Foremost literary icon, Elechi Amadi of “The Concubine” fame IS DEAD - LITERATURE.

ONE of Africa’s finest novelist, poet and dramatist Captain Elechi Amadi died Wednesday 29th- 6- 2016 at the Good Heart hospital in Port Harcourt at the age of 82.  He was the foremost literary icon, Captain Elechi Amadi (rtd), of “The Concubine” fame.

Born in 1934 in Aluu in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, Amadi attended Government College, Umuahia (1948–52), Survey School, Oyo (1953–54), and the University of Ibadan (1955–59), where he obtained a degree in Physics and Mathematics.

He worked for a time as a land surveyor and later was a teacher at several schools, including the Nigerian Military School, Zaria (1963–66). Amadi served in the Nigerian Army, remained there during the Nigerian Civil War, and retired at the rank of captain.

He held various positions with the Rivers State Government: Permanent Secretary (1973–83), Commissioner for Education (1987–88) and Commissioner for Lands and Housing (1989–90).

He was a writer-in-residence and lecturer at the Rivers State College of Education (now Ignatius Ajuru University of Education), where he also held the positions of Dean of Arts, Head of the Literature Department and Director of General Studies.

In his lifetime, he was severally honoured by institutions and writers. On May 13, 1989, a symposium was held at the University of Port Harcourt to celebrate his 55th birthday while in May 2004, a conference was also organised by the Association of Nigerian Authors, Rivers State branch, to mark his 70th birthday. MAY HIS SOUL RIP .

Kenya signs a better oil pipeline concordat with Ethiopia after Uganda‘s President Yoweri Museveni Rebuff .

Well done Mr President after your purported friend Yoweri Museveni frustrated you……you managed to strike a better deal for Kenya.

Kenya and Ethiopia have signed a deal for an oil pipeline that will run from Lamu to Addis Ababa under the Lapsset project ……we are now good to go .

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn signed the pact during bilateral talks at State House, Nairobi, on Thursday.

At a joint press conference that followed the talks, Uhuru said Kenya is working closely with Ethiopia on the Lapsset project.

Is Museveni  Kenya’s  Jubilee’s ruling govt  friend  as  portrayed ?

STOP EMBARRASSING LUHYA COMMUNITY THAT IS SOLIDLY BEHIND ODM ; DEPUTY PARTY LEADER NOW SHOOTS DIRECT TO HON ABABU NAMWAMBA .

HON OPARANYA SHOTS DIRECT

STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR WYCLIFFE OPARANYA ON ODM MATTERS:


As Deputy Party Leader of the Orange Democratic Movement, I take great reservations to the utterances attributed to the party’s Secretary General Hon Ababu Namwamba to the effect that the Luhya community is being persecuted and undermined in ODM.

These utterances are unfortunate indeed and not befitting of a leader in the position Hon Namwamba holds. They are an embarrassment to the party and to the Luhya community that is solidly behind ODM.

Hon Namwamba’s utterances are dangerous to the extent that they seek to create non-existent divisions in the party along ethnic lines.

I wish to assure all ODM supporters that the party remains strong in Western Kenya and beyond and nobody should panic over Hon Namwamba’s utterances. The Luhya community is equally well represented and catered for in the party, holding key positions like that of Deputy Party Leader, Vice Chairman, Deputy Organizing Secretary and chairman of Disputes Tribunal, among others.
At the beginning of the 11th Parliament, the party was also kind enough to reward our support with the chairmanship of the powerful Public Accounts Committee, which went to Hon Namwamba and which we lost through reckless arrogance and selfishness.

It is not a secret that the Secretary General has been missing in action and failing to provide leadership at critical moments. He was missing as the party prepared to welcome its leader Hon Raila Odinga back into the country after a three month sabbatical in the US. The SG was missing throughout the Okoa Kenya pro-referendum campaign and lately he has been missing from all effort to disband and reform the IEBC. Yet reform of the IEBC is critical to ODM’s plans for ascending to power.

As we approach elections, many leaders will be seeking excuses for their failure in an effort to find their way back. ODM supporters must remain alert to such maneuvers and hold individuals to account for the positions they held.

H.E GOV. WYCLIFFE A OPARANYA

DEPUTY PARTY LEADER

ODM

22.06.2016

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Soccer lovers Euro 2016 is here .

Only the FIFA World Cup surpasses the European Championship in terms of stature among international competitions.

Europe has been described as the world soccer’s center of money, power and prestige, and now its best national teams descend on France to contest for this year’s biggest prize.  Which one is the group of death and your preferred teams likely to light up the stage at the finals in this tournament?

Former president Daniel Moi is not dead

Former president Daniel Moi is not dead, his spokesman Lee Njiru has said, dispelling rumours.

Social media reports indicated Moi had died from cancer at his home in Kabarak Nakuru.

"Mzee is well and busy. Those spreading such rumors are sick in the head," Njiru told the MNR on phone on Thursday.

Uganda’s new cabinet is made up of old hands and family ties.

Weeks after promoting his son to major-general, Ugandan President Yoweri  Museveni has handed his wife a lucrative post in his new cabinet amidst complains he was  pushing a family agenda in Ugandan politics.

      Father President, Mother Minister for Education and Son a Major General is purely a nation run backward just to say list !

Uganda has 81 ministers, the largest cabinet in East Africa, mainly compromising of old hands (the President’s old friends), others as old as 81 years old without portfolio.

Could it be for impending succession politics sending Uganda’s 71 years veteran President to act weirdly because the constitution will bar him from contesting in 2021 and making sure family will be well positioned? Who knows even the Wife could vie for Presidency ….

                             

Africa's Sagacious Zimbabwe President Mugabe was born in 1924 , ‘Bob is a legend.’

President Mugabe of Zimbabwe

The world’s oldest head of state Mugabe has been Zimbabwe’s leader since its independence from Britain in 1980 and has said that he plans to rule the country until ‘God says come “

.......surely  a certain demon must have bn assigned to control the Africa Continent  alone ! Must he rule till death isn't he tired ?

Hon Raila should be CORD's flag bearer .

Who amongst CORD Co-Principals; the Wiper leader Hon Kalonzo Musyoka, Ford Kenya Boss Sen Wetangula and ODM  Baba yao Hon Raila aka Amolo Tinga , Agwambo should be the coalition’s Presidential flag bearer ?

A section of leaders from Ukambani have demanded that Mr Musyoka be the Cord presidential candidate in the 2017 general elections. Hon Wetangula from Luhya community says he has what it takes to be the best President who will unite this country for better, while Hon Raila commands a larger following  than the other Principals, with the latter's unwavering support spreading across the Country. Political analysts see it differently, experts say going with intrigues in Luhya land for Wetangula , his party without a commanding grip ,  and Ukambani shaky for Kalonzo respectively , both  Sen. Wetang'ula and Mr Kalonzo cannot hold their own people together; a divided house, as they say cannot stand .

This will take place in the backdrop when more than ever before, people have demanded the Opposition must stick together,  have no choice to give the country hope of a different government in 2017. The sensation that Jubilee would frolic home unchallenged in 2017 courtesy of a disjointed Opposition is causing gloom in at least half the Kenyan population calling for careful evaluation of this exercise.

Their supporters though agree unanimously  there shouldn't  be falling away by the three Principals in the event one of them is chosen to lead , shades hope of a stronger CORD coalition for the coming general elections .