For observers of Nigeria’s political space in the build-up to the 2015 general elections, the merger of some major opposition parties to form the yet-to-registered All Progressives Congress and the crisis rocking the ruling party, the People’s Democratic Party, are two events, from opposing ends, which are prone to daily twists and turns, worthy of paying close attention to. ... Read More »
Chairman, South-South Peoples Democratic Party Forum, Lagos State, Mr. Sunday Ekanem, says the Federal is committed to dialogue with Islamic fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram. He, however, called on northern leaders and those advocating amnesty for the sect to prevail on its leaders to come out openly and tell Nigerians that they are ready for dialogue. Ekanem said this during the ... Read More »
Speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Monday asked “state actors” to be careful in granting pardon to corrupt officials and other criminals. “A situation whereby you misapply the law even to grant pardon or whatever it is, we need to really look at that. Because if you don’t understand the law you may tend to misapply it,” Tambuwal said. ... Read More »
Semiotics teaches us that not all messages are conveyed through verbal or symbolic signs. There are messages, like photographs, which are conveyed through iconic signs. Unlike a verbal sign, which has an arbitrary relationship with its referent, an iconic sign directly corresponds to its referent: a photograph is an image of the object it depicts. There are yet other messages ... Read More »
Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi has ruled out the possibility of having a violent revolution in the country. Amaechi spoke in Ekiti State on Saturday at the second Nigeria Symposium for Young and Emerging Leaders. Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, Prof. Pat Utomi, Chief Executive Officer of Sahara Group, Mr. Tonye Cole, and representative of Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, ... Read More »
