Coping with the flood menace
The torrential rains that pounded Lagos, Ogun, Rivers and several parts of southern Nigeria on 30th June were not merely another episode of seasonal downpours. They were a damning reminder that Nigeria has learnt little from decades of recurring flood disasters. As roads disappeared beneath raging waters, homes were submerged, businesses grounded and thousands of […]
Boko Haram bomb factory find
After the United Nations House was bombed in Abuja on Friday, August 26th 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan summoned the heads of the Security agencies to an emergency meeting in Aso Villa.
Chinua Achebe’s sterling example
From far away United States of America, one of Nigeria’s literary giants and ambassadors of honour, Professor Chinualumogu Achebe, has set another good example.
Demuren’s new deal for air travellers
IF what Dr. Harold Demuren, the Director- General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, said recently is anything to go by, then air travellers in Nigeria are on their way to assuming the status of “customer as king.”
Sanitising NDDC
THE third Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) under the chairmanship of Air Vice-Marshal Larry Koinyan was finally dissolved on September 13, 2011, after an intractable and distracting power play, petition writing and allegations of misdemeanour among the top echelon of the commission.
National Assembly and the nation’s security challenge
AS the two chambers of the National Assembly resumed plenary after a long break, what is confronting them is another daunting task of national cohesion through law making.
