Author: Francis Ewherido
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Schoolboy errors by spouses-to-be – By Francis Ewherido
Recently, I heard some very touching stories about new marriages, some less than six months, running into troubled waters or crashing. Apparently, these young couples have made or are making some elementary mistakes.
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Selfish and wicked children – By Francis Ewherido
Last Sunday was Father’s Day, but I was distracted. I felt like calling two people I had discussions with last week to find out if their sons also sent Happy Father’s Day wishes to them. The wishes would have been hollow rituals.
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Beware of scammers who sell drugs on social media – By Francis Ewherido
I had a lengthy talk with a friend recently. We go way back to the early 70s. He was my senior in primary school. We lost touch but got reunited in the 90s. One day, we went to a restaurant to eat. I ordered rice and chicken.
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Wizkid’s “real” father? Real nonsense talk – By Francis Ewherido
Nigeria is a wonderful country. Some people call it a cruise; others call it a thriller movie. But as for me, “I love my country, I no go lie. Na inside am, I go live and die…,” a song composed and directed by the legendary Prof. Wole Soyinka.
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The Benin-Effurun road is a crime against humanity – By Francis Ewherido
In June 1990, the then military government awarded the contract for the dualisation of the Benin to Effurun road to Daewoo E and C Nigeria Limited. The 149.1 kilometer road was completed in December 1992. It was one of the best roads in Nigeria then.
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JAMB outcome, suicide and life’s unending challenges – By Francis Ewherido
My article last week generated some questions. But until the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, is proven guilty of ethnic or religious bigotry, I stand by what I wrote. I also support an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the glitch. Anyone found
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Let JAMB and Prof Oloyede be – By Francis Ewherido
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), is a man I have enormous respect for. I have not met him personally, but I admire him from afar. That is one of the hallmarks of impactful people. You don’t have to know or have physical encounter with them to feel…
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Freedom goes with concommitant responsibilities – By Francis Ewherido
In the 80s, as mass communication students, they drove it into our heads that the “pen (mass media) is mightier than the sword.” Consequently, we were taught and admonished to exercise this enormous powers with great restraint. This was partly what four years studying mass communication in the university entailed.
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Nwachukwu: Anger and the hangman – By Francis Ewherido
“In your anger do not sin” (Ephesians 4:26). This was Apostle Paul’s admonition in his letter to the people of Ephesus, but it applies to us the way it applied to the original target audience. Paul simply acknowledged that anger is a natural human emotion, but admonished that you should not allow your anger get…
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Senator Ewherido: The man who saw tomorrow
The late Senator Akpor Pius Ewherido, you recall, was the only Democratic People’s Party (DPP) Senator in the Senate from 2011 until June 30, 2013, when he died.