By Odunayo Joseph There is no doubt that the ossified profligacy and the reckless urge for sharing rather than baking of the national cake has become the hallmark of governance at all levels in Nigeria. One of the highlights of the report of the House of Representatives on fuel subsidy fraud, as published on the [...]
By Dimeji Daniels Jonathan in the Bible, the son of King Saul, was a man who pitched his tent with his father’s supposed greatest enemy, David, because he knew his father’s cause was a wrong one. He neither feared nor avoided his father’s wrath in the pursuit of what was right. Years later after he [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan and three other African leaders joined former President Olusegun Obasanjo Friday in London to launch his charity organisation christened Olusegun Obasanjo Foundation. The former president said the foundation “will focus on helping to assuage the numerous problems facing Africa”. President John Mahama of Ghana, Boni Yayi of Benin Republic and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf [...]
TIMBUKTU, Mali (AFP) – Hundreds of people looted shops Tuesday in Mali’s fabled Timbuktu, newly freed from Islamists, as global donors pledged over $455 million for a French-led drive to expel the radicals from the north. Life in the ancient desert city started returning to normal after French and Malian troops on Monday entered the [...]
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will embark on a working visit to Switzerland and Ethiopia tomorrow with engagements in Geneva and Davos devoted to drawing the attention of more members of the international business finance community to Nigeria’s immense investment potentials. President Jonathan will at a meeting with an Eminent Persons Group on Nigeria’s Transformation Agenda [...]
Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama will be sworn into office today following last month’s polls. But the ceremony will be boycotted by the opposition, which has claimed fraud and challenged the results in court. The 54-year-old Mahama, who initially became head of state after the death of his predecessor John Atta Mills in July, won [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday declared that his government was winning the war against terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery and other vices. He spoke at a New Year service at All Saints Anglican Church, Wuse. “We shall overcome terrorism, kidnapping and armed robbery with more prayers from the Church. “Most of the terror suspects have been [...]
