BY TONY EKE TODAY, I’m veering off the predominant course of weekly commentary on socio-economic and political issues to look at an individual’s act of philanthropy, which is deserving of our attention and commendation. I would have done so much earlier, but the need to give the subject matter of this piece a relatively longer […]
BY TONY EKE THE hardship in the land is growing daily, making survival a big burden for a large group of Nigerians. Gone are the days when we easily cracked our brains and got simple solutions to basic issues. These days, even an occasional challenge such as being cashless or minimally broke requires more than […]
BY TONY EKE TWO dates, August 27 and May 29 of the solar calendar, are strikingly significant in the evolution of Delta State and their essence depicts the varying colours of celebration by the people. In the order of precedence, August 27 is, however, more remarkable, being the day of its creation by the then […]
BY TONY EKE A handful of public policies envisaged to impact the larger interest of our society hardly follow a predictable pattern as seen in well-ordered climes. It’s a feature of Nigeria’s progressive underdevelopment in many spheres. Just when we thought that debates on the entry age into university was settled as of last April, […]
BY TONY EKE THE echoes of the hunger protests will likely last longer than expected. As long as the issues which fed the mild social convulsions are not addressed in a holistic manner to confine them to history, so will the tragic imports continue to reverberate beyond this season. The government at the centre is […]
BY GODSLOVE PREYE THE M.O.R.E. Reality Group (MRG), devoted to supporting the well thought out and well intentioned M.O.R.E Agenda, acronym for: Meaningful Development, Opportunities for All, Realistic Reforms and Enhanced Peace and Security, of the Governor of Delta State, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori for the people, has watched with keen interest the series […]
BY TONY EKE THE first hunger protests left regrettable but avoidable tragic trails on Nigeria’s socio-political firmament. Even though a recurrence may be relatively far away, one of the issues thrown up in the course of the demonstrations is the exposure of the underbelly of Nigeria as a country of contradictions. The varied degree of […]
BY TONY EKE AN unusual feature of the build-up to the Hunger Protest which began last Thursday 1st August reflected the nature of the protest itself. At its wit’s end, the Federal Government not only dished out veiled threats to the protest planners but also made it seem as though the protest would bring about […]
A torrent of tributes has poured in from different parts of the world as Black Africa’s first Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka clocked 90 years yesterday. Whether in speech or in writing, Soyinka’s attainments both as a writer and activist had received the most profound, commendatory appraisal from a broad spectrum of scholars, the intelligentsia, […]
Minute by minute they live: The stone’s in the midst of all. Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. “Easter 1916” by W.B. Yeats BY TONY EKE IN penning the above excerpt of poetic memorial for the Irish martyrs in the Easter Rebellion of 1916, W.B. Yeats, one of the greatest […]