Sen. Gyang Pwajok on Monday said the Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON national honour bestowed on Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau was “very apt and well deserved”. Pwajok made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN in Jos. “The honour is long overdue for someone who has […]

PETER PAN SYNDROME I am sure some of us remember the story of Peter Pan of Neverland who never ages and acts with carelessness and fearlessly cocky behavior. The character created by novelist and playwright J.M. Barrie that ruled our growing up years and was the source of several adaptation movies over the years. Well, […]

It is very important while attempting to comment on issues of high emotional value , to start on a very good and neutral note. This gesture, being a necessary and a goodwill antidote to the already heightened emotional outpouring and probable tensions in the hearts and minds of listeners or readers. […]

For an entire month, the hike in price of Petroleum Motor Spirit has not dipped below 120 Naira in black markets across Nigeria; this phenomenon is largely exacerbated by the fact that there is scarcity of petroleum products in the country.And key players in the sector have continuously promised Nigerians that the scarcity will […]

For the umpteenth time, Plateau State Local Government elections have been shifted but very few people raise questionable eyebrows, the citizens seem to be passively satisfied with the development, perhaps it all boils down to the political unconsciousness of Nigerians as a whole. Most appalling is the attitude of the ‘opposition’ politicians in the State […]

Every society and Governments at all levels know for sure that for phenomenal transformation and emancipation to take place, education is the key. I suppose it is in view of this fact that the United Nations Organization stipulated that each member country should endeavour to commit at least 26% of its […]

Since the commencement of the Fourth Republic, I have observed premature closure of unsolved cases of corruption, mass murder and other vices that keep occurring in Nigeria. In as much as these phenomena are neither new nor peculiar to Nigeria, they are known to thrive unabated. Impunity has secured a cosy and spacious room in […]

You move me! You move me like the ‘sweet melody’ of the Nigerian anthem at independence. Like the swirling ‘green-white-green’ flag, waving at the despair of our British colonial masters. Like the extreme frenzy of slaves just freed……   You move me like Chinua Achebe’s ‘things fall apart’. Like Gani Fawehinmi’s life. You move me […]

Some questions are very easy to answer –for instance, is Plateau state truly the “Home of Peace and Tourism”? Any Nigerian asked this question should find it incredibly easy to provide a response, perhaps even primary school pupils. Plateau state is definitely not the “Home of Peace” –this has become very clear over the last […]

The death of elder statesman of PDP and Plateau State, Chief Solomon Lar, was received with shock. Again, Plateau has lost a worthy and illustrious son. As we tacitly understand, every dead man is a good man, so another good man is gone and the world is left with evil people. The very first civilian […]