by crossriverwatch admin “If education is what makes a man, Nero would not have been Seneca’s Pupil”- Anonymous I will begin by telling a short history that tells a replica of our situation. Lucius Annaeus Seneca often known simply as Seneca; (4 BC – AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist of
In this report, Temitayo Famutimi examines the opportunities and dangers associated with the use of new media tools for information dissemination With the level of Internet penetration in Nigeria, coupled with the availability of various new media tools, ordinary citizens other than professional journalists now actively engage in information dissemination. Roles hitherto exclusively played by
By Punch (segun@segunakiode.com @segunakiode) Social media is the ravel of the moment and, by all indications so far, it would be so for a while. In these ‘new days’ of social networking, many find it even more comfortable to send a Facebook invite, follow you on Twitter or ask for your BlackBerry pin than ask
by crossriverwatch admin The original copy of this article was published in the Sun Newspaper of August 30, 2005 and was also re-published on the website of the Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty on Wednesday, August 31, 2005. Here the author, Agba Jalingo abridges the article in light of prevailing realities and parliamentary interventions
by Punch (Dtalkshop hosted a session of the Wetin Lawyers Dey Do… Sef? workshops as part of Social Media Week, which held in Lagos and several other cities across the world, from 18th to 22nd February 2013. The lead lecture at the session was delivered by Mr. Adeniji Kazeem, Principal Partner of Adeniji Kazeem &
by crossriverwatch admin A SOCIO-CULTURAL PROFILE OF THE BEBUABIE COMMUNITY The Bebuabie Community is one of the largest and most densely-populated communities in the Obudu Local Government Area of Nigeria’s Cross River State. The community is part of the Ipong political ward in Obudu. The ancestral father of the Bebuabie people was a man by
By Daniel Ese Etuki culled from Daily Independent Daniel Ese Etuki, an Abuja based public policy analyst offers an explanation into the prolonged boundary dispute between Adadama community in Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State and Amagu Community in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State and proffers solution… Before Nigeria became a
By Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani Culled from New York Times “The average Nigerian’s best hope for dignified treatment is to acquire the right props. Flashy cars. Praise singers. Elite group membership. British or American accent. Armed escort. These ensure that you will get efficient service at banks and hospitals. If the props prove insufficient, a properly