Opinion

On the 15th day of December 2016, The Observer newspaper held its annual Forum of togetherness. I was told that it is an annual forum put in place to reward dedicated members of staff and other allied stuff. Prominent...

Prevention, treatment and care cut new infections by 14% After more than three decades of wrestling the menacing monster, Africa is finally slowing the rate of HIV/AIDS infections to a crawl. Over the last decade, progress in tackling the pandemic on...

The above subsists as the theme of the Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival 2016; an annual celebration heralding the birth of Christ, which the Akwa Ibom State Government began to mount at elaborate scale from 2008. From that year,...

Ex Member, Anambra State House of Assembly  Joe-Martin Uzodike. Ever heard of him? Chances are that you have never. Well, Joe-Martin, as he is better known, was the Commissioner for Information and Culture in Anambra State in the last...

With 28,000 Regular Policemen, 5,000 Special Anti-robbery Squad  (SARS) Personnel, 20,000 Soldiers of the Nigerian Army, 5,000 men from the Nigerian Navy and Nigerian Air Force (NAF), 20,000 Civil Defence Personnel, 15,000 other Personnel from sundry Para-Military agencies spewing...

Injustice to one is injustice to all, anywhere in the world. I have chosen this abridgement from a text of a press briefing issued on this same subject Tuesday in Abuja on the platform of the Coalition of Concerned Nigeria Political...

16th Day of December, 2016 marks the 6th anniversary of the demise of the Fuji music exponent and pioneer, Aare (Dr.) Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, MFR. In spite of the huge contribution of barrister to popular music and traditional culture,...

On November 8, 2016 Americans elected Donald Trump as their 45th president. By the time you’re reading this, Mr. Trump would have named all his nominees for leadership of various government departments. The president-elect, who will be inaugurated on...

What a helluva week for a man who turns 74 today. In one day, in his birthday week, he flew from Abuja to Monrovia, from there to Freetown, and then to Banjul, in The Gambia. He held meetings lasting...

It was Leon Batista Alberti who once said, “A man can do all things if he but wills them”. There is also a saying that some were born great, some have greatness thrust upon them”. Engr. Garba Joseph Anebi...