There are several categories of leaders we can talk about in oil producing communities in Nigeria. There are youth leaders, who usually provide leadership for the militant wing of the community; there are appointed or elected elders, most of whom are elders that are often a blend of illiterates, semi-literates and literates; and there are activists and agitators, some of whom are appointed by the respective communities, and some others gradually become leaders because of the prominence and visibility secured from their robust activism.

President Good-luck Jonathan, yesterday, commenced strategic moves to get the backing of organised labour for his presidential bid as the race for the nation’s number one job became more intense less than 12 days to the Presidential election.

A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, has restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from using Amb Rufus Oluwatoyin Akeju as the Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the coming elections for Osun State and directed INEC to immediately appoint another REC for the state.

The Federal Government would require N40 billion per annum to meet the challenge of training civil servants in the country, just as aviation professionals said lack of adequate manpower and succession plan in the Nigerian aviation industry was killing its growth.

Nigeria’s Super Eagles, still joyful at a harvest of goals in Sunday’s 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying victory over Ethiopia, take on the Harambee Stars in an international friendly match at the National Stadium, Abuja today(Tuesday).

THERE are enough reasons to be despondent if you have lived in these parts in the past 12 years. Elections have become more like circuses. They arrive and depart so quickly that we sometimes wonder whether they happened.

The naira again depreciated on Monday despite 50 per cent increase in foreign exchange supply by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority(NCAA), Dr Harold Olusegun Demuren recently spoke on various issues affecting the industry in Nigeria as it affects airlines, the agencies including the one from where he calls the shots, the challenges the ways forward and on top of it all the strides in ensuring that safety is given deserved priority by all the corporate stakeholders in the sector.

By CALEB AYANSINA  Abuja – A suspected informant alleged to have been working with the police on how to curb the activities of a prohibited religious sect in the northern part of the country, Boko Haram, was yesterday, docked by an Abuja magistrate court for inciting disturbance. Aliyu Tasheku was arraigned for conspiracy, belonging to […]

AHEAD of the general elections which begins with the National Assembly, Saturday, the Police High Command, yesterday, commenced the deployment of 600 patrol vans, armoured personnel carriers, bomb detonation vans and anti-terrorist equipment in all commands and Abuja with a view to ensuring security during and after the elections.

IN this piece I will focus on government in Africa. In a subsequent piece I will address the implications of the disquisition on government for governance in Africa.

IN Nigeria, allegations of corruption have in recent past placed the role of election tribunal in jeopardy. Election petitions, just like the ordinary day-to-day civil cases, are intended to be dealt with by tribunals consistently, fairly without bias or partiality.

To stem the incidence of malaria infections, the Lagos State government has reached an estimated 60,000 rooms in 15,000 households in the course of its on-going Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) exercise in three LGAs of the state.

Lifebuoy Health Soap, currently the world’s highest selling health soap, has re-entered the Nigerian market from the stable of Unilever Nigeria Plc. The relaunch held last week at the Eko Hotel and Suites was also an opportunity to demonstrate Lifebuoy’s social mission of hand washing with soap for public health.

ABUJA-The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, a few years ago is not a place to easily sight refuse dumps by the road side due to its nature as a preferred destination for meetings