Former Liberian Vice President, Howard-Taylor appointed UNIPGC Matron

The first female Vice President of Liberia, Jewel Howard-Taylor has been appointed the Matron of United International Peace and Governance Council (UNIPGC) for its African chapter.   She was officially sworn into office on Friday at the Jewel Starfish Headquarters in Monrovia, Liberia a colourful event that recorded overwhelming success.   She was taken through an oath of allegiance by the Global President & Chairman of Supreme Council of UNIPGC Africa, H.E. Amb. Dr. Jonathan Ojadah.   The former Vice President swore to lead people and manage resources, and create…

Monday Lines Rivers: Beyond Wike and Fubara By Lasisi Olagunju

Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s 1947 book, ‘Path to Nigerian Freedom’, opens with three quotations. The first tells the reader: “This above all: to thine own self be true…” It is from William Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’. It simply says do not deceive yourself – like the one with a sore in the right leg but who nurses the healthy left. The one who deceives himself suffers deception from the gods.   The second quote, from Shakespeare’s ‘King Lear’, is a warning that “Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.” In today’s English,…