Nigerians were surprised — when the Federal Government, on Tuesday, September 4, announced the lifting of the suspension on the flight operations of Dana Airlines. Coming exactly 93 days after its Flight 992 crashed in Iju-Ishaga on the outskirts of metropolitan Lagos, with all 153 on board and another six on ground killed in a tragedy officially tagged the worst airline accident this year worldwide, mixed reactions were bound to follow in its wake, and they did.

The Federal Government has made known its intention to unveil a National Integrated Master Plan in the near future. It will be a combined effort among the Ministry of National Planning, the Ministry of Trade and Investment and the moribund Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Agency (ICRC).

FOR many Nigerians, Tuesday, August 28, 2012, when news filtered out that one of the most promising ministers in the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan, Professor Bartholomew Nnaji, had resigned and the President immediately accepted he should go, it was total disbelief and shock.

Ogoniland is, once again, sliding into a slippery terrain nearly 18 years after Ken Saro-Wiwa and other eight leaders of the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) were hanged, thus bringing to a climax the first uprising of this oil-rich part of Rivers State.

TO most members of the public it is The National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos; venue of iconic national and international football matches from where legendary commentators such as Ernest Okonkwo, Ishola Folorunso, Kevin Ejiofor and others thrilled Nigerians with their microphone artistry.

ON Monday, September 3, 2012, the President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and other top officials in tow, launched the second edition of the Youth Enterprises With Innovation (YOUWIN2) at the Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.

OUR attention has been drawn to the controversy over allegations that the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Nurudeen Mohammed, described Nigeria as “an Islamic country with the largest Christian population.”

YET another avoidable natural disaster has necessitated this question once again: How much do the government and people of Nigeria value the lives and dignity of Nigerian citizens?

YET another avoidable natural disaster has necessitated this question once again: How much do the government and people of Nigeria value the lives and dignity of Nigerian citizens? A recent spate of heavy rains led to the release, by the Republic of Cameroun of excess water from its Lagdo Dam, which occasioned deadly flooding down its course, wreaking havoc as it claimed no less than 10 lives and rendered over 20,000 Nigerians homeless in Adamawa State.

The transition to immortality of great persons like Apple co-pioneer, Steve Jobs and American ace astronaut, Neil Armstrong, conjure both emotions and special historical moments.