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 […]
BY TONY EKE NIGERIA is hardly short of a tragic incident at any given time. Outside of the regular casualties in the Northeast and Northwest regions, the latest tragedy involved one of our hapless, young compatriots Miss Glory Adekolure on the outskirts of Benin City, a fortnight ago. The fresh graduate died in one of […]
BY FRED EDOREH In Ayi Kwei Armah’s “The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born”, we come across a bird called Chichidodo. The interesting thing about it is that it hates excrement so much but it’s best food is the maggot which grows best in excreta. Even when Chichidodo pollutes the air, it runs as if […]
BY NELSON AGBAJOR The Communication team of the Delta State Government under the supervision of the Honourable Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza has been able to navigate the media landscape via a pragmatic approach and display of professionalism. In the bustling heart of Delta State, Nigeria, Governor Sherif Oborevwori stands at the helm of […]