By,Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele Politics is inevitable just as facts are indispensable. However when the two collide, responsible citizens know that facts own the day. And also generally for politics in our climes, it has become the reality for perception to be manufactured long before facts are examined. This is
By, Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele There was a time, not too long ago, when news out of Edo State was an evil cult war, bloodbath, and killings. Youths in their numbers were losing their lives as residents in particular communities hurried indoors before dusk. Business owners counted losses in silence.
DENNIS OGU A few weeks ago, it was reported that a woman in Kaduna State was sentenced to death by a High Court judge for working as informant to bandits. In another development, recently, a young man was reported to have been condemned to 20 years imprisonment for withholding important
By Ken Harries Esq “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others,” observed Jonathan Swift. Every generation encounters leaders who solve today’s problems, but far fewer produce leaders who design tomorrow’s possibilities. The true measure of visionary leadership lies in the ability to recognise opportunities long before
By, Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele When the aircraft carrying dozens of Nigerians among them 41 Edo indigenes touched down in the nation’s commercial capital city of Lagos, after fleeing xenophobic violence in South Africa, many stepped onto home soil with little more than the clothes they were wearing. The homes
DENNIS OGU Recently, I had a chat with one journalist on some democratic principles – the rule of law, fundamental human rights, regular, free and fair elections etc – and if they are actually being practised in African states. He was bitter about the kind of government found among African
By, Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele It has been more than two decades! For residents of Obaseki Street and neighboring communities in the Ikpoba Hill area of Benin City, life was full of anxiety whenever the dark clouds began gathering. Every rainy season brought with it for this long period of
DENNIS OGU Our worries this time is not so much on the inability of the Nigerian security personnel to fight banditry and terrorism to a standstill and apprehend the perpetrators of this evil against humanity. Nigerians have seen the height of insecurity; they have seen terrorism in its different forms
By Dr. Patrick Akhere Ebojele An innovative governance strategy is unfolding in Benin City as Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo sends a clear message that his administration is prepared to work with communities across all ethnic nationalities from all parts of the country. His belief is that this strategy
DENNIS OGU Recently, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele proposed a single six-year term of office for executive office holders in Nigeria. One of his reasons being that the incumbents spend much of their first term campaigning for re-election instead of dedicating their energy to the work they were elected to do.