Right-sizing the map of Africa
The United Nations General Assembly has, for the first time, formally endorsed a global shift away from the centuries-old Mercator map in favour of projections that show Africa—and other equatorial regions—in their true relative size. This “Correct the Map” resolution, spearheaded by Togo on behalf of the African Group and backed by the African Union, […]
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.
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.
Beyond tinkering with our national security
THE concept of using violence on innocent and defenceless people as a bargaining chip, especially over religious and secular issues is novel to Nigeria. Security agents are now faced with a massive challenge combating non-state actors that can be essentially classified as invisible enemies with no defined leadership, rational and plausible agenda.
Show of shame in Enugu
ON Thursday, September 8, 2011, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwahid Omar and his counterpart, President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Comrade Peter Esele, were scheduled to lead other national labour leaders to join the Enugu State chapter to a grand rally at the Workers Square of the State Secretariat, Enugu.
As cement prices return to rooftops
The construction of roads, infrastructure and housing is reeling again under a vicious resurgence of cement prices. Reports have it that in many parts of the country, especially the Lagos metropolis, where development of housing projects is proceeding at a frenetic pace, a bag of cement now goes for as a high as N2,800 per bag.
