Politics
Riding into sunset By Muyiwa Adetiba
It is exactly six weeks to May 29 today. Six weeks to the end of Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan’s six year presidency. This, as traditions go all over the world, is called the transition period […]
World
Xenophobia in South Africa: ‘They beat my husband with sticks and took everything’ by David Smithian(Guardian)(UK)
They came to South Africa in search of a better life and, for a while, found the promised land. Fungai Chopo got work as a builder, his wife, Memory, was hired as a maid, and […]
Video
A Note Of Caution To APC PM News
Come 29 May 29, 2015, the president-elect General Muhammadu Buhari will be sworn in as the next president of Africa’s most popular nation. As a result, his party, All Progressives Congress, APC, which before now was […]
Issues/Policy
PDP POST 2011 ELECTIONS, WHAT NEXT? by Femi Adegoke
At the onset of preparations for the Abdusalam 1999 elections, PDP was put together by prominent politicians from across the country. The founders meant well initially until the influx of retired military officers, who injected […]
Business
Former NIMN Boss,Lugard Aimiuwu(LEA) is dead
Former President of National institute of Marketing of Nigeria, Mr. Lugard Aimiuwu, is dead. He died on Thursday after a brief illness at the age of 68. Until his untimely exit, he was the immediate […]
Issues/Policy
What Is Possible In 100 Days? by Azubuike Ishiekwene
At the height of the campaign, the story was told of General Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to one of the northern states. I think it was Zamfara. After a couple of whistle stops, starting from Kano, […]
Issues/Policy
Chibok Girls and President Jonathan’s Curious Silence, bySteve Ayorinde
On Tuesday when the world remembered the Chibok girls, saddened that one year after more than 200 students were abducted by the Boko Haram sect in Northern Nigeria, they are still in captivity, the only […]
Aviation
Airline operators lose millions of Naira to presidential movements
Many times passengers on inbound flights to Lagos, Abuja and major cities that sometimes play host to Mr President are told by the pilots that in another five minutes the plane will begin descent to […]
Issues/Policy
MD Yusufu: The spy who loved me By Matthew Hassan Kukah
OK, you guessed right, this reads like a tribute to James Bond. Perhaps, I also exaggerate in my claims, but given the status and age differentials between us, I don’t know how else to […]
Issues/Policy
Kashamu Buruji: Man Indicted In US For Drug Deal Elected Senator In Nigeria By Michelle Faul
GOS, Nigeria (AP) — LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A man indicted in America for allegedly smuggling heroin, in a court case that was the basis for the TV hit “Orange Is The New Black,” has […]
Issues/Policy
How to become an overnight billionaire in Nigeria by Femi Aribisala (2013)
WITH only some 50 years of independent national existence, Nigeria is a country reeking with “new money.” The overwhelming proportion of the millionaires and billionaires in the country are “nouveau-riche;” they became rich literally “overnight.” […]
Politics
Politicians will soon be going to learn from Jonathan —Obi
Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Inter-Party relations, Senator Ben Obi, speaks on a wide range of issues, including the recent defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
Aviation
BREAKING NEWS: Air traffic controllers embark on six-hour warning strike
Passengers are stranded at the nation’s airports as air traffic controllers across the country on Thursday morning embarked on a six-hour warning strike. According to a statement by the National Association of Air Traffic Controllers […]
Issues/Policy
Contribution To The Buhari-Osinbajo Blueprint by Abba Mahmood
President-elect Muhammadu Buhari is one of the most popular Nigerians of all time. When he took over power from President Shehu Shagari on December 31, 1983, his administration got an unprecedented welcome and enjoyed mass […]
Issues/Policy
Gani Adams Denies Receiving N1.6billion from Jonathan for election
The National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, on Wednesday denied receiving N1.6billion from President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the just concluded general elections. Mr. Adams refuted the allegation in a press statement. […]
Issues/Policy
Blame Past And Present S/E Governors Not The Oba Of Lagos By Jessica Obioma(My take on Miss Chimamanda’s response to Oba’s Lagoon Threat. .)
My husband and I really relished the jokes that flooded social media as a result of Oba Akiolu’s threat to drown the Igbos living in Lagos in the lagoon if they don’t vote for his […]
Government
Buhari denies snubbing government officials in Katsina
President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, has dismissed as fictional and uncharitable, a report by an online medium that he walked some government officials out of his residence in Daura, Katsina State. A statement by the Director of […]
CRIME
Orekoya’s kidnapped 3 children found naked in a bag by Evelyn Usman,Vanguard
The Lawanson Road, Itire abode of the Orekoyas, whose three children were kidnapped by a housemaid last Wednesday, 24 hours after she was employed, became a Mecca of sorts yesterday, following news of their discovery. […]
Issues/Policy
2015: Between Buhari And MEND’S Unusual Olive Branch By Ifeanyi Izeze
The report that the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is initiating dialogue with the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, on unresolved issues affecting the region would have otherwise been a welcomed development but […]
Politics
Still On The Shambolic And Bloody Elections In Rivers State By Uche Igwe
A tumultuous celebration erupted in the Mile 1, Mile 4 and town areas of Port Harcourt on Monday. It later extended to the Ogbunabali and UTC areas.One of the APC supporters injured during election related […]