Happy Sunday to everyone. I have read what is intended to be a rejoinder from Sen. Ayade through his proxies and pseudo-Facebook accounts. I can see that Ayade is dwelling on allegations he cannot substantiate against me. If anyone has anything against me, please get the right Security Agency informed, just as I am preparing…
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The controversy about the request by the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation to the Accountant General, as widely reported, is only a reflection of the systemic failure in our public service. I will point out a few issues while we await the outcome of the investigation. Before I proceed, it is evident…
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I read with trepidation the news of the recent attempt to hike tuition fees by over 100% by the administration of Prof Banku Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Unical. I find this sudden hike obnoxious, unthinking and unfeeling. I find it immoral, disturbing and a conscienceless action by this particular Unical Administration….
At was twenty five in 1985, I had quit my salaried job at the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, and started in biz. I was into commodities and it was a paying cruise! I was an essential commodities “Essenco” king! So, I had just bought a yellow Mercedes Benz 200 and I was feeling like a…
By Iwara U. Iwara We can never be flattered by the paced turbulence of death or by the ever lingering confusion that trails the lose of a loved one. When the grotesque fusion in harmonious dirges become loud or even echo in whispers, we are prickled into fearfully remembering that we are visitors here, blown…
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Free flowing in style, Ayobi Ndoma drops this piece to mark the just celebrated Teachers Day. The birds chirped in the background as soft streams of the early morning sun wafted in the morning breeze. Toddling steps were audible while inaudible mumblings raced through the walkways. I hurried to my classroom, stopping only briefly to…
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