DONU Kogbara, the veteran writer and daughter of the late Chief Ignatus Vibel Kogbara, the prominent Ogoni elite, is a courageous woman. Courage can be displayed when one either is doing good or evil, but it’s always good to demonstrate courage for good, for the health of society. Reading Donu’s convulsion in the Vanguard newspaper of Sunday, June 4, 2009, under the title, “The Forgotten Four”, stirred my mind.

By OMOH GABRIEL Business Editor THE orgainsed private sector  weekend spoke of their expectation of the new CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. In a statement signed by its president, Asiwaju Solomon Kayode Onafowokan, the body of business men based in Lagos wanted the new CBN governor to pay particular attention to the following areas in […]

fter about two weeks of orchestrated media campaign, Hon. Dino Melaye (PDP/Kogi) finally convinced many Nigerians that Hon. Tunde Akogun and Hon. Emeka Ihedioha (PDP/Imo) would be removed as principal officers of the House of Representatives last Tuesday. Akogun is the majority leader of the House while Ihedioha is chief whip Melaye had accused the two men of embezzling a good portion of N310 million voted for the “10 years of un-interrupted democracy in Nigeria” celebration and the last House retreat.

Mr. Abimbola Odunsanya is the chairman, Lagos chapter of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, a tax practitioner and financial analyst. In this interview, he speaks on how an effective tax system can become an alternative revenue earner for the government and help drive the country’s economy especially with the dwindling fortune of the oil price

Obong Umana Okon Umana, Secretary to the Government of Akwa Ibom State, brings to bare, in this interview, the policy rationale behind the state administration’s development agenda

Senator Odion Ugbesia erstwhile Minister of Solid Minerals and political scion of the Anenih political clan has
maintained a dignified silence since his gubernatorial aspiration to the Edo Government House was derailed in
2007. By nearly all accounts erstwhile President Olusegun Obasanjo was largely responsible. Now settled in the
Senate, Ugbesia in his first major interview speaks on the frosty relationship he had with former Governor
Oserheimen Osunbor, the Senate’s plans for the review of the constitution and the state of affairs in the Edo
State chapter of the PDP. Excerpts:

DIRERCTOR general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr. Ade Dosunmu, has restated the agency’s commitment for inter-agency collaboration to ensure effective implementation of government policies in the Nigerian maritime sector.

By IFEYINWA OBI IN their effort to salvage the Nigerian economy, the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigerian Custom Service had made seizures of 15,000 pieces of Nigerian, American and phonographic films.

Rangers Interna tional FC Technical Adviser Christian Chukwu believes the Super Eagles chance of qualifying for 2010 World Cup would have been easier if the players had defeated the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia at the Rades stadium in Tunisia last weekend.

BARELY 48 hours after deposing two traditional rulers for allegedly aiding and abetting kidnapping in the state, Abia state Government has banned motorcyclists, popularly known as Okada from operating in certain areas of the state.