by Stanley Azuakola It’s official. Today Nigeria says goodbye to Bakassi. Perhaps foreshadowing the morning nation-wide address by President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday morning, the Federal Government said on Monday night that it had decided to comply with the judgment of the International Court of Justice which awarded the disputed Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. With... Read More
The second lesson is that social media is becoming an important tool for monitoring not just the misdeeds of our leaders but those of fellow citizens (or savages?). “We are at war with the universe, the sky is falling And the only thing that can save us now is sensitivity and compassion” – Lil Wayne... Read More
by Olatomilade Folaranmi Almost everybody I know wants money but how much money is enough varies with individual. Sociologists have studied the behaviors of man for many years but every day a challenge arises to be resolved. Almost everybody I know wants money but how much money is enough varies with individual. Without money it... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The University of Port Harcourt (Uniport), Rivers State, the school which at least three of the murdered #ALUU4 attended, has declared seven days of mourning for the students who were killed by irate mobs at Omokere-Aluu community on Friday, last week. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joseph Ajienka, announced this... Read More
by Isi Esene The president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Tuesday addressed the nation to intimate the public of efforts that are being made to alleviate the problems of states affected by flood disasters in the past weeks. The state affected include Kogi, Edo, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo, Ogun State and... Read More
by Chi Ibe Brazilian Elaine Davidson is the world record holder for body piercing in the Guinness Book of Records and as of March 2012 her piercings total 9,000 according to her website. According to the Guinness World Record Organisation, the former restaurant owner is constantly adding and replacing jewellery, mostly in her face. She... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola A driver for Senator Ajayi Borrofice, Michael Agunloye, was last Friday arraigned before an Akure Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly killing a nurse, Mrs. Florence Olusori. Agunloye was actually driving a vehicle in the convoy of the senator when the incident happened. According to the police, which arraigned him, Agunloye was driving... Read More
A ruling elite – largely a bunch of megalomaniacs – who exist in a world of their own, where they feed on the profuse offerings of sycophants, and in return dispense life-transforming favours. A citizenry who, now accustomed to the fact that there is no justice to be expected from the state, have perfected the... Read More
by Isi Esene Rather, sadly, apt. The four students of the University of Port Harcourt Ugonna, Lloyd, Tekena, and Chidiaka were paraded naked in public for alleged theft, beaten mercilessly, and, as can be seen in a now-viral video – burnt alive in an off-campus hostel in Aluu, Rivers. Reports say two of the murdered... Read More
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