Nigeria Beat Ethiopia in Addis Ababa
The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday produced a rare away win in the first leg of the final round of qualifiers for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. The…
400 Million Children Living in Extreme Poverty – World Bank
The number of people living in extreme poverty around the world has sharply declined over the past three decades, but in 2010 it still included roughly 400 million children, or…
Another Air Mishap Averted in Kaduna
But for providence, another air disaster would have happened in Kaduna on Sunday evening when an aircraft belonging to IRS Airline had difficulties landing due to some technical issues. The…
Nuhu Ribadu`s Numerous Contradictions
We find the character of Nuhu Ribadu a very irritating phenomenon. On the surface, he has an indomitable penchant for knowing what people want to hear and saying it even…
Jonathan Visits Mobbed Eagles in Ethiopia
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday visited members and officials of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, who arrived at the east African country earlier in the day only to be mobbed…
The Human Spirit (II)
All through the epistles, diverse labels are assigned to the real man or human spirit. These include “Old man,” ” “New man, “Inward man,” “Hidden man of the heart” or…
Nigeria’s Small Arms Committee, UN Parley on Arms Control
Members of the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons on Friday held a meeting with Chief of the Conventional Arms Branch, United Nations (UN) Office for Disarmament Affairs,…
APC Accuses PDP of Rigging Delta Central Senatorial Bye-Election
Though the bye-election into the Delta Central Senatorial seat is yet to be concluded, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of using security agents…
How Failed Engine, Carelessness Caused Associated Airline Crash
Revelations emerged on Friday that the crashed aircraft belonging to Associated Airlines actually gave signals that all was not well but the signals were ignored by the pilot. An examination…
Editorial: Stella Oduah and the Crisis in Aviation
The controversial statements credited to the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi, amongst which is the provocative remark that plane accidents are ”inevitable” and that they were ”acts of God”…