Growing insurance in the years of turbulence
The world turns another decade next year! That is the first decade in the new millennium. As usual, a review of the past year and preview of the coming year provides ample insight into what ought to have happened, what ought not to have happened and what happened.
Maryam’s body arrives
The remains of the former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida, who died on Sunday, will be buried tomorrow, just as the Niger State Government has declared a three-day mourning for the people of the state, in her honour.
Akunyili: The real deal ?
IT definitely seemed like a mismatch when the announcement was made in December 2008. A professor of Pharmacy was going to be Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Communications.
Yar’Adua refuses Jonathan as Acting President
Political hawks have successfully convinced President Umaru Yar’Adua to endorse the Supplementary Budget to be operated till next March, and also worked on him not to sign another document to allow Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan act as President, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal.
How much can you tell your spouse?(4)
Virginity is a thing a woman can not discuss with her husband. In our own days, virginity was still accorded much respect and a woman who still has her’s was the pride of her husband. But all the same it did not really matter where the woman is not with it.
Fragile Niger Delta
STILL gloating over the peace it is said to have created in the Niger Delta, the Federal Government has again shown the shallowness of its engagements with Nigerians. The disarmament of the militants was an emergency measure solely for the survival of the economy. Only two months after the amnesty was closed, and with the […]
The conceptual status of the phrased- failed State (2)
By John Moyibi Amoda WHAT would we say specifically of societies in Africa? Why can’t we capture their political conditions through the concept of failed state? The reason this is a difficult theoretical enterprise is because security and order like other goals and objectives are projects. They are not an inheritance. This is why weak […]
Re-branding project, waste of tax payers’ money – Ihonvbere
According to him, “it is not the money or noise you make on television that gives you credibility. The quality of your product, the quality of your deliverability, the quality of leadership, the contentment of your citizens and the level of security in your country is what should matter.
Mutallab is our agent, we sent him, Says al-Qaeda
Al-Qaeda has claimed the failed December 25 bombing of a US-bound aircraft in a statement posted on an Islamist website yesterday, US monitoring organisations said.
Nations Cup: Only team work can see us through – Shittu
BOLTON Wanderer’s defensive bulwark, Daniel Shittu, has said that playing as a unit would be the only way that the Eagles can win the Nations Cup in Angola.
Terrorist Attack: US reviews security on aviation
The United States authorities in further attempt to prevent a repeat of 25th December incident have ordered investigation into two areas of aviation security, placing passengers on watch lists and screening before boarding.
