IT must be stated clearly that aviation authorities have statutory rights to decide which aircraft flies. They can also impose sanctions for infractions, in line with the law.

THE World Bank, under its concerns for our economy, public health, gender issues, and grabbed headlines again with the news that it was providing additional $120 million credit facility to Nigeria to boost water supply in some of her urban cities.

NIGERIA is reputed to have the second highest rate of road accidents among 193 countries and deaths from reckless driving are the third leading cause of death in Nigeria. In 2012, at least 473 persons died from a total of 1,115 vehicular accidents nationwide.

MANY discussions about the killings in Baga, Borno State totally miss the point. The contentions are more about the number of people killed, rather than wondering if soldiers complied with rules of engagements for such operations.

THE Federal Government appears to be in a giving mode. Its announced N5.747 billion for disbursement to victims of post-2011 election violence in nine States is another of the series of government ill-thought actions. The move was based on the report of the Sheikh Ahmed Lemu community on the crisis.

NIGERIANS are sharply divided over amnesty for terrorists who have held Northern Nigeria hostage. It is not the first time religious extremists are embarking on their avowed mission to force Islam on Nigeria, a multi-religious, secular state.

ONE of the biggest achievements of the House of Representatives – involving the people – in the constitution-making process is passing unnoticed because many Nigerians keep focusing on daily issues.

THE funeral service of Chief Oluwole Awolowo, scion of the Awolowo family, was another occasion for public officials to display their importance rather than pay their respects to the dead with the solemnity the event demanded.

RUMOURS are a big challenge facing the Bayelsa State Government. Governor Henry Seriake Dickson intends to counter rumours by law – spread rumours and be jailed.

AS the administration of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan approaches its mid-term, millions of Nigerians are in quandry on when the government they solidly voted for would deliver on its promises.

FOR how long would the stand off between the House of Representatives and Ms Arunma Oteh, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, last? It has lasted for too long that it no longer makes any sense. Who benefits from the confusion that has seen the House of Representatives insisting that it would not […]

THE impeachment of the former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Mr Jude Agbaso, by the Imo State House of Assembly on 28 March 2013 left many unanswered questions.

FOR Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher, the bell tolled and world leaders gathered to say goodbye to one of the strongest willed political leaders of the 20th century.

NATIONAL silence has enveloped the discovery that three players in the national U-17 team representing the country at the CAF U-17 competition in Morocco were disqualified. They failed the age detecting test CAF conducted at the competition venue.

THE National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, is the national agency with legal powers to vet, classify, and approve films and videos that are for distribution and exhibition in Nigeria.