

Al-Makura aims at national economic role for NasarawaNasarawa State governor, Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, has said his administration intends to place the state on a path to becoming a player in the global ... Continue reading... |
NCC clamps down on illegal phones sellers in LagosThe Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) sealed off the offices of two illegal companies that deals on sale of mobile phones at the popular Computer Village in Lagos at the ... Continue reading... |
Henry Dickson resigns from RepsGovernor Henry Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state yesterday formally resigned his position as member of the House of ... Continue reading... |
Lawmaker denies involvement in plot to impeach Imo SpeakerA member of the Imo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Eudora Igwe, has denied involvement in the alleged impeachment plot to unseat the Speaker, Hon. Ben ... Continue reading... |
Boko Haram: Symptom of the crisis in our nation-building project (III)In the last instalment I opined that several groups and individuals are withdrawing from the Nigeria project into primordial identities where they seek to construct meanings for the existentialist crisis engendered by a confluence of the severe quagmire in the ... Continue reading... |
Rich nation, poor peopleIt is easy to misunderstand my position on the grim report of the National Bureau of Statistics on the deteriorating standards of living in Nigeria. I must therefore state it clearly that there is indeed unjustified abject poverty in ... Continue reading... |
Ogba calls for overhaul of sports administrationChief Solomon Ogba, President, Athletic Federation of Nigeria (AFN), yesterday in Benin called for the overhaul of sports administration in the ... Continue reading... |
Cyclists blame poor preparation for dismal outingThe six cyclists that represented the country at the 2nd ECOWAS International Cycling Tour say they did not perform to expectation because of poor preparation for the ... Continue reading... |
Light from the EastAn exciting exhibition on the traditional Igbo household is on display at the Owerri museum, and it draws attention to some cherished Igbo and Nigerian values, which are slowly vanishing before our very eyes. Here is some light, some illumination ... Continue reading... |
Auchi: ‘When rain comes, we wake up’Over the past one year the erosion menace in Auchi, Edo State, has worsened with the gullies widening and deepening, and houses collapsing into it. There are countless human migrations to safer parts of the town, with many inhabitants dying ... Continue reading... |
Group advocates’ rural communities involvement in council budgetingA Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Human Development Initiative (HDI) on Tuesday called for the involvement of FCT rural communities in area councils’ budget preparation and implementation to ensure that top development needs of the people are ... Continue reading... |
AEPB to commence house-to-house inspectionsThe Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) will on Saturday commence an intensive city wide house-to- house inspection in ... Continue reading... |
The resurgence of MENDAnyone who thought that the last had been heard of the violent activity of militants in the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) following a generous 2009 amnesty programme would have cause to re-examine their position after ... Continue reading... |
The Koton-Karfe prison raidA group of estimated twenty gunmen recently attacked the Koton-Karfe prison in in Kogi State, killing one prison warder and setting 119 inmates free. According to reports, the gunmen riding on motorcycles exploded a device on the prison’s gate, blowing ... Continue reading... |
Sai Alu and questions over generosityAbout two weeks ago in the run up to the Sokoto State governorship election which Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, popularly hailed as ‘Sai Alu!’, won so handsomely five days ago, the NTA showed a clip of Wamakko’s campaign outing in Sokoto ... Continue reading... |
Electricity tariffs go up, again!Amid apparent, ever pervasive darkness in homes and offices across Nigeria for decades, the latest announcement by the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) in conjunction with the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), to jack up electricity tariffs in the ... Continue reading... |
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Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, who is in Senegal to observe and help mediate a solution to this weekend’s contentious election, spent his first day in the country yesterday meeting opposition candidates.
There is perhaps no better time to analyze the implication of social media for Nigeria than at this moment in time. After all, the biggest of the social media companies, Facebook, just announced its intention to go public a few weeks ago, via the American security process of an initial...
Read moreMy name is Mr. Adeniji Femi. I am the General Secretary of Nigeria Union in the Czech Republic. I am writing this mail to inform you that after your publication on October 31, 2011 concerning the case of more than 100 Nigerians currently languishing in Czech Republic prisons. I personally...
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