Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God and value it next to conscience; for health is the second blessing that we mortals are capable of, a blessing money can't buy.
Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
Hon. Rotimi Amechi “Government must not be for one section of the Society.It must be for the rich and the poor,emphasizing the upliftment of the poor...”
Last week Friday, the Nigerian Senate had cause to address the seeming indifference of Federal Emergencies and Disaster Management Agencies, when, the upper chamber of the National Assembly, directed its committees on Water Resources, Environment, Marine Transport and Special Duties to ascertain the preparedness of relevant ministries and institutions to contain the predicted heavy rainfall [...]
The global community last Wednesday celebrated the International Day of Families, in line with United Nations General Assembly Resolution 47/237 which proclaimed May 15 every year as a day to foster and strengthen family units to function effectively for societal development. The annual observance which began in 1994 was primarily aimed at attracting global interest [...]
The performance of the Rivers State contingent to the last two sports meets in the country, the RIVERS 2011 and EKO 2012 when they placed first and second respectively is highly commendable and should be sustained. In fact, their achievements go a long way to justify the huge investment which the state government under [...]
Before the swearing-in of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as Chief Security Officer of Riv ers State in 2007, one of the biggest challenges of governance was benumbing insecurity arising from cult-related violence, senseless bloodletting and bare-faced criminality. That state of unrest was further compounded by the Niger Delta insurgency. Clearly, with hardly a distinguishing feature [...]
Sunday, May 12, 2013 was World Communication Day, a date in liturgical calendar that has become a global observance since 1967. It is intended to draw global attention to the importance of effective communication and exchange of information and ideas for societal good, and human civilisation. In keeping with this, the Rivers State Government through [...]
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) last week directed the state wings of the union in eighteen out of the thirty-six states of the federation to commence a sit-at-home strike from June 1, 2013 if the government remains adamant to its demands. According to the union, the strike was to protest the non-implementation of the [...]
Just last week, a splinter group of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) issued a fresh threat to embark on a large-scale violent insurgency. MEND, indeed, vowed to start a bombing campaign against mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions and their clerics in retaliation against wanton killing of Christians in the Northern [...]
Since the return to participatory democracy in 1999, Nigerians have had greater cause to demand, of men and women of the Judiciary who sit in judgement over others high level of integrity, impartiality and incorruptibility. This is partly because, of the three arms of government, none is depended upon more to uphold the rule of [...]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) recently warned universities against offering unaccredited courses in their various institutions. The warning was handed down during the inauguration of governing councils for 21 federal universities across the country in Abuja. Speaking at the inauguration, the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufai said the warning became imperative because of allegations [...]
The proliferation of privately–owned primary and post- primary educational institutions in Rivers State has remained a source of concern to stakeholders in the education sector of the economy. A key reason for that unsettling worry stems from the fact that many such schools often operate outside government’s set standards for learning. The need to address [...]
