Opinion

UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase To the outsider at least, the immediate problem with the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)—a perennial vortex of instability, massive human rights violations and wars both petty and large—is...

The most reasonable thing to do now in Cross River State is for the baton of leadership to shift from Central to Northern Senatorial District if the desired and most yearned balance must be achieved. Failure to do this would...

Indecent exposure is described by the Encarta dictionary as the act of deliberately displaying part of the body, usually the genitals, to somebody else in public. Unfortunately, that is the situation our society has suddenly found itself. Men and women,...

The Aviation business in Nigeria witnessed an unprecedented increase in economic boost in the late 1950s upon attaining independence after a long break off from the colonial masters . More airlines became interested in the booming sector and subsequently...

Oprah Winfrey just like Coca- Cola needs no introduction; she is a television icon with her TV show that was simply called ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’. For over 25 years the show blossom and has been seen around the world....

President Goodluck Jonathan has made himself a potential port stirrer in recent times. Events at the moment have call to question Mr. Jonathan's ability to master his own presidency. The presidency seems stranded in all front like an ill-equipped...

It is a cliché to say that Africa is endowed with enormous natural resources with enviable human capital availbility,but it is still true. Without a shadow of doubt, the future looks bright and colourful. Our dream of becoming the...

Academic processes and procedures have been desecrated by many universities in Nigeria. I mentioned in the preceding piece ‘Nigerian Universities and the Bastardization of Admission Processes’ that the decay in the admission processes  started from the early nineties. The...

On Monday August 19th 2013, a crop of young civil society activists and the representatives of several print and electronic media gathered at the Bolton White Hotel in Garki, Abuja with a common purpose in mind – to brainstorm...

Kidney Island is a small detached piece of land off UTC junction in Port-Harcourt city of Rivers State. The Island was predominantly occupied by people of low income in what was usually referred to as the “water front”. But...