Nigeria Anchorage

                                 Africa Aura of Honesty.                                                  by Romeon Okwo The Sun walk gradually and set at its angle on it way home,as it balance its  yellow spot to allow women who has came late from farms get prepare for the evening meals which also allow the villagers to arrange their chairs for the evening occasion.my friends and I were at the village for one of our friend wedding introduction,my friend had left his home town over some years,so when he was set to get married,he was keen in marrying a lady from his tribe so he can be in touch with his culture again which he claimed,he had missed so much being in the city. Being a young lad,when my guy departed  his home town,him and the lady never had the opportunit...

                The problems with my people.                by Okwo Romeon The drive for this piece is bore out of constant questioning with my humble self to know why my people had being left behind with the basic things that should have make life meaningful for them. Some time I wondered if we are truly participating in this processes of democracy or if,we are located in a particular place outside the boarder of the state and because of that we don't get consider in what ever plans the state is having for others. Ok,let me assumed we being missing in action within the map of Benue state which is our major concern,I still can't get my thoughts fixed to why the Federal government would not remember a Federal  Constituency with a project in the last twenty years or more, is it that our politicians are the ones short-changing us as we say in local palace?,or the projects are not real given,and why...

                             Life and Time of Senator (Dr) Rose Oko                                  By Romeon Okwo  Senator representing the Cross River state North constituency Distinguished Senator (Dr) Rose Okuji Oko die early hour of today. According to one of the family member,the Distinguish Senator had been ill for some time now,but she was gradually recovered before the sudden death.according to resource,the Senator die on Monday early morning in London hospital after a long kidney failure .she is 63 year old. More detail will made known to the Public in due time. Brief history of the Distinguished Senator. Rose Okoji Oko (born 27 September 1956) is a Nigerian politician and senator. She was a Member of the Federal House of Representatives from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP),representing Yala/Og...

Ikpakronyi: the Art's Guru in a Peg Hole. By Romeon Okwo Over the decades,the National Art Gallery of Nigeria (NGA) had played very prominent roles in Arts development.The continuous research,collection,documentation and presentation of National artifacts by the Agency over the last three decades had caption the attention of  international arts communiti which has propelled Nigeria among the "Arts designation Countries" This mean,Nigeria as a country can earn more from Arts exhibition to further enrich her tourism sectors,giving the right atmosphere with a better approach by the government,Nigeria can earn over a billion of Naira annually from Arts expo. From Calabar to Oshogbo to Kano and across the eastern Nigeria,the nation is abound with a lot of local artifacts ,some had been branded already,while some are still yet to be showcase but in all of these,it is a huge market awaiting international and local exploit. Although,Nigerians appetite for Arts co...

                                              The Owner Pen and Mic.                                                 By Romeon Okwo Journalism is a beautiful profession even with its ceaseless dangers Practitioners are exposed to every time. All over the globe,the essentiality's of this noble Profession cannot be situated only on the theorem of the "fourth estate of the realm"as today events had show that journalism can be used in nation building,cementing bridges between enemies lines,improve relations,create opportunities,Solicit cooperations and used as a ready-made-tools to enhance social equality among people apart from its primary roles. In Nigeria,the media profession remain the only variable assets Nigerians had during the dark days of the...

''ASUU  STRIKE CONTINUE AFTER MEETING WITH HOUSE OF REPS''                            By Romeon Okwo The leadership of the house of representatives met with some ministers and the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja today but insist the strike must go on.                         Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house, and other principal officers hosted the meeting, following the decision of the lawmakers to intervene in the disagreement that caused ASUU to embark on strike. Present at the session at the National Assembly complex in Abuja were Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, minister of state for education; Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment; and Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU chairman. Also present was Ekpo Nta, chairman, National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission among other stakeholders. ASUU had announced the...

Police Tolling in Benue increase local's anxieties.                 By Romeon Okwo                                                             IG Abubakar   The Federal government of Nigeria closed its major Toll-Gates across the country more than a decade now as the government decided to collect the tolls indirectly through the increase in the price of Petrol Motor Spirit (PMS) as President Olusegun Obasanjo decried the Toll-Gate operators then as "bunch of thieves" since then,Nigerians had plight the federal and state highways with ease until the introduction of checking-Point by the Nigeria police force. In Benue,the checking points are becoming menace,as men of the Nigeria police mount the checking-point one kilometer apart in most highways to collect #50 from commuters using ...

                                   Gauging Igede's Marginalization In Benue State.-                                                        by Romeon Okwo The agitation by the various ethics nationals for government positions will continue to be a recurring decimal that will continue to deepen tribal nepotism and the yearning of secessionists if government did not provide a holistic development agendas that will carry along every ethnics nationality. The tripod legs that had been rolling the national affairs of the country over the last six decades are eventually the major beneficiaries of government developments across their land.they has every things workings for them while some tribes lack so many, a democratic experiment of numbers that had created plu...

Scavenger:   Money  and health, the rising questions???                         By Romeon   Okwo It is a scurrying hot afternoon, the wind blow with distorting odour , as you draw closer you are hit by  its stinky smell and you wish you could run back, the area  is jam-pack with all form of wastes ,  from electronics wastes ,aluminium ,glass, House items  plastics ,to mention but few, at elevation, the  e-wastes  look   a cone  contour  of perishable waste s  pack on- top of each others ,there  is constantly  smoking  to put  away the flies ,this is the hub of  scavenging activities, a new  entrepreneurship wroth   ten th of   millions.  It  is the new  wave of  multimillion  spinning  money bag await ing  full exploit in the country.  The  trip was  fifteen minut...