Year: 2012
Bianca: Ojukwu’s Will authentic
Ambassador Bianca Ojukwu, widow of Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, has urged critics of her husband’s Will to contest…
OBJ v Jonathan: A Troubled Relationship
Grave symptoms of ill-health appear in the relationship between President Goodluck Jonathan and former president Olusegun Obasanjo, raising the possibility…
Daring Security Agencies
Insecurity fears deepen as terrorists take their attacks to military and police facilities Terrorists are becoming increasingly daring these days,…
A Deadly Highway
With its deplorable state, the Calabar-Ogoja highway in Cross River State may well be Nigeria’s worst road The two men…
Anger Over Loan Burden
The National Assembly raises the red flag over excessive borrowing by states and the federal government With an accumulated debt…
Nigeria: Still Devolving @ 52
By Akin Owolabi Nigeria, for reasons not traceable to rationality, has, since Lord Lugard’s amalgamation of the Southern and Northern…
Government Not Doing Enough To Tackle Youth Unemployment
Ibrahim Abdullahi was senate president of the Children Parliament, Federal Republic of Nigeria from 2005 to 2007. During his tenure,…
Boko Haram strikes terror at night, kill 10
Like a thief in the night, suspected Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in northeast Nigeria overnight, killing 10…
Nigeria hosts Pan African Parliamentary confab
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A conference to be organized by Pan-African Parliament on African governance platform and promotion of African Union…
Nigeria’s Eaglets Beat Mali, Qualify For AJC
Bamidele Olowosoagba Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets Sunday evening booked a place at Morocco 2013 African Junior Championship, AJC, when they defeated…
Nigerian Sports Festival : Day 5 Round up
Some reports on actions on Saturday and Sunday 1-2 December at the National Sports Festival in Lagos Nigeria, tagged Eko…
Delta state closes camps for flood victims
Nigeria’s Delta state government has closed all camps opened to cater for the recent flood-ravaged victims in the state, Dr…
Sokoto Sultan urges Nigeria to tackle insecurity
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammed Sa’ad Abubakar over the weekend warned that Nigeria’s development will continue to…
Arsenal to face nemesis Swansea in FA Cup
Arsene Wenger’s underperforming Arsenal team will be travelling to Swansea for the third round of the FA cup the weekend…
Zuma’s $28m expensive country home ignites row
South Africa’s opposition on Sunday called on the state ombudsman to widen a probe into controversial $28 million upgrades at…