Protecting NAF helicopter crash community
The crash of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft at Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area, Ondo State, on 5th October 2026, was a national tragedy. The ATR-42, travelling from Benin City to Lagos, plunged into a swampy stretch of the Igbokoda River, killing all 25 people aboard. While the nation mourns the victims, the surrounding community […]
Vision aborted, transformation awaited
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan knows about renewed hope. “I bring to you today, a message of renewed hope and faith in the immense possibilities that lie ahead,” he told Nigerians in his 52nd independence anniversary broadcast.
At 52, the search continues
THERE must be something great about Nigeria. Or there should be a uniqueness about Nigeria that makes it defy predictions about its pendulous greatness or the immensity of its proclivities for fumbling.
CBN learns nothing
IF the Central Bank of Nigeria thinks publishing the list of top bank debtors indicates it is doing its work, it has failed to understand the huge debts owed banks is a mark of failure of the regulator. Where else does the Central Bank wait for banks to accumulate bad debts?
More education on traffic laws
THE new Lagos State traffic law if executed to the letters will soon take up all the prison spaces in the country. The lesson may just be that awareness about traffic laws is so low that governments should invest more on education if they intend to make the roads safer.
16 years of honouring paralympians
WHAT do Nigerians make of the money and national honours President Goodluck Jonathan splashed on paralympians after their victories in London? Are celebrations of the paralympians over, as they were in 1996?
