Even as the Federal government looks set to implement its policy to remove subsidy on petrol by January, 2012, a recent survey carried out by a coalition of civil society organizations in the country has shown that more than 80 percent of Nigerians are not in support of the plan.
Fresh facts emerged last week that in the heat of doing her job as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Farida Waziri once ordered the arrest of a Federal High Court judge.
Just like the last episode in the high-stakes drama that has become the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, the man who has been chosen to replace the ousted former chairman of the anti-graft agency, Mrs. Farida Waziri, is not your average police officer.
The Nigeria versus Botswana friendly match which took place at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on November 12, 2011 was to mark Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole’s third years in office.
A former aide of the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Mr. Kehinde Olaosebikan, has alleged that the Governor Abiola Ajimobi-led administration ordered over 50 armed policemen to attack him and his customers at Lyrics Nite Club on Friday.
Former Super Eagles attacking midfielder a.k.a headmaster told Sunday Vanguard Sports in an interview that the Super Eagles can be rated high in the world again if the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF focuses more on good youth developmental football programme that will help discover young talents who could be nurtured into formidable teams for the country.
22 days after his 78th birthday, former Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu succumbed to the cold hands of death.
“Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them” You all must have heard that Jonathan’s “candidate” has won the PDP ticket for Bayelsa gubernatorial primary.
Writing is cathartic; it’s the best way to really look at situations and make an appraisal that puts into consideration the truth and one’s core beliefs and convictions.
I MAKE no apologies about what I consider the place of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Ikemba Nnewi, Dikedioranma, Eze Igbo Gburugburu in world history. Now that he is gone, I can share it without any of fears of being accused of currying Ojukwu’s favour.
In a week of highwire events, there often is for the columnist, the feeling of standing lingeringly before a salad bar or a buffet of assorted cuisines. There’s much to be had, but alas, only so much can fit into the neat frame of our bodies in spite of our desires.
Even her aids and some operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, could not believe nor understand what the order Madam Farida Waziri had issued, meant.
The Institute of Planning Nigeria (IPN) is critical about the relegation of planning to the background, which the institute’s president, Dr McCarthy Ijiebo, says is responsible for the underdevelopment of Nigeria.
One obvious subject that has continued to elude the Nigerian nation is integration. Neither the political structure nor the law of the land is sufficiently positioned to redress the situation. The state of origin of every Nigerian has remained the most important ticket for getting anything.
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