By Solagberu Mustapha Nigeria got her full independence on 1st October, 1960 under a constitution that provided for the parliamentary system of government with legislative powers vested in a bicameral parliament, executive power in a prime minister and cabinet, and judicial authority in a Federal Supreme Court. The NCNC headed by Nnamdi Azikiwe who took […]

By Moruff Adenekan Nigeria, a country of many nations destined by God to be together. A country made up of two separate protectorates amalgamated by the colonialists in 1914. An arrangement agreed to by our foremost nationalists and being perfected by contemporary generation, who are the beneficiaries of this old resolve to co-exist as a […]

By Emmanuel Ikechukwu-Jonathan, JP In keeping with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) demand for governments across the world to ensure that people are not denied access to health services they need simply because they cannot afford or access such services, the government of Enugu state under the able leadership of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has fulfilled […]

INDIA practises a robust democracy, the largest on planet earth, to guide its one billion-plus citizens spread over a subcontinent territory. But the country still has the presence of vision to capture the view that science and technology can’t be placed in the background even in the face of the divisive and capricious politics India battles regularly.

THE Lugardian contraption called Nigeria has come of age. Hasn’t it existed for over a century? It was in 1914 that the Southern and Northern protectorates were amalgamated, and the geographical space was called Nigeria. So, Nigeria is a disparate political entity and a conglomeration of ethnic nationalities. And for a considerable length of time, the geographical space, which was christened Nigeria by Flora Shaw, was a British colony.