the beginning hoped that a contrary report would follow. The Nnewi community still appeared too reluctant as at press time last week to accept the reality of the death of their hero. Their reaction is understandable. For about one year, he was…
Monday, 28 November 2011 12:06
No Tears for Farida Waziri
Apparently coming under pressure from home and abroad, President Goodluck Jonathan may be revving up the anti-corruption war by sacking the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission At last, Farida Waziri got booted out as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, last week Wednesday, after three years of turbulent service. And in an ironic twist, Ibrahim Lamorde, an assistant commissioner of police who had been vegetating under her as unfavoured director of operations, took over her job in acting capacity. Lamorde held the same position under Nuhu Ribadu and became acting chairman when Ribadu was axed. He is one of the officers the commission trained to international standard on anti-corruption war. Unfortunately, he…
Monday, 21 November 2011 12:13
Between Sylva’s Will and Jonathan’s Wish
At the heart of the fierce contest for the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State is the unspoken resolve of President Goodluck Jonathan to replace the determined Timipre Sylva as governor of his home state By ADEKUNBI ERO and ANAYOCHUKWU AGBO The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is not new to controversy and conflict in the administration of internal party democracy as required by the Electoral Act. Under the watchful eyes of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and its new chairman, the party largely adhered to the INEC guidelines in the selection of party standard-bearers for the 2011 general elections. Today, just about six months after the April elections, the self-styled largest party in Africa is visibly…
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 11:09
Niger Delta: Rage Over Spills of Death
Crude oil pollution and gas flares have combined with government neglect and greed to make the Niger Delta area a zone of death Last week, the anger boiled over as hundreds of Ogoni indigenes took to the streets of Port Harcourt, Rivers State to demand the immediate implementation of the recommendations of the August 1 United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, report on Ogoni land. Led by Ledum Mittee, president, Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People, MOSOP, the protesters marched all the way to the State Government House, Port Harcourt, where they presented a petition to President Goodluck Jonathan and Ban Ki-Moon, the secretary of the United Nations, through the Rivers State government. Mittee noted that it…
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Tuesday, 08 November 2011 13:36
A Population Time Bomb
The parlous state of public infrastructure, lackadaisical attitude of the people in government and official corruption combine to give impetus to fears that the country’s uncontrolled population growth may pose a threat to its survival Alice Folaranmi, a street cleaner, otherwise called Highway Managers in Lagos State, has been carrying the burden of training her five children since 1990 when she lost her husband. Though an illiterate, she resolved: “All my children should be graduates”. It has not been easy fulfilling that vow on her meagre salary. Folaranmi, who said her husband had a good job before death snatched him away in 1990, said she hardly got help from anywhere. Although her children attend public schools,…
Wednesday, 02 November 2011 15:14
Fulfilling the Dream
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, unveiled after decades of groundwork, finally opened in the United States, reigniting discourse on equal rights The crescent-shaped granite stonewalls that usher a visitor into the confines of the memorial, built in honour of Martin Luther King Jr., are shaped like a mountain, divided into two. They are symbolically positioned to lead to a third granite stonewall, from which the striking 9.1-metre, m, high statue of King is carved out. Known simply as the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, it is located in West Potomac Park, Washington DC, United States, US. It prides itself as the first memorial in honour of an African-American, strategically located near the National Mall,…
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