In my May 6, 2017 column titled “Top 8 Popular National Lies that Won’t Die in Nigeria,” I called attention to out-and-out historical lies that vast swathes of Nigerians treasure and reproduce intergenerationally, and that are, I said, almost “impossible to uproot.” One of such lies, I pointed out, is the idea, popular among northern […]
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Out of the total of 360 House of Reps members, the entire South has 169, while the North has 191. Here is the breakdown: South East Imo 10 Reps Abia 8 Reps Ebonyi 6 Reps Anambra 11 Reps Enugu 8 Reps Total= 43. South South Akwa Ibom 10 […]
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Yakubu Gowon, former military head of state of Nigeria, has apologised to Niger Delta communities for the neglect they have suffered in the hands of the successive governments. Gowon, who was the special guest of honour at the premiere of ‘Oloibiri’, a movie about the Niger Delta, urged the government across all levels to be […]
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Nnimmo Bassey, a renowned environmental justice advocate is the Director of the Health of Mother Earth Foundation, an ecological think tank and advocacy organisation. He also chaired Friends of the Earth International from 2008 to 2012. He spoke to Chineme Okafor on the challenges of oil pollution in the Niger Delta, its remediation, and the […]
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In December 2015, several years of vigorous and intense campaigns by thousands of climate activists across all the continents of the world, resulted in the Paris Climate Agreement, a deal agreed to by 193 countries, admitting the imminent danger of climate change and the need for urgent actions to be taken to stem the tide […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 9, 2016 lashed out at agitators for a break-up of the South East from the federation in the name Biafra. He said his administration would ensure continuous existence of Nigeria as a united entity. Leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu, is on trial for alleged treason […]
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Bobson Gbinije: “The fact that man knows right from wrong Proves his intellectual superiority to the Other creatures; but the fact that he can Do wrong proves his moral inferiority To any creature that cannot.” – Mark Twain The anecdotal portrayal of Greek mythologist and substantiated by an Urhobo adage, explicitly posits that, “When a […]
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