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  By Ray Ekpu In the last one year I must have written up to a dozen articles on the intractable problem of insecurity in the country. How...

  By Ray Ekpu It  was an unmitigated disaster. As Christians were preparing to mark the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ, tragedy ...

  By Ray Ekpu Last week my colleagues in the media industry bestowed on me the treasured trophy of honour twice, first on Thursday in Lago...

  By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye  “Death is…the absence of presence…the endless time of never coming back…a gap you can’t see, and when the wind ...

  By   Ray Ekpu Recently, the world marked the International Day of the Girl-Child . Who is the girl-child and why is she singled out for...

  By   Ray Ekpu Most literate Nigerians have heard or read about gas flaring but it may not mean much to them. Some of them may know that ...

  By   Ray Ekpu There are two groups that seem to be badly treated in Nigeria’s political space: women and youths. In virtually all the po...

  By Ray Ekpu When Mr Godwin Emefiele announced in October last year that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would be redesigning the N200,...

*Ray Ekpu   Permit me dear readers to stray away from the current happenings such as the petrol palaver and the naira redesign nuisance, bot...

  By Ray Ekpu The descent by Nigerians into the poverty hole seems very rapid despite the country’s fabled wealth. In the 70s we were swim...

  By   Ray Ekpu It is only one month since INEC blew the whistle for the campaigns to begin. And within that one month there have been ser...

  By Ray Ekpu The United States and United Kingdom embassies in Nigeria have raised the alarm over possible terror attack on facilities in...

  By   Ray Ekpu When Nigeria lowered the Union Jack and raised the green-white-green flag that heralded its coming of age on October 1, 19...

  By   Ray Ekpu Going through the newspapers last week it seemed as though the Nigerian world was crashing, ready to come down and bury al...

  By   Ray Ekpu The crowd that is chanting Run, Jonathan, Run is a composite contingent made up of greedy and hungry fellows, rented fello...

  By Ray Ekpu President Muhammadu Buhari fought for the presidential diadem with the tenacity of a war horse. He went into the field three...

  By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye  “Death is…the absence of presence…the endless time of never coming back…a gap you can’t see, and when the wind ...

  By Yakubu Mohammed Remembering Dele Giwa? No, we have not forgotten him. How do you forget a colleague and a friend who was more like a ...

  By Tony Eluemunor When I think about my big brother, Mazi Chuks Iloegbunam, what readily comes to mind is the timeless Abba song, “Move ...

  By   Ray Ekpu Since 1992 when the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) was established its modus operandi has been basically kill-and-go. Thi...