Nigeria was ranked “the third fastest growing economy in the world after China and India by the (IMF) in 2009.” It further projects a growth of 9% in 2008 and 8.3% in 2009. The IMF further projects a 8% growth in the Nigerian economy in 2011.

Geography, Power, and Politics in Nigeria NIGERIA is a state of wide cultural diversity consisting of several distinct ethnic groups. What role do these ethnic ethnic groups play in Nigerian politics and what impact do they have on political developments in Nigeria? The issue involved here is whether or not the Nigerian federation is being hobbled by the centrifugal tendencies and activities of these ethnic groups.

Former Minister of the Federal Capital Ministry, FCT, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, presented this paper entitled ‘Perspectives on the cost of governance in a democracy’ at the biennial conference of the Nigeria Guild of Editors in Benin City last week.

It is exactly 141 days since Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, launched its bid to get the April 16 general election that brought President Goodluck Jonathan of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, into power, nullified.

It was a whimsical dismissal of the invitation! The leadership of Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, had sent words to Governor Magartakda Wamako of Sokoto State to appear before it. The governor, seeking counsel from well-informed stakeholders in the anti-corruption war in the country, was advised to ignore the invitation. The governor acted in like manner based on the counsel.Nothing has happened! And, nothing may happen! The information at the disposal of Sunday Vanguard is as unbelievable as it is ridiculous. But the pieces of information are true, very true.