ECOWAS — beyond the glitter of new edifices
President Bola Tinubu’s ribbon-cutting for a gleaming new ECOWAS headquarters in Abuja offered a flattering image of ambition — but brick and glass do not heal the fractures that threaten the community’s very purpose. Fifty-one years after its founding in 1975 in Lagos to promote economic integration, collective security, free movement and democratic stability across […]
Proliferation of airports
ALHAJI Tanko Al Makura, the Governor of Nasarawa State, has decided to shrug off criticisms and build a cargo airport in the state capital, Lafia. He has already signed a memorandum of understanding with a Chinese company, Tongyi Engineering Group, towards the actualisation of his dream.
Making Apapa traffic gridlock a priority
THE motion raised by Senator Oluremi Tinubu on the floor of the Senate recently about the need for the Federal Government to expedite action on the rehabilitation of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway must be seen as a national priority.
Gamaliel Onosode: The exit of Mister Integrity
ON Friday October 16, 2015, leading members of corporate Nigeria, family members and well-wishers gathered in Lagos to bid farewell to a man who had variously been described as Mr Clean, Mr Integrity, Mr Straight and Mr Honesty.
Countering Boko Haram propaganda
VICE President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, recently disclosed the intention of the Federal Government to set up a communication centre to provide adequate information to counter the violent propaganda of Boko Haram Islamist insurgents.
Upsurge of violent robberies in Lagos
Dare-devil armed robbers recently invaded a bank in FESTAC area of Lagos. Numbering over 40 and clad in military camouflage, they operated unchallenged for hours, carting away millions of Naira. Three lives were lost, including a mother and her toddler.
