ON his familiarisation visit to the Lagos State Police Command on Thursday, 17th of September 2009, the new Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonna Onovo, disclosed that a Bill has been sent to the National Assembly to ensure the registration of the Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards that enable mobile telephone handset users to make […]

On Sallah day, Monday 21st of September 2009, Nigerians woke up to the sad news of the brutal murder of Mr Bayo Ohu, an Assistant Political Editor with The Guardian Newspapers in his Akowonjo suburb home a day earlier. According to reports, the gunmen entered his house in the morning while the family was preparing […]

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 […]