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...
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 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 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 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...
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 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....
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...
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...
Nigeria took the first major step this week toward rewriting its constitution. It is the third such attempt in under a decade to bolster democracy in the country. From the Nigerian capital, Abuja, Gilbert da Costa...
Oil has made us billions and fuelled our economic stability, but oil has also become the bane of our existence. For some, it is a curse that has caused poverty and corruption, but for others it is an essential source...
A four-man military panel in Nigeria is investigating an assault earlier this month by navy men on a woman for allegedly failing to make way for their boss in traffic. The widely reported attack is not an isolated...