However, SAP’s shock treatment appeared more drastic than the patient could well tolerate – massive doses of devaluation which disgraced the Naira; tough credit squeeze which reduced profitable investment and income policy that affected effective domestic demand.

Just as millions wallow in penury, we hear of billions been stolen, we hear of scandals – Siemens, Halliburton, failed banks etc. For the common man it is “when I turn here, the rain falls on me, I turn there, the sun shines on me … I can only go beyond and forget,” as the poet mourned a grave situation, so hopeless that only death could end his own sorrow too.

NIGERIANS who talk about revolutions should be interested in the revolutions taking place in the judiciary, especially as they affect bail conditions for suspects. Under what most judges term “stringent bail conditions” suspects are given conditions that are almost impossible to meet. From the fantabulous sums to the calibre of persons who should be sureties, […]

By Solomon Nwoke FORMER African fastest woman, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi is so sure that the present Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) boss, Chief Solomon Ogba has the capacity to turn- around the lot of athletics in the country.

Until his new appoitment as Inspector-General of Police, last night, then Deputy Inspector-General in charge Administration, Ogbonna Onovo, responding on behalf of officers and men of the force described the outgoing Inspector-General as a child of destiny pointing out that from the work he has done since becoming the IG, “we can say that he came, saw and conquered”.

JUST as the call for Austin Jay Jay Okocha to return to the Eagles gathers momentum, ex-international, Binebi Numa, has warned him not to succumb to temptation. “Those who are calling on Okocha to come-back are saboteurs.

JOINT Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, yesterday, debunked the conjecture that the security outfit would arrest or kill any militant that renounced militancy and surrendered his arms and ammunition to the Presidential Committee on Amnesty.

“Henceforth, proceeds of all non-oil exports must be fully repatriated within 180 days from the date of shipment, while the repatriation of proceeds of oil exports remains within 90 days from the date of shipment.

By Inalegwu Shaibu ABUJA – The Senate has expressed its dissatisfaction with the poor implementation of the 2009 budget by President Umaru Yar’Adua, particularly the non-implementation of the N60 billion constituency projects. The Senate also, yesterday, disclosed that it would scrutinise the 2009 budget to ascertain the level of implementation with a view to find […]

By Kenneth Ehigiator Zaria – The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has dismissed one of its staff (names withheld) involved in examination malpractice that recently rocked the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. Although NCAT prepares its students for licensing examinations, the regulatory agency has the statutory responsibilities for conduc-ting the examinations. […]