SINCE the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Professor Dora Akunyili came up with her project to re-brand Nigeria’s image, there has been sporadic responses about whether or not the project would succeed. So far, the scepticisms expressed by some people are far more than optimisms.

By Babs Alasa THE economy of Nigeria, the “Giant of Africa,” is currently in a big slumber; and like all giants that have fallen, it is having difficulties getting up. The economy is in such bad state of health that all major indicators are pointing in the negative direction. Unemployment rate is well over 40 […]

By Erasmus Ikhide WHAT a pity that a behemoth of crisis that the PDP epitomises, especially as it relates to electoral fraud and outright failure to salvage the critical imbalances in the political space that are capable of derailing and truncating the nascent democracy never learnt to operate away from self-induced electoral fraud! Part of […]

THE hue and cry towards the 2011 elections has come to the fore due to our rough election experiences since 1999. One event that has lowered our national prestige in recent times, among the comity of nations is the ridiculous pattern of our elections which has given rise to misfits in power.

DESCRIBING the allegations by Nwagboso’s detractors to the effect that he was being investigated by the Code of Conduct Bureau as unfounded, Chief Ahakunna re-affirmed the position of the Community that they have inquired and conscien-tiously believe and affirm that as at date, the Code of Conduct Bureau has neither invited Nwagboso nor written to the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on any pending investigation as to suffice an indictment.

By Chikezie Odinkemere SEQUEL to the deferment of the Senate confirmation of Barrister Aloysius Nwagboso the Presidential nominee representing Abia State on the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) pending the resumption of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, there have been some misrepresentations and insinuations by disgruntled and self-seeking […]

By Adewale Kupoluyi FOR almost two months now, Nigerian public universities have become desolate and crippled due to strike actions embarked upon by all the staff unions agitating for better funding, increased workers’ pay, autonomy and for the refusal of the Federal Government to sign the 2001 negotiated Memorandum of Understanding, articulating the unions’ requests. […]

By Babs Alasa IT is saddening and disheartening that some privileged Nigerians who ought to know better, should trivialise a very serious issue that borders on the health of the nation’s financial sector and the economy at large. Otherwise, why should any rational Nigerian fan the embers of disunity by attributing the laudable measures taken […]

THOSE who describe history as the account of exploits of courageous men and women may well be right. For, there comes a time in the life of a people when the fortunes of a protagonist and that of the larger society interweave.

THE survival of a nation depends on the good its leadership can bring to bear on the people of the nation.