March 2017 – Page 3

THE DOCK OF BLOODY CIVILIANS IN THE SENATE AND ‘CHAFF MEN’

March 27, 2017 admin

Anytime a Senate of House Committee of the Legislature the world over, summons any official over whom they exercise oversight, to appear before it, just take it as a given that, they are poised to ridicule the invitee. Nobody ever comes out of a Senate or House Committee hearing, or more so, the Senate in plenary smiling with glee. The fireworks and exchange is fashioned in such a way that, it prunes the ego and curtails the airs of the one who steps into their coven for questioning. It is…

ONOFIOK LUKE: SPEAKING HUMANITY AND INCLUSIVENESS @ 39

March 27, 2017 admin

When John Maxwell said “Leaders become great not because of their power, but the ability to empower others” many in our clime had seen western figures like Lincoln and Churchill as modules to rely on in this regard, until God blessed us with a man who has changed the entire narrative of power, people and leadership. Truth in all sense, Onofiok Luke; the oak figure of the 21st century leadership requires no introduction, as he has constantly approached every sphere of leadership with the patriotism of a statesman, who cares…

ANOTHER CHANCE FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION

March 27, 2017 admin

Ralph Waldo Emerson, in one of his cerebral extrapolations noted, “if you can write a better book than your neighbour, preach a better sermon or make a better mouse trap, even if you live in the woods, the world would make a beaten path to your door” This postulation owing to its verifiable validity has been widely paraphrased and cast into many study modules. An instance is one which notes that the world makes way for anybody who knows where he is going. It is in this vein that…

DSS/SENATE vs. MAGU: CASE OF COCKROACH IN FOWL’S COURT

March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 admin

As far as the Senate’s serial rejection of the nomination of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is concerned, I have come to the end of a painful yet convincing conclusion that there is more to it than meets the eye. Anchoring their decision on a purportedly fresh “security report” sent to the Senate on the late hours of Tuesday, March14, 2017, by the Department of State Security (DSS), the Senators, on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, for the second time running, rejected the…

UDOM EMMANUEL – THE MAN WHO SEES TOMORROW

March 27, 2017 admin

The 1981 movie, The man who saw tomorrow narrates the story of the French-born physicist and seer, Michel de Nostredame, known more popularly by the Latinized version of his name, Nostradamus. He was reputed to have the uncanny, metaphysical ability to predict what will happen in the future. There is a long list of happenings around the globe that he was said to have foreseen. Despite contention in some quarters about the exactitude of his predictions, he is still reputed to be one of the greatest seers that ever lived.…

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UDOM EMMANUEL; NIGERIA’S ‘GOVERNOR GENERAL’

March 27, 2017March 29, 2017 admin

Not many could rise above partisanship to acknowledge the depth of knowledge and passion Governor Udom Emmanuel possesses as he rode to power in 2015. But one Nigerian leader outside Akwa Ibom State who knew, and saw the future was the former Governor of Edo State. Comrade Adams oshiomhole during the economic summit in Abuja, not minding the political lines and divides, described Governor Udom Emmanuel as the best product of the Peoples Democratic Party in the current dispensation. His assertion was like an adage my grand mum, Late Madam…