NIGERIA is one of the world’s poorest countries. One`fifth of Africa’s population is in Nigeria; two thirds of Nigerians, over 80 million people, live on less than $1 per day. One in five Nigerian children dies before its fifth birthday. A 2005 study noted the intensity of the poverty in Nigeria thus, “80 to 90 […]

RAMADAN, which has just ended, is a time for self-examination and increased religious devotion to the Almighty Allah. The fasting ends when the new moon is again sighted and the Ramadan Kareemeasting and the exchange of gifts follow. During Ramadan, Muslims continued with their prayers five times a day, but after the night prayer is […]

THE Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is a behemoth in every sense. It has governors in 28 States and the numbers keep increasing through the subterfuge that sees governors decamping to the party. The Houses of Assembly of those States are in PDP’s control. At the National Assembly, PDP has overwhelming hold with 89 senators and […]

NOT many would have known Honourable Chinyere Igwe, Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights, until he slapped his way to fame last week. The crown for the first slap at the National Assembly belongs to Distinguished Senator Isa Mohammed who in October 2004 unleashed his fury on Distinguished Senator Iyabo […]

CHIEF Ganiyu Fawehinmi’s death brought foes and friends to extol him. Nobody can afford to be indifferent to a man who defined the law and extended the frontiers of justice. Those who rate him the most committed activist in Nigeria’s human rights activism understate the man. What defined Gani? Was it just his activism? Was […]