Nigeria and the illusion of independence
Now, although the analogy between the growth trajectory or pattern of a human being and a country can be taken too far if care is not taken, it is legitimate to expect that at 49, a country should have sorted out certain fundamentals of nation-building in its evolutionary development.
Amnesty deadline : Militants in last minute rush to surrender
*Ateke Tom’s men leave creeks for Port Harcourt *Tompolo scheduled to meet Yar’Adua Don’t rejoice yet, MEND tells FG By Emma Amaize, George Onah and agency reports THE zero hour is here : The deadline given militants on June 26, 2009, by President Umaru Yar’Adua to lay down their arms and be granted amnesty. As […]
Vision 2020: ‘Policies not targeted at peasant farming would fail’
COULD you give us an update of your centre’s activities aimed at revitalizing agriculture in the country?
Well, the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Development (CSAD) has been on for quite sometime now especially in the areas where we want to make sure farmers understand what is happening. We live in a society where the distance of the farmers from a centre of activity is too wide. So, the centre was born to bridge that gap.
FIFA not fair to Nigerian referees – Ogufere
NATIONAL President of Association of Sports Veterans of Nigeria, Mr. Jonathan Ogufere says Nigerian referees are not the most corrupt as erroneously being rated by many including international bodies.
NSC calls for sports department in African Union
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has called on the African Union to create a Sports Department to enhance a speedy growth of sports in the continent. This will be the main agenda as over 50 sports ministers across the continent converge in Abuja next Monday for the commencement of the 3rd African Ministers’ Conference which holds between October 12 and 19.
Fashola assures of speedy resolution of Lagos teachers strike
PUBLIC schools in Lagos, shut as a result of the on-going strike by the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Union of teachers (NUT), will soon reopen, going by the assurance given by Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN). Fashola, just back from a tour of the Middle-East and North America, told newsmen at the Government House, […]
