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REMEMBER ADAMU ATTA

By: Pastor Joseph Suleiman (Manjoe) I would rather have one little rose From the garden of a friend Than to have the choicest flowers When my stay on earth must end I would rather have a pleasant word In kindness said to me Than flattery when my heart is still And life has ceased to be I would rather have a loving smile From friends I know are true Than tears shed around my casket When to this world I bid adieu Bring me all your flowers today Whether pick, or white or red I’d rather have one blossom now Than a truckload when I’m dead. -           Anonymous Nigerians have an obnoxious tradition of easily forgetting their erstwhile good leaders. The immediate past despot of Kogi State, “Emperor” Alhaji Abubakar Audu, bemoaned this tradition in his mournful valediction when traditional rulers paid him a farewell visit. Emperor Audu did say correctly, that it is only when rulers are in power that they are recognized and respecte

Ebira Personality Profile: Dr. Ibrahim Salau

Dr. Ibrahim Salau is a US-based, world-class aviation expert This is the inspiring story of a highly acclaimed Nigerian from the North, Dr. Ibrahim Salau, a world-class aviation engineer. He has a vast reservoir of knowledge and skill that is comparable to the best aviation engineers in the world today. He is well regarded and well sought after by top aviation companies of the world. It is my pleasure and privilege to be able to share the story of this humble unassuming man, an Aviation Engineer, who is an expert in the design and manufacture of the best helicopters and airplanes in the world. Dr. Salau’s dream is to be able to share his expertise with his home country, Nigeria to help or literally fly us to the level where we rightfully belong. It is indeed very exciting to relate his story and experience. As an aviation engineer he has worked for such aviation and related industries as B/E Aerospace in Jacksonville, Florida; Delta Airlines in Atlanta Georgia;

Oniwon Foundation Awards More Scholarships

Over 50 students from the 5 Local Government area councils in Kogi Central have benefited from Solomon and Alice Oniwon Education foundation. Below is the gallery of the recent beneficiaries receiving their scholarship award letters.

Ebira Reneissance Group (ERG) holds a retreat in Abuja

Participants at the interactive session " Ebira people have a problem of what (if you will permit us to say), we would like to refer to as "Political Patience Disorder". Our people do not have the grace of long term plan. Today we are in ACN, the next day in ANPP, weeks later back in PDP and, then the APC - This is a motion without movement! Agreed that Ebiras are not insulated from the general malaise of the Nigerian polity, but we must find a way to domesticate our solution to the general problem of the polity. This, to us, is the challenge of this retreat. We are always looking for quick solutions to the problems that have accumulated over the years. Life is not like that. We know that a house that takes two years to destroy may take up to ten years to rebuild. Therefore, this retreat must address this challenge if we are not to abandon this project mid-way as we have earlier cautioned at the beginning of this speech. A renaissance is not a hundred metre das