How persons with disabilities are redefining Nigeria’s accessibility movement
"If someone still needs assistance to use a facility that was supposedly designed for them, then that objective has not been achieved."
My father’s casket wasn’t closed until I washed his head
There is no part of Lagos that some improvement is not being planned. People should be patient and remember that all would not be done in a day. We understand their fears but some fears are unwarranted. You know this is a democracy. People are entitled to their opinions. But what we must understand is that this government is an open-door government.
How man fleeced 86-yr-old grandma of N200m
These are not the best of times for an octogenarian close political associate of late Chief Obafemi Awolowo. The Chieftain of defunct Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) and grand daughter of Alafin of Oyo, Hon. (Dr.) Victoria Aliu Akinyele did not envisage that her twilight days would be that miserable.
Nigeria’s workplaces unsafe
*Workers fault FG on factories inspection at ILC By Funmi Komolafe, VictorAhiuma Young & Wahab Abdullah WITH globalisation, governments, especially in developing countries, have been been making efforts to attract foreign investments. That’s in order, you would say but at what cost? In an attempt to retain such investors, some governments have either just looked […]
How Orkar’s coup was planned by Turner Ogboru
In the morning of 22nd of April, I woke to pray in the house, as we woke to have our morning devotion. I heard a coup broadcast. It was in that coup broadcast that I heard there was a coup. And I did not know that the coup was in my house.
Why votes must count : CODER’s engagement from the rear
By Jide Ajani & Umoru Henry In another move predicated on a noble objective, some politicians, members of civil society and professionals have again come together to make attempt at setting Nigeria’s democracy on a firm footing insisting that the sanctity of votes is the answer. Interestingly, a miss-mash of politicians who appear to have […]
N-Delta: Where the President got it wrong, says Okogie
They’re given 60 days of cease fire, 60 days to make peace. If you go there, nobody will shoot you, look for one or two people, talk to a team, they might not open up, but at least, they will give you an idea. You can’t stop them. They need money, the admonitions will not help them. They need money.
Petroleum Bill: N-Delta Governors have impressed us, says Ikpomnwen
With out a doubt, the greatest problem of the Niger Delta has been neglect, complete absence of infrastructures and the fact that the people of the region are seen as irrelevant and inconsequential.
OIL BILL: FG has total contempt for Niger Delta people, says Prof Sagay
There is nothing about royalty for the people of the Niger Delta. There is nothing about the cleaning up of the environment which is more damaging to the communities. There is nothing about any condition of how Niger Delta states and communities can have a stake in the industry, for example, a provision that will allow them preference to some oil blocs which they can exploit so that they can have significant practice in the industry.
Kanu Heart Foundation to help 500 heart patients
Speaking during the official signing of the agreement, Kanu, Coordinator of the KHF, said the partnership arrangement had been in incubating for over year but got a break through in May 2009 in England when both parties finally agreed to collaborate in a partnership arrangement where 50 heart patients from the stable of the KHF will receive free open heart surgery every year in the Salam Center for Cardiac Surgery, at the Blue Nile area of Khartoum, Sudan.
Why I refused to quit Abacha govt, Jakande, at 80, opens up
Bola Ahmed Tinubu and MKO came to me here in this house and MKO said `they are my friends’. I told them that the ministry that suited me was ministry of works and housing and asked MKO that ‘these your soldier friends, when would they go?’ He said it won’t be long but Tinubu said it might be 12 months, it might be 15 months. I then said I would think about it.
Seven-Point Agenda: As public silence becomes noisy
NOBODY can write off the optimism that trailed Yar’Adua’s inaugural speech. It was inspirational, even as it raised the expectations of a people, used to mis- governance. Since then, promises made, are yet to translate to overwhelming prosperity. Not even the pledged generational shift, has been noticed in federal appointments-a reason why many have blamed […]
Lagos mega city: We are increasing our capacity to respond to people’s needs — Fashola
On Wednesday, July 8, the Lagos State governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) held an interactive session with print and electronic media executives in Lagos. The forum afforded the governor an opportunity to respond to a wide range of issues raised by the journalists on the mega city challenges confronting the State. Below are excerpts: OKADA […]
Africa not the crude caricature of a continent at war, by US president, Obama
Text of US President, Barack Obama’s speech to Ghana’s parliament, in Accra, today. IT is an honour for me to be in Accra, and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I’ve received, as are Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama. Ghana’s history is rich, […]
Life outside the creeks, by repentant militant leaders
By SAMUEL OYADONGHA Yenagoa – AFTER nearly three years of Spartan life in the deep mangrove swamp of the troubled Niger Delta, some of the militant leaders in Bayelsa State who, penultimate week, agreed to lay down their arms in deference to President Umaru Yar’Adua amnesty offer, have resorted to lying low for now pending […]
Greasing the wheels of partnership the NDDC way
By Judith Ufford VANGUARD Newspapers paved the way when it organised the first ever South-South: One Voice summit for the Niger Delta region In Port- Harcourt, Rivers State. Since then various groups and leaders and players in the region have bought into this vision. For example, the gathering of Niger Delta leaders for the first […]
