OPINION

Amaechi’s economic environment

By Odimegwu Onwumere

It is becoming glaring everyday that Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State is turning a new leaf. Unlike in his first tenure he didn’t and was not caring about the common citizen, entirely. This time, he is making sure that the wealth of Rivers State ends up evenhandedly on the area of facilities. With his incessant power supply and sundry concerns in majority of the areas in the state, it could be deduced that he is trying in making sure that the common man has a sense of belonging in his state.

HEALTHY LIVING

McDonald’s worker spits in tea

Police in South Carolina say that a McDonald's worker spit in two customers' cups of iced tea after they returned them because they weren't sweet enough. A video shows the employee,19-year-old Marvin Washington Jr., leaning over the open cups before giving them back. The fast food chain patrons claim they discovered phlegm in the drinks when they removed their tops. He was arrested Wednesday and charged with malicious tampering with food.

OPINION

Africa & nuclear relevance

               By James N. Kariuki

The West is clearly determined that North Korea shall not become a nuclear state. Indeed in March 2012 a Global Nuclear Security Summit was convened in Seoul, South Korea, to dramatize international commitment against North Korea's advances in the nuclear field. But, out of a total of fifty-four global leaders at the Summit, only six were African.

MIGRATION

Refugee status for EU nationals of Roma origin in the EU? 

By Karolína Babická

 The short commentary deals with the issue of Roma rights in the EU. The Roma who are EU citizens are forbidden to request asylum in another member state, but that could possibly change in the future. To prove that the Roma ought to be treated more fairly, the article points out the fact that according to a recent ruling of the Irish Court, denial of education to a Roma child amounts to persecution under Geneva Convention, which could set an interesting precedent.

OPINION

Amaechi, Odili & the pension bill

By Odimegwu Onwumere

Imposition of a successor in public offices is becoming obsolete in the Nigerian politics. In the past it used to be a test of might among the opinionated chauvinists; those who did it were very proud of the practice.

OPINION

2015 : ‘The moment for Tonye Princewill’

By Chris Eze 

EVEN as discussions and permutations ahead of 2015 general elections are yet going on in hushed voices, political watchers believe that this is the moment for Prince Tonye Princewill, the Prince of Niger Delta Politics.

ADVOCACY & PERFORMANCE

Nigeria: River deputy speaker tasks journalists on advocacy
By David Amusa

The Deputy Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, Hon. Leyii Kwanee has implored Nigerian Journalists to engage in advocacy in order to accelerate development of the nation.