The Federal Government on Wednesday, cautioned the former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on his protracted conflict with the Police Force. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo...
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Soyinka rejects national merit award prize money, keeps plaque
* Says Supreme Court has wounded us * Donates money to justicesNOBEL Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday announced that he was rejecting the money that goes with the Nigerian...
Yar’Adua Honours Soyinka, Two Others With Merit Awards
Nigeria on Tuesday honoured Wole Soyinka for his achievements in the humanities, 22 years after the playwright also known as Kongi received the Nobel Prize for Literature. President Umaru Yar'Adua gave him the...
Budget 2009 is not right
There are several pitfalls in the 2009 Federal Budget. The most scandalous of this has resulted in the unwarranted haggling over inclusion of constituency projects in the Appropriation Bill. The so-called constituency...
THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY AND ELECTION RIGGINGS IN NIGERIA
We have done it again, in the land of the giants. Giant of Africa, that is. For me as a Nigerian although living in Europe, it is a sad day. Sad day that the people of Nigeria’s voice have finally been declared...
Nigeria’s President Pledges Electoral Reforms
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua says he would speed up electoral reforms after surviving a legal challenge to his election. President Umaru Yar'Adua welcomed the Supreme Court verdict which affirmed his...
Nigerian Leader Says Corruption ‘Major National Problem’
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua says corruption is widespread in Nigeria and efforts to tackle graft must take on a new urgency. Speaking Wednesday at the launch of an anti-corruption campaign, President Umaru...
Traders get free medical check-up
Traders at Alade Market on Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos State were beneficiaries of a free medical service put together by members of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS).The Ikeja sub-zone of NAS provided the free...
Nigerian Author Brings African Folklore to American Children
African folklore is often passed down for years through different generations. It is common that in most households the grand parents will seat the children around the fire and tell stories of adventure and mystery...
Nigeria’s Central Bank Says ‘No Cause for Alarm’ as Naira Sinks
Nigeria’s central bank said there’s “no cause for alarm” after its policy of restricting the supply of dollars caused the naira to plunge and foreign- exchange trading between banks to seize up....
Unholy Pursuit – By Wole Soyinka
THE news reached me in Canada where I was participating in a conference whose theme, with a humiliating appropriateness was - Understanding Nigeria. I do not recollect when last I focused all my psychic energies so...
Hogwash about Fuel Prices – Behind The Figures
The Federal Government has just put itself in a sticky mess. On Wednesday, last week, it attempted to justify its refusal to reduce the price of fuel products (petrol and kerosene) on the grounds that the domestic...