Tag: P.M.NEWS
Killings By Police Bullets
The killing of innocent people in Nigeria by police bullets has become a frequent occurrence and many are asking: when…
The Village Mourners Association
Nigerians who are old enough will surely recall the source of the above title. For others, I ought to narrate…
Governors Forum: Stop The Show Of Shame
Again, the nation was treated to a needless power show on Sunday when Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau State and…
Nigeria’s New National Space Council: Matters Arising
By Makinde Collins “We must evolve clear cut initiatives that will not only fast track our industrialization process but one…
SON And The Challenges Of Imported Substandard Products
By Uche Joe Anigbata The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), as a government agency, was set up with the mandate…
Incidence Of Building Collapse And Playing By The Rules
By Tayo Ogunbiyi They looked lost, confused and helpless. Staring occasionally at a few of their possessions that were salvaged…
June 12: How Can We Forget? (2)
By Chido Onumah “I betrayed my very genuine friend for 25 years. From the day we met, there was rapport.…
Expectant Mothers Beware
There is nothing as painful as nursing a pregnancy for nine months and losing the baby immediately after birth. That…
Prerequisite For Marriage
Marriage, I must tell you from experience, is one venture that’s worth preparing for – and very well at that. …
Chinua Achebe: All Quiet On The Eastern Front (2)
By Wale Okediran The hero of the whole celebration was the Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi, who shone like…
Leadership, National Development And The People (2)
By Bola Ahmed Tinubu Now, we know that by themselves, elections do not constitute democracy. Yet, a nation cannot be…
Between Clicking And Thinking
These days in Nigeria, clicking seems to have replaced thinking and viewing and browsing seem to have replaced reading, discovering…
Chinua Achebe: All Quiet On The Eastern Front
By Wale Okediran In the morning it was all over. The funeral had come to an end. I woke about…
Stop Politicking And Face Governance
The recent warning by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against political campaigns by politicians and political parties ahead of…
Leadership, National Development And The People
By Bola Ahmed Tinubu I am honoured to be with you in the House of Commons for this is a…
June 12: A Beacon In The Dark
By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu These words from Charles Dickens befit the 20th anniversary of the most bittersweet event in…
June 12, 1993: A Historical Necessity For Nigeria
By Joe Igbokwe Alhaji Bashir Tofa, the Presidential candidate for the National Republican Convention (NRC) in 1993 presidential election who…
The Menace Of Killer Containers
How long will containers fall off flat beds of trucks and kill motorists? This is a poser for law enforcement…
June 12: How Can We Forget? (1)
By Chido Onumah “Reading about the June 12 period, for obvious reasons, is difficult for me, even now, 20 years…
Witch-Hunting In The PDP
What Karl Marx said in his book, The German Ideology, that the ideas of the ruling class have ever been…
Build Your Business Around Your Passion
My first appointment with our mentor was meant to really set the stage for the conversation series and agree on…
Destructive Weaknesses
Basking in the fantasy land of love and romance would naturally make someone forget that their newly found ‘love’ is…
Replace Dana Plane Crash Cenotaph
The cenotaph unveiled by the Lagos State Government on Monday in honour of the 3 June, 2012 Dana plane crash…
Lekki-Ikoyi Bridge: Consolidating Innovative Governance
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It will be an understatement to state that the Babatunde Fashola administration in Lagos State has clearly…
Federal Govt Should Hands Off Roads
Recently, there was a mild altercation between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, on the dichotomy…
Anti-Cancer Fight
One of the most grim pronouncement a patient can here from a doctor is, “I’m sorry, but you have cancer.”…
A Personal Letter To Chinua Achebe
By Frank Opara Dear Achebe, It was my dream to meet you in person. Even as old age closed up…
The Banality Called Democracy Day Celebration
By Comrade Akido Agenro An occasion as the nation’s Democracy Day anniversary should ordinarily afford the people an opportunity to…
Dana, Aviation Industry And Families Of Victims
The mishap of Sunday, 3 June, 2012, involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, operated by Dana Air, in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, again,…