The nationality question
What does it mean to be a Nigerian? This question may seem clearly resolved in the Nigerian constitution: anyone born, whose forebears as at October 1 1960, had roots in any portion of the land which as at January 1914 became amalgamated as the Union of the old protectorates of Southern and Northern Nigeria. Such a person is a Nigerian by birth and has every right pertaining thereto that affiliation guaranteed under the bill of rights. But there are cleavages in the national imagination that make this question increasingly unresolved and academic.
Super Cup defeat saddens ‘Unlucky’ Mourinho
Jose Mourinho has insisted he is ‘unlucky’ after ten-man Chelsea lost 5-4 on penalties to Pep Guardiola’s Bayern Munich in Friday’s UEFA Super Cup final in Prague.
Assassins murder union leader’s 14-year-old son in Akure
A teenager, Oluwaseyi Adelegan, 14, was on Friday murdered by unknown assailants at his father’s house in Akure.
S.Africa government denies Mandela discharged
South Africa’s presidency on Saturday denied reports that Nelson Mandela had been discharged from hospital and had returned to his Johannesburg home.
Kano groaning under epileptic power supply
…Improved power boosting businesses in Kaduna
Kano is one of the states in the federation that is groaning under epileptic power supply . According to statistics made available by manufacturers, the Ministry of Power was supposed to supply Kano zone that comprises Katsina, Jigawa , Kano and Niger Republic with 8 percent of the total power generation based on distribution formula, but what was being handed to the zone was just 3 percent.
We’re committed to effective power supply – Nebo
The Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo has applauded the successes already recorded in the power sector transformation agenda. Professor Nebo who spoke with a cross section of the Nigerian media recently in Abuja said that slow and steady progress has been recorded especially in government’s efforts to boost power supply in some parts of the country.
