That NNPC $1.5 billion loan: Matters Arising
The public outcry over the unilateral move by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to borrow a whopping $1.5 billion ostensibly to pay off some of its accumulated debts owed…
Governors, Ministers And Road To Predition
The contretemps between the Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the Federal Minister of Niger Affairs, Chief Godsday Orubebe while threatening to descend into the realms of the unseemly,…
Nigeria’s Interest in the Malian war
What made the Nigerian Government to be the first from Africa to send in its soldiers to combat the Malian rebels in a war that started early 2012 when there…
The Paradox of Twenty-first Century Savagery
On December 31, 2012, while the world was enraptured with the prospect of ushering in the New Year, someone in Kogi state, Nigeria was busy scooping the brains out of…
The Public Spat between Orubebe and Amaechi
Whichever way it turns out, the public spat between Niger Delta Minister Elder Godsday Orubebe and Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, who also doubles as the chairman of the Nigerian…
The Nigeria Police Force as a Metaphor
The media buzz last week was President Jonathan’s “unscheduled” visit to the Police College Ikeja (PCI), Lagos. As a public relations stunt, it was a huge success. But beyond the…
Gov. Amaechi’s Interpretation of Security
The optimum security that a people should contend first to acquire is knowledge, which will in turn provide them with every other security they may so desire and need. One…
What Obasanjo And Yar’Adua Told Me
The president cut in, and pointing in my direction remarked: “We shall pray as you have requested but the problem with you people from Anambra is that those of you…
Amaechi vs. Orubebe: Niger Delta Ministry or Niger Delta Misery?
In Okogbe village of Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State, something catastrophic happened on Thursday 12th July, 2012. A petrol tanker carrying fuel damaged and fell and fire…
President Obama’s Second Inaugural Address
Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, Members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow citizens: Each time we gather to inaugurate a president, we bear witness to the…