By Laurence Chukwudi Izegbu My first contact with the enigmatic Minister of Transportation, Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi (CON) was in 2018. We had flown a British Airways flight from Abuja to London. Clad in a luminous white Caneli shirt, he was seated calmly in the lounge, smiling lovingly as ecstatic admirers walked up to greet […]
Hardcore Truth II. When Beggars Run a Nation, They Ruin It. Do you know that a man/woman may be a Billionaire and yet a beggar? Do you know that poverty is perhaps more about the state of mind than a situation? And do you know that greed is the absence of contentment? When leaders with […]
Ruth Kadiri, a Nollywood actress and film producer, says voting should be abolished in Nigeria until laws sentencing politicians as well as public servants to death for misusing public funds are implemented. In a series of posts on her Instagram page on Thursday, the movie star argued that Nigeria’s current state was largely caused by […]
…Obasanjo has not abused the African culture by attacking the late Senator Buruji Kashamu for allegedly manipulating the law to escape justice at home and abroad. However, it is the hypocrisy of his message that should be criticised, because it is against the African culture to aid and abet a criminal suspect in his life […]
Eric Omare, Esq., a lawyer, Niger Delta rights activist and immediate past President of the Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has called for the immediate sack of Godswill Akpabio, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. Omare noted that revelations of massive looting emerging from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in the last few weeks was […]
Popular comedian, Basketmouth has reacted to Bishop David Oyedepo’s comment about tithing which ignited a controversy on social media earlier yesterday. Bishop David O. Oyedepo, founder of Winners’ Chapel International came under fire for saying prosperity is impossible without tithing and anyone not paying his under a financial curse. On Thurday, Bishop Oyedepo took to his social […]
Former Aviation Minister, Chief Osita Chidoka, has called for a radical cultural change on lavish funeral practices, observed in various parts of the country. Chidoka made the call in new episode of his regular ‘Car Front Seat Conversations’, hosted on his YouTube channel. The ex-FRSC boss noted that the coming of coronavirus should serve as […]
An Associate Professor of International Law, Dr Arinze Abuah, who is the Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, in this interview with ADE ADESOMOJU, speaks on the impact of conflicting court decisions on the teaching of law The Faculty of Law, University of Abuja has operated for over three decades; but it only recently […]
The imbroglio and sponsored controversies ravaging the Interim Management Committee, IMC of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC is gradually becoming a national embarrassment and impudent on the sensibility of the responsible people of the Niger Delta region. The commission which was turned into a cash cow by Politicians is currently suffocating and struggling for […]
Popular Nigerian Comic actor, John Okafor aka Mr Ibu, is of the opinion that the life-threatening pandemic ravaging the world, Coronavirus, is not in Nigeria. In an interview with The Nation, the actor reportedly said he does not believe that COVID-19 exists in Nigeria nor does he care about its existence. According to him, he doesn’t know […]