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...”
For the umpteenth time, national officers of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU) have tacitly passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of the union in Rivers State, saying, they are satisfied with the way and manner the chairman of the union, Comrade O.T. Lilly-West has been piloting the affairs of the union in [...]
Participants of the Abia Youth Empowerment Summit (A-YES), which was recently held in Umuahia, underscored the need for government to give priority to youth empowerment programmes. They attributed the high crime rate in the country to unemployment, adding that youth empowerment was the panacea to the rising wave of insecurity. The CBN Governor, Malam Sanusi [...]
According to Sir William Haley, a former Director General of the BBC in a famous lecture at the University of Bristol in 1948, “The power of broadcasting if skillfully used can move masses of people in a way the printed word cannot, and when used consistently it can affect the outlook of individuals and nations” [...]
On May 1, Nigerian workers will join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate the International Labour Day. International Workers’ Day is the commemoration of the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago, the United States of America. Reports had it that the police were trying to disperse a public assembly during a general strike for [...]
Nigeria joined the Community of Democracies (CoD) in order to deepen its democracy. Efforts so far made to entrench democracy in Nigeria were recognised by the body, as the country was elected to lead the organisation from 2015 to 2017. The election took place on Feb. 26, 2013 at the 7th Governing Council meeting of CoD in [...]
Just two days after an Abuja High Court declared the Chief Godpower Ake-led Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) executive in Rivers State illegally elected, more groups have joined to condemn the controversial judgement that gave the mantle of the party’s leadership to Chief Felix Obuah. Many see the judgment as the voice of Jacob, while they feel [...]
Former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, the controversial “Iron Lady”, who shaped British politcs, died from a stroke recently at the ripe age of 87. Thatcher was Britain’s first woman premier, a right-wing colossus and key figure in the Cold War. She led Britain from 1979 to 1990. Since her exit from power, the “Iron [...]
From all indications, unemployment is now a global problem but the rate of unemployment in Nigeria is quite alarming. Concerned observers note that unemployment rate in the country is in the region of 23.9 per cent, describing it as very outrageous. They warn that if urgent measures are not taken to reverse the trend, it [...]
From all indications, a busy schedule, the dearth of breastfeeding stations in public places and other exigencies of modern life are making more women to turn away from breastfeeding their babies to the more convenient use of baby formula. A first-time mother, Mrs Lovett Abutu, underscores her preference for baby formula as a means of [...]
Chairman, Editorial Board It was challenging making choices in a year that left you with few options. All the unimpressive issues were thrown up when we were to make the choices, they were clear markers of the sort of year Nigerians had. When we were not groaning and speculating further increases in prices of petroleum [...]
