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 By Oma Djebah Nigeria is going through a rather rough patch of time.  At the heart of the country’s current political challenges is the ill-health of President Muhammadu Buhari, a fact which seems to have emboldened self-serving sections of the political class, reportedly working to drag the Military into politics. An obviously angry Chief of…
May 26, 2017
By Oma Djebah The root of the current political debate-as to the appropriate designation of the acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo- arising from President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to the UK on Medical grounds- lies much more on lack of communication or censored information on the part of the President’s team than any other factor else.…
May 13, 2017
Since Monday, 30th January when 661 pieces of pump-action rifles were intercepted by the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in Lagos, speculations have been rife on the identity of the masterminds of the importation and the destination of the deadly weapons. The failure of the Customs authorities to parade the…
February 8, 2017
         By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo  Oil prices have witnessed a major boost as a result of the agreement reached, by OPEC ministers at their 30 November 2016 meeting, to reduce OPEC production by 1.2million barrels per day with the aim of bringing OPEC daily production to 32.5 million barrels per day. This agreement which…
December 19, 2016
 On June 2, 2016, Mrs Bridget Agbahime, an indigene of Imo State was murdered in Kofar Wambai Market, Kano. The seventy-five- year–old Igbo woman, who was until her death, a trader at the popular plastic section of the market, died in the hands of religious fanatics. According to the perpetrators of the bloody…
December 5, 2016
All politics is local, economic and personal. As Nigeria grapples with recession, geopolitical regions and states consider new vistas for stability, wealth creation, development and indeed, survival. Â Unfettered development results from political and economic power. But reality continues to prove most Nigerian states, including south-eastern states, almost incapable of simultaneous self-sustenance and development. Â While the…
November 28, 2016
For several weeks running now, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has been in the eye of the storm. And sadly too, a lot of the troubles have been self-inflicted. He chose the wrong business partners, takes on the wrong fights and has also failed to learn from his earlier mistakes. Indeed, were it not…
November 7, 2016
The recent plagiarism committed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides who lifted the words of US President Barack Obama’s victory speech in 2008 has again brought to the front burner the real question of the crisis of communication which has characterized Nigeria’s Presidency in the last five decades. Though the erring director in the Presidency has…
October 24, 2016
Justice, they say, is best served when seen to be done. There are times when official protection is not good enough; and the global embarrassment the country had to endure consequent of criminal act of plagiarism perpetrated by presidential speech writers, is one of such occasions. All those involved in the act must be…
September 26, 2016
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 By Oma Djebah Nigeria is going through a rather rough patch of time.  At the heart of the country’s current political challenges is the ill-health of President Muhammadu Buhari, a fact which seems to have emboldened self-serving sections of the political class, reportedly working to drag the Military into politics. An obviously angry Chief of…
May 26, 2017
By Oma Djebah The root of the current political debate-as to the appropriate designation of the acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo- arising from President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to the UK on Medical grounds- lies much more on lack of communication or censored information on the part of the President’s team than any other factor else.…
May 13, 2017
Since Monday, 30th January when 661 pieces of pump-action rifles were intercepted by the Federal Operations Unit, FOU, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, in Lagos, speculations have been rife on the identity of the masterminds of the importation and the destination of the deadly weapons. The failure of the Customs authorities to parade the…
February 8, 2017
         By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo  Oil prices have witnessed a major boost as a result of the agreement reached, by OPEC ministers at their 30 November 2016 meeting, to reduce OPEC production by 1.2million barrels per day with the aim of bringing OPEC daily production to 32.5 million barrels per day. This agreement which…
December 19, 2016
 On June 2, 2016, Mrs Bridget Agbahime, an indigene of Imo State was murdered in Kofar Wambai Market, Kano. The seventy-five- year–old Igbo woman, who was until her death, a trader at the popular plastic section of the market, died in the hands of religious fanatics. According to the perpetrators of the bloody…
December 5, 2016
All politics is local, economic and personal. As Nigeria grapples with recession, geopolitical regions and states consider new vistas for stability, wealth creation, development and indeed, survival. Â Unfettered development results from political and economic power. But reality continues to prove most Nigerian states, including south-eastern states, almost incapable of simultaneous self-sustenance and development. Â While the…
November 28, 2016
For several weeks running now, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has been in the eye of the storm. And sadly too, a lot of the troubles have been self-inflicted. He chose the wrong business partners, takes on the wrong fights and has also failed to learn from his earlier mistakes. Indeed, were it not…
November 7, 2016
The recent plagiarism committed by President Muhammadu Buhari’s aides who lifted the words of US President Barack Obama’s victory speech in 2008 has again brought to the front burner the real question of the crisis of communication which has characterized Nigeria’s Presidency in the last five decades. Though the erring director in the Presidency has…
October 24, 2016
Justice, they say, is best served when seen to be done. There are times when official protection is not good enough; and the global embarrassment the country had to endure consequent of criminal act of plagiarism perpetrated by presidential speech writers, is one of such occasions. All those involved in the act must be…
September 26, 2016
