Nigeria is still a country where foreigners, such as Chinese, Indians, Lebanese, people of the Sahara and Sahelian region and even Ghanaians freely come and settle and carry on their economic activities without much regulation. In fact, in some parts of the country, Lebanese and other Arabs are far more welcome and are more at home than Nigerians from other parts of Nigeria.

Hardly does a week pass these days without one sad or near-tragic incident or the other being reported about our airports and aviation industry

Failing to get the Party’s ticket for the February governorship polls, Hon Ekwunife went to the Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA), secured its ticket to run against the PDP and other parties, and when she failed to get elected, she returned to her seat in the House of Reps as a PDP elected member. She never resigned to contest on PPA platform, and she never re-registered in the PDP when she returned. The same thing is true of Vice President Atiku Abubakar.

THE just concluded general elections in the United Kingdom were of great interest because Britain is one of the fountain wells of liberal democracy. However, when the results showed a hung parliament, the first time it was happening since 1974, it became even more interesting.

AT about 10am on Thursday, May 6th 2010, barely thirteen hours after late President Umaru Yar’ Adua exited from this mortal plane, former Acting President Goodluck Jonathan was sworn_in as the fourteenth President of Nigeria.