By Emmanuel Jonathan Since the return of democracy in 1999, Enugu state has remained astronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) considering the fact that the governorship position in the state has always been occupied by candidates of the PDP. Again, almost all the elective positions in all the elections conducted from 1999 to date […]
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By Deborah Phillips The National Youth Service Corps, which is aimed at inculcating discipline, patriotism and loyalty among the youth, has also made them to experience so many challenges in the course of their duty to the nation. It is on record that so many corps members have lost their lives en-route their places of […]
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Mind slavery, mental slavery, mental serfdom, is an unsung epidemic. An epidemic whose effect is worse than any physical epidemic. Its effect on the society is one which we can not begin to quantify, or properly qualify. ‘Tied down by themselves’ Mental serfdom, lack of independent thought, holds down many individuals, many families, whole ethnic […]
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The frenetic presidential campaigns and advertisement blitzkrieg by political parties will tomorrow culminate in an election that will launch us into the 21st year of the nation’s democracy. However, there are some unhealthy developments in the election process that we should not allow to undermine the majesty of this thing called democracy, which has been […]
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When will the several promises made on the release of Leah Sharibu be fulfilled? Where is Leah Sharibu? Is she alive? It is unfortunate that the answers to these questions are still blowing in the wind barely two days to the elections despite growing expectations that she would be released before the 2019 elections. In […]
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By Gbemiga Ogunleyeo They first came for M. K.O, they did not speak out because they must be seen to be opposed to the revalidation of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election; they did not speak out because they had been appointed ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and with the way they carried […]
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In all sane societies, ancient and modern, Judges are in a class of their own. Indeed, their position in the human society and from time immemorial, had been considered so important and even sacred that they are often referred to as “priests in the Temple of Justice.” Upon deep and sober reflection, this epithet best […]
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“The world we see around us is composed entirely of mind stuff” The way the world is structured, which has now been described to us in detail, is quite different from how we have always perceived it. For instance, both Science and Mysticism have now explained to us that the things we see around us […]
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The elections are here again! The political atmosphere is fast gathering momentum and the entire landscape is covered with all manners of posters, banners and signboards, all proclaiming the new political messiahs that Nigerians had been waiting for. All the national print and broadcast media are already awash with headline news of campaign plans of […]
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Our country, like many other countries around the world, stands at an interesting point in time and space. We are actually on the brink of something. But unlike most other countries, Nigeria is a special case and there is only on direction to go, and that is to step up, towards light and truth. The […]
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