OPINION

When Kalu offered to end the menace of Boko Haram

By Odimegwu Onwumere

When a former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu offered on November 12, 2012, to negotiate the end of insurgency in the northern part of the country on Federal Government’s (FG) behalf, many Nigerians took him seriously, not the government.

NEWS & REPORTS

Chinua Achebe: Tributes pour in from J.P. Clark & Wole Soyinka

Clark, Achebe &Soyinka

As the accolades for Professor Chinua Achebe continue to pour in, two of his friends and travelers as a writer, Wole Soyinka and J. P Clark, say the loss is intensely personal.
“We have lost a brother, a colleague, a trailblazer and a doughty fighter,” they said in a joint statement released a short while ago.  

BREAKING NEWS

Professor Chinua Achebe is dead 

Information available to the press indicates that Renowed author and famous Nigeria novelist Professor Chinua Achebe is dead. According to report, it indicates that the author died at last night in a hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

PRESS RELEASE

Elimination of racial discrimination

 

21 March; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination...The charter for political parties for a non-racist society: a message for elections

NEWS FEATURE

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Europe: Tackling immigrants’ over-qualification 

By Hakeem Babalola

I recently attended a conference in Brussels. Titled “Over-qualification of Immigrants: an acute manifestation of Europe’s larger labour market failings”, the two-day conference highlights the problems and solutions to end over-qualification syndrome among immigrants in Europe.

OPINION

NGF & Amaechi’s Vindication

By Odimegwu Onwumere

Apart from truth, entering an organisation with any other weapon is dangerous. The once revered Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has allowed its house to be invaded with brigandage, tinkering and bickering all in a bid to making sure that Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State, who chairs the forum, is outdone. Conversely, what many of these politicians calling for Amaechi’s head do not understand or understood, but do not want to apply it in practice is that, finality is not the language of politics.

INTERVIEW

What mum told me about men & sex 

By Christian Agadibe 

Helen Paul-Bamisail has been a household name in entertainment industry. The Edo State- born comedian, presenter, singer and actress popularly known as Tatafo doesn’t need any introduction. Ask any Nigerian kid and he would tell you that lady who mimicked our voice.

WORLD NEWS

Swiss woman’s gang-rape: India needs soul searching

Expressing shock at the reported gang-rape of a Swiss woman in Madhya Pradesh on March 15 after the recent death of Delhi bus gang-rape victim, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged India to do serious soul searching on the treatment of women.

OPINION

Auctioneers & buyers of Igbo Presidency

 By Odimegwu Onwumere

 Political debates are hitting up Nigeria for the 2015 presidential elections. The debates are divided among regions, political divides and individuals in the country. Ndigbo are the most affected in these un-organised debates.