Thereis increasing polarization of views about what they gave us and what we want. They refers to those who have governed this country, and we refers to the people, the citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The bone of contention is the Constitution in the context of what amendments the National Assembly wants to undertake and how qualified they are to do so.

I was almost ready for the office when my door-bell went persistently. Annoyed that the driver’s been locked out by the maid again, I went to the door with my face half made-up. The man standing on my door-step looked as though he’d been given a thorough beating by a gang of armed robbers.

PROTEST by aviation workers yesterday almost aborted the handing over of the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, to Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited, builders and managers of MMA2. This came as aviation minister, Babatunde Omotoba, also issued a statement dismissing Arik Air’s claim that he was directed by the attorney-general and […]

It’s a sound argument that every living thing has a home. For plants, it’s a special terrain, climate and atmosphere that determine the location of the home. For animals it’s more or less the same, you can be a hot weather species or cold one, you could inhabit the deep or the land but a home to a human being is a lot more different.

BUT then, why should a bank give out billions of naira in unsecured loans? Why should top bank officials abuse their privileged positions by using tricks to approve huge loans to themselves and their cronies without adequate security backing?