Kelly Ovie Umukoro 11/05/2014 11:02:15 Barack Obama, US President Recently, world leaders came together in New York to brainstorm on ways to tackle the challenges of climate change. President Barack Obama was among scores of world leaders at the gathering, which followed by days of mass demonstration in New York City in support of action to combat global warming. Among […]
By CHARLES IYARE The history of human right abuses in Nigeria is as old as Nigeria, herself. This is because the creation of the nation, Nigeria, was an abuse of the fundamental human right of the various entities that make up the Nigerian state. The high level of corruption in Nigeria especially in the government makes it absolutely impossible to […]
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku I have on my table a letter written by the Attorney General of the Federation and Honorable Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and dated 24th May 2014. It is addressed to the Asset Forfeiture Money Laundering Section, Criminal Justice System of the United States of America. A perusal of the content of […]
The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) with support from Bread for the World – Protestant Development Service, organized a two-day workshop for selected staff of Port Harcourt City Local Government Council in Rivers State from Wednesday 24th – Thursday 25th September, 2014 at Aldgate Congress Hotels, Port Harcourt. The workshop with the theme “Building Capacity for Effective […]
By Kelly Ovie Umukoro My heart bleeds each time I think about the modus operandi of corrupt leaders in our society, we work very hard to inform the society about the evil of corruption everyday as anti- corruption agent but, this evil persist, the question is why? The issue of Corruption is not a recent one in Nigeria. Since the […]
victor emejuiwe (Leadership Newspapers) Sep 8, 2014 | Leave a comment In 2014 budget, the sum of N971 billion was appropriated for fuel subsidy; this is close to the annual sum appropriated for capital projects. Can this be the real amount paid to oil marketers as subsidy, for importing refined crude across the country? If this be the case, it […]
WHERE ARE THE SUBSIDY THEIFS? Have we heard the last concerning those that ripped the nation dry, from the petroleum support fund? Please we need to know. Perhaps a quick response to the question above will satisfy our curiosity. This question has become necessary following the new dimension in which discussions about petrol subsidy has taken. It has all the […]
Managing Disaster In Niger Delta By Igbotako Nowinta Last Modified: 07/21/2014 10:56:04 “In all of this, the civil society must continue to play its roles as the survival of democracy relies on the virility of the civil society. Civil Society must lead the campaign in favour of fiscal federalism and true federalism in Nigeria… We must continuously demand for political […]
By Innocent I. Edemhanria Oil spill is a common sight in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria and several communities have suffered the devastating effect of such spills. At the end it is the local communities located around such oil installations that bear the brunt. The spills are sometimes caused by several factors including poorly maintained infrastructure located around high […]
By Innocent I. Edemhanria There was wild jubilation in Benin City as well as other parts of the state when Comrade Adams A. Oshiomhole was affirmed the duly elected governor of Edo State 19 months after the April 14, 2007 gubernatorial elections. Okada riders, traders, civil servants, market women, artisans, both old and young all trooped to the streets to […]