By Abe Kolawole It was Plato who, during the Golden Age, when history was rising as a major sign of the growing sophistication of the Athenian society, declared that a life not examined is a life not worth living. As myth gave way to more accurate chronicling and prose replaced verse as the medium for […]
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APC Crisis: Nabena faults Giadom’s endorsement to replace Oshiomhole
The Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Victor Giadom, officially resigned his position in the National Working Committee (NWC) to contest as running mate to the party’s 2019 governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole APC’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena made the disclosure to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja […]
Lawyers oppose Senate over Armed Forces Commission Bill
No fewer than 350 lawyers across the country have vowed to resist any attempt by the Senate to pass the proposed Armed Forces Commission Bill into law. Sponsored by the lawmaker representing Abia-South, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the bill, among others, claims to address the lopsided appointment of heads of security agencies by the president. If […]
Breaking: APC suspends Lokpobiri, Aganaba, 10 others from party
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has suspended twelve of its chieftains in Bayelsa State. A former Minister of State for Agriculture and Rural Development, former governorship aspirant in the last election, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, are among the suspended party bigwigs. The party also suspended a former governorship aspirant in the State and a former member […]
NEMA: Understanding The Samaritan In Maihaja
By David Onmeje “We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in […]
ENUGU AIRPORT TO REOPEN BEFORE EASTER, AVIATION MINISTER ASSURES
The Akanu Ibiam International airport Enugu will be reopened for use before Easter 2020, Aviation Minister Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated. The Minister gave the commitment after an inspection visit to the airport on Thursday. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, James Odaudu. The airport was […]
ANTI-SERVICE CHIEFS BILL: Senate As Joker
By Dan Amor As expected, the usually selfish and self-centred Upper Chamber of the Nigerian bi-camera legislature took its peculiar joke too far on Tuesday March 3, 2020. In a brutally caustic display of the game of the ostrich, the double-faced Janus who is the Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, sponsored a bill whose sole […]
Why I will be a patriot, not a terrorist! Rendition of a poem!
By Best Agbese The COAS, Lt. Gen. TY Buratai is a bundle of talents. A famed soldier, he is also a consummate and prolific poet. General Buratai selects his poetic themes carefully and dwells on very touchy contemporary issues. He infuses into his poetry very powerful emotions while crafting his thoughts. In a poetic piece […]
Ex-serviceman writes PMB over dangerous implication of Armed Forces Commission
An ex-serviceman, Major Atawodi Achile (retd), has alerted President Muhammadu Buhari over the implication of the proposed Armed Forces Bill by the Senate if passed into law. The erstwhile military officer made this known in an open letter to President Buhari, where he described sponsors of the bill as forces after the soul of Nigeria. […]
Activist seeks international sanction for pro-Social Media Bill Senators
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, on Tuesday urged the diplomatic community to blacklist Nigerian Senators backing the passage of the controversial Social Media Bill. Frank specifically urged the authorities of the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom (UK) and European Union […]