Kai, Nigerians love life. Nigeria no good, Nigeria no good, yet none of us is willing to die and depart from this sinful worldâ€. This was how Mr Kennedy set the ball rolling in the Friday morning Lagos traffic in reference to the heavy downpour the previous day in some parts of the metropolis. People were afraid and it showed in their actions. As soon as the rains started, there was pandemonium as people ran for safety to escape from the ‘evil’ rain.
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
LAGOS — Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and Action Congress, AC, Lagos chapter have described Senator Bola Tinubu, the immediate past governor of the state, as a great leader, thorough democrat and a die-hard progressive for Nigerian masses
Fashola, in his congratulatory message to Tinubu on his 58th birthday today, said: [...]
HIS look is deceptive but when he talks, one can decipher that he is an unrepentant criminal. That may be the best way to describe a 26 -year-old 2005 graduate of Public Administration, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma and a father of three, Hakeem Lawal.
The Federal Government, last Friday, charged 91 persons suspected to have participated in the brutal killing of residents of Dogo Nahawa and Razat villages of Plateau State before a Federal High Court sitting in Jos.
WHEN the Acting President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, dissolved the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday March 17th 2010, most Nigerians welcomed the gesture. The number one reason for the sweeping approval of this step was that the federal cabinet was severely split into three parts.
ONE person who is not fascinated by all the talks about impeaching ailing President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and making Acting President Goodluck Jonathan as a substantive president of Nigeria is the presidential candidate of Fresh Democratic Party, FDP, in the 2007 presidential poll, Rev. Chris Okotie.
WAY back in the middle of March 2010, talk of replacing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Maurice Iwu at the end of his tenure in June this was not one of the hot issues in the news.
FORMER ministers who were members of the immediate past cabinet of President Umaru Yar‘Adua face the greatest hurdles in scaling the ministerial screening commencing today.
By Innocent Anaba
LAGOS — Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Supo Sasore, SAN, has appealed against the suspension of the new Magistrate Court Law, 2009 by a Lagos High Court.
Trial judge in the matter at the lower court, Justice Aishat Opesanwo, had in her ruling on the suit challenging the new Magistrate [...]
Dr. Olanrewaju Oginni, vice-president, Consumer Protection Organization of Nigeria, holds a Ph.D. in consumer economic/social communications. He is also the executive director, All-Nigeria Consumer Movements Union and a very active member of Consumers International .In this interview, he speaks on how green revolution, based on an industrial model, might worsen the condition of Africa’s small farmers, and other consumer related issues.
It is no longer news that the Federal Government failed on its promise
to achieve the target of 6,000mega watts (MW) of electricity generation last December, despite the huge amount invested in the sector, as the current generating capacity falls below 3700MW. Now government has come up with another target of 6,000MW in 2010 with a different approach. In this analysis, Udeme Clement , takes a look at the issues in the sector.
The Apapa Container Terminal currently under concession to global terminal operator, APM Terminals Apapa Limited, has been developed to become the largest container terminal in Africa with an investment outlay of over $200million.
In last week’s article, we reviewed some of the pitfalls of not applying the knowledge we already have in enterprise or business. Today, we’ll look at a number of situations that exist in Nigeria today that can only be a direct consequence of deliberate refusal to apply what we already know.
Darkness yesterday enveloped Nigerian football after the Home-based Eagles crashed out of the African Nations Championship, following an inexcusable barren draw against Niger Republic in their second leg tie at the Sani Abacha Stadium in Kano.
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