COVID-19: Have Faith in Face Masks – Ray Ekpu
Despite the unwanted presence of COVID-19 pandemic in our midst for several months now and the havoc it has done to life and living, some people still remain infec...
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APC: Politics of Prebendalism – Ray Ekpu
There is a law called Dude’s Law of Duality. It states that of two possible events, only the undesired one often occurs. The members of the National Working Committee of...
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Sam Amuka: Journalism’s Generalissimo – Ray Ekpu
On June 9, this year I got a pithy, snappy message from the Publisher of Vanguard newspaper, Mr. Sam Amuka; aka known as Sad Sam, aka Uncle Sam. It was a po...
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COVID-20 Pandemic – Ray Ekpu
We are not the World Health Organisation (WHO) that gave a pandemic a name change from coronavirus to COVID-19. But we are asking for permission to name rape, that rampag...
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Ayade: Unerringly Right – Ray Ekpu
Professor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade, better known simply as Ben Ayade, is a multi-disciplinary academic. He has a string of five degrees in various fields: a bachelor’s...
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COVID-19 battle: The rock and the hard place – Ray Ekpu
The battle against the dreaded pandemic COVID-19 is still raging four months after we started confronting the monster. The number of the afflicted goes up e...
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Gambari: Buy one, get one free – Ray Ekpu
Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari Since 1999, Nigeria has had four Chiefs of Staff who served four of our Presidents. Retired Major General Abdullahi Mohammed served C...
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Udom Emmanuel: Gbosas for Akwa Ibom helmsman – Ray Ekpu
Governor Udom Emmanuel has done a very good job in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Akwa Ibom State. But he is not given full marks for his...
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COVID-19 Where are we in the race? – Ray Ekpu
The world is moving at a frenetic pace to find the solution to the COVID-19 problem. It is right and proper to invest a sense of maniacal urgency in...
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Richard Akinjide and his footprints – Ray Ekpu
Richard Osuolale Abimbola Akinjide, better known as Richard Akinjide, died a few days ago at the age of 88 years; much loathed, much liked. I have no scale with which to...
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