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 […]
Another two years to kill polio
The Federal Government has set another two years for the eradication of the obstinate polio virus from the country. This happened when Microsoft chief and Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Mr. Bill Gates, led his team to pay a courtesy visit to President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday, September 29, 2011.
Tasks before CJN
IN the history of Nigeria since independence, the judiciary has never been exposed to the kind of public opprobrium it experienced at the twilight of the tenure of the immediate-past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu.
Nigeria @ 51: Matters recurrent
NIGERIA celebrated its 51st independence anniversary on a rather sober and scarry note as the Federal Government shelved all funfair that should accompany such an event.
Onitsha river port – at last!
From all indications, there is every reason to hope that at last the river port facility at Onitsha will soon be completed and put to use. The Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar, while inspecting the level of work at the site recently, disclosed to newsmen that President Goodluck Jonathan is likely to cut the tape to activate the port in October this year.
War on pre-registered SIM cards
With the Wednesday, September 28, 2011 deadline for the blocking of all unregistered Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) Cards in Nigeria fast approaching, the news that some ignorant or unscrupulous elements have started buying and selling pre-registered SIM cards comes as a major setback in meeting the objectives of the exercise.
