What’s your reaction to the recent Supreme Court’s dismissal of the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against the election of President Muhammadu Buhari?
I’m still in a daze by …
People in places of authority should do what is right
One distinctive feature of democracy is the right of the people to expect and demand good governance from elected officials. It is also the duty of the latter to perform creditably. That, in a nutshell, is the whole essence of public trust. In Nigeria, however, this noble relationship has for long been misapplied such that public expectations of office holders in the country seem to be at conflict with national aspirations. It is then little surprise that many of the overpaid politicians and public officials have continued to fleece the …
The curtains fell, last week, on Atiku Abubakar’s spirited bid to have the courts overturn the February 23 election of President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term in office. The prayer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate that he be declared winner of the presidential election ran into a brick wall as a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammed, threw out the appeal for lacking in merit.
With that submission, the contention over the poll has finally been laid to rest but the fireworks from Atiku and the PDP …
There were days when commercial photographers were an indispensable part of every event. They were so important that ignoring them is always at the organisers’ peril.
Because they were very few, people had to book their services weeks and months ahead to avoid disappointment, but despite that, event organisers usually get disappointed by unscrupulous photographers.
Pictures are referred to as memory joggers, archived and preserved for generations to come. In the past, students spent money patronising photographers especially during matriculation, graduation or any social activities. There was competition on who had the largest album with the highest number hard copy …
I actually believe that if the qualification marks are not considerably lowered, no Nigerian will qualify for heaven on Judgment Day. Mainly because we lie so much and have collectively chosen to make lying a national culture.
No one really?
Well, may be a few. Just a few.
And these would not be the world-famous pastors or Imams you know. Not the so-called miracle-working MOGs who inundate us with claims of their special status with a fiery God, nor those who persistently persecute you for not being part of their maddening crowd.
Also not one of those few would be …
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to add more bite to the on-going war against corruption by ensuring that those who are found to have looted the nation’s treasury are given appropriate punishment without delay.
The national President, Oodua Peoples Congress,OPC, Aare Prince Osibote who made the remark, implored the President not to hesitate to step on toes if he wants the campaign against corruption to succeed. Osibote who succeeded the late Founder of OPC, Dr. Fredrick Faseun as the new OPC leader in this interview spoke on other national issues.
What’s the way out of the present state of …
By Onyeka Chiemelie
What we call madness sometimes is doing the same exact thing repeatedly and expecting a total, different result. It is like waiting for an aeroplane in a ship harbor. It will never happen.
The picture below this post is not in tandem with the subject of discussions but there is a vintage similarity.
People are usually like herds, going steeply into the ditch without questioning their habits, routine and modus operandi especially as regards business and lifestyle. It is what we do as a daily routine that eventually prelates success.
The crowd mentality is a terrible …
Well prof, one of the respondents, a fellow professor, Opara, who retired from Imo State University, called in and mooted the idea of setting up a platform in line with driving our people to …
There is this question that always lingers in my mind, and I try as much as possible to find answers, internally. The challenges facing our country are issues that we discuss in our everyday engagements with families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances. The challenges are many; we have the challenges of insecurity, religious extremism, poor infrastructure, cross-border crises and economy, etc. When President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in 2015, the issues he promised to tackle are the challenges of insecurity, corruption and to revamp the economy.
One troubling challenge is corruption. Corruption is virtually found in the citizens everyday life; …
