Stunted Potentials Hobble Our Nation
Nigeria is a country devastated by poverty, insecurity, corruption and terrorism. The governance challenges are immense, while much of public policies now deliver poor outcomes. The budgeting process is a…
Rivers Crisis: Amaechi – PDP Feud Lingers
Attempts by the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to instil order to its troubled fold have crashed, after both Chairman of the chapter, Hon Felix Obuah…
NDLEA Arrests Bricklayer With Cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday announced the arrest of a 46-year old bricklayer from Alor Village in Anambra State for attempting to smuggle 2.07kg of cocaine…
Help Phase Out Piracy, Tuface Begs Nigerians
Legendary Nigerian music artiste Innocent Idibia, better known as Tuface, has urged Nigerians to avoid purchasing pirated intellectual materials same way they would adulterated drugs. Speaking on Friday with the…
The politics of “deportation”
It is unlikely that the crisis generated by the “deportation” of some Nigerians from Lagos to Anambra State will abate anytime soon. Even though we are a nation of short…
Tin God: The Macabre Dance of The Nation Newspaper
The Nation Newspaper in its edition of August 8, 2013 published a shocking and mischief-laden editorial with the title, “Tin god.” It was a brazen, jaundiced, politically motivated and malicious…
Fuel Crisis Loom…As importers groan under delayed payment and accumulated bank charges.
Unless the Federal Ministry of Finance reviews its strategy and adopts a new approach which will enthrone a faster method of paying oil marketing and importing companies their accumulated arrears,…
The Anti-Poor Policies of Governor Fashola Of Lagos State
Editor: The attention of the Civil Liberties Orgnaisation (CLO) has been drawn to the recent deportation of Nigerian citizens from Lagos state to Onitsha, Anambra state, few weeks ago and…
Governor Elechi Sacks Commissioner, Personal Aide
Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi has dismissed the Commissioner of Environment in the state, Dr Paul Okorie, for acting inconsistently with his office mandate. A statement signed by the state…
The Bitter Truth About The Igbo
Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the igbo and the…