THE activities of the recently inaugurated Amnesty Committee seem to have become a media fanfare in ways that could detract from its salient task of producing a blueprint for finding peace and weaning the Islamic militants currently attacking...

THE timely release of the 2013 Seasonal Rainfall Prediction (SRP) by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) is a wake-up call on governments at all levels to take proactive measures to prepare for the rains in order to avert the monumental...

‘Mummified Grand Mum in Son’s Wardrobe’ sounds like the title of a horror movie. Yet, that is what happened recently in Imo State, a few weeks after the discovery of a ‘baby factory’ in the same area, and a few months after the Ezzu...

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently gave a pass mark to Nigeria on economic management in its annual Article IV Consultation, an annual review of the economic policies and outlook of all member states. While the IMF noted positives such...

A RUSE. That is the only way to describe the much talked-about war against corruption in Nigeria.

Despite grandstanding by this government or its officials and protestations to the contrary, there is no war being prosecuted against the...

REPORTS detailing how ethnicity and religion influence the appointment of principal officers of universities and selection of applicants for top university courses, is a sad commentary on Nigeria. The castigating report did not only expose the...

SOMETHING significant happened in the country the other day, and almost went unnoticed. When President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in three north eastern states, he said the nation was at war. Quite promptly, troops on air...

THE recent abduction of 92 year-old elder statesman, Shettima Ali Munguno from a mosque was one episode in the catalogue of kidnappings in Nigeria, that not only shocked all sensibilities, violated the humanity of all as all kidnappings, but also...

AFTER gushing crude oil for some 50 years, the oil wells in the Delta State communities in Itsekiri, Ijaw, Urhobo, Isoko and Ndokwa areas are fast approaching their sunset. They have become marginal oil producers from which the international...

ENDLESS wars and ethnic conflicts, inept leadership, corruption, political instability, poverty and economic mismanagement. The list is endless of the woes that have befallen much of Africa post-independence. These factors have, of course, fueled...

WHEN President Goodluck Jonathan first made the curious proposal of a single term tenure for elected chief executives at federal and state levels, it was roundly condemned for its tenuousness and undue distractions from serious governance. Two...

MANY companies talk about expanding into Africa. It is the next obvious frontier. However, it would be wrong to assume that a week’s visit to Nigeria for example, with a population of over 160 million and 350 ethnic groups, will give you a true...