Rehabilitating South Africa evacuees
The latest xenophobic violence in South Africa has again exposed the precarious existence of African migrants in a country that owes much of its liberation history to African solidarity. Nigerians and other foreigners have been harassed, threatened, and driven from homes and businesses by armed mobs and vigilantes. More disturbing is the apparent inability or […]
No, Not Money For AIDS
NEWS that more than N1.6 billion that should have gone into combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria could be missing or might have been misappropriated, should sadden anyone who has an idea of the challenges of Nigerians who suffer any of these pandemics.
The new driver’s licence, number plates controversy
Left to the Osita Chidoka-led Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) the number plates and driver’s licences currently in use would be phased out come 2012. Already, the minds of Nigerians are being prepared by officials of the Commission each time they have the opportunity to speak to the public, especially through the media.
The Nigeria, UK BASA row
For ages, especially since the once prosperous Nigeria Airways sank into oblivion, Nigerian air travellers to foreign countries have routinely suffered untold hardship in the hands of foreign airlines.
The Nigeria, UK BASA row
FOR ages, especially since the once prosperous Nigeria Airways sank into oblivion, Nigerian air travellers to foreign countries have routinely suffered untold hardship in the hands of foreign airlines.
Standardising the National Awards
ON Monday, November 14, 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan formally decorated the 354 members of the Nigerian elite, who won this year’s National Honours amidst pomp, pageantry and tight security in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
