Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday in the United States (U.S.) cautioned those playing the ethnic card in favour of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Olubunmi Etteh. Soyinka rejected the...
Expectations of drama were high. And the House of Representatives session lived up to the billing yesterday. For about one-and-a-half hours, the House of Representatives Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, was held...
Ailing infrastructure in the aviation sector may soon be rehabilitated as the World Bank has approved an International Development Association (IDA) credit of N5.87 billion ($46.65 million) for Nigeria under the West...
Plagued by a recurrent unemployment nightmare, graduates of Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions now see Information and Communications Technology, (ICT) as an escape route from the bizarre situation....
By Dr. Olu Onagoruwa Yar'Adua's emergence into the Federal Political System was controversial. There is a general belief that his election was rigged by General Olusegun Obasanjo, Professor Iwu and INEC, who...
Nigeria was at the weekend the toast of international community as over 900 Women Entrepreneurs and professionals gathered at an International Conference in Deauville, France to share from Nigeria 's strategies and...
The pipeline fire, which began in the early hours of Friday, at a vandalised condensate pipeline in the outskirts of Otor-Udu, Ughelli South Local Council, Delta State, was finally put out yesterday by a contingent of...
The quagmire of Medicare in NigeriaBy Andrew Obinna OnyearuOne of the most disturbing features of life in Nigeria is the abject state of the medical facilities and dispensation of medicare in the country. This...
In order to effectively tackle the multifaceted problems bedevilling the country’s education sector, the Yar’Adua administration is expected to embark on far reaching reforms. However, the reformation of...
When General Yakubu Gowon was asked what he thought was the solution to the crisis situation in the 1960s, he replied crisply saying it was in "Willink". The Willink Commission whose recommendations were...
The Paradigm of Change in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Speaking recently at a public event, Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe articulated what is now emerging as one of the focal points...
A United States-based nongovernmental organisation, Human Rights Watch, has said that politics in Nigeria is mired in corruption and violence. It therefore called on the international community to deny visa to all...