Opinion

By Amos Kalu In Abia State of today, the term "Pension" is defined as, and has come to be associated with men/women who served the government during their heys days, but who have either died, dying or undecided whether to die or not, due to the circumstances they have found themselves in (though not of their own making), but have no option than to resign to fate and face life of frustration after service. During my Yuletide holidays in Ohafia, I was opportune to witness and understand the cries, the woes, the intrigues and the level of politics wrapped around…

The appalling show of shame by the government on their reaction to the #EndSars report, by Chief Patrick Eholor On the promise by the government to look into the petition by the Nigerian youths that led to the #EndSars demonstrations, the Lagos state government took the lead and set up a tribunal to examine the matter seriously without bias and came out with a truthful report that will heal the wounds and fashion a way foward to avoid a repeat of such an ugly incident. Police brutality was the chief anchor by Nigerian youths to portray their anger about misgovernance…

OPINION: The Dilemma Of Democratic Rule In Africa- Recent Coup D’etat By The Military In Some African Countries In Perspective, By Chief Patrick Eholor The coming of the millennium ushered in the quick eradication of military rule in most if not all African countries. Military participation in governance became unfashionable and obsolete. The long era of military involvement in governance saw truncated growth and advancement of democratic principles and sustainable infrastructural and economic growth. Human capital development and quality of life was minimally jeopardized. Military rule is a government forced on the people through coup d’etat. It’s a very unpopular…

By Nwankwo Ebuka Geoffrey Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, former President of Nigeria (may his soul rest in perfect peace), achieved a lot as President of Nigeria. His achievements included, but not limited to the following: 1. Yar'Adua brought to end the militancy in Niger Delta region when he invited the militants to Aso Rock and urged them to lay down their arms. 2. Yar'Adua reversed the fraudulent sale of Nigeria assets by the Olusegun Obasanjo government, which sold the assets to cronies of Obasanjo at give-away prices. 3. Yar'Adua pioneered the policy of returning unspent funds to the national treasury at…