Lagos Airport Remodelling: An Exercise In Glorified Mediocrity
I am not exactly a technophobe but my recent experience at the MMIA, in November 2013, has spurred me to write my first blog. A great deal has been said…
APC Cautions New Rivers Police Commissioner against Mbu’s Influence
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned newly deployed Commissioner of Police to Rivers State, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin not to continue with the alleged ‘evil practices of his predecessor, Joseph…
Atiku, Nda-Isaiah and Denials of Presidential Ambitions
That former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has gone back to grin alongside some of the same politicians who roundly chastised him into leaving the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria with…
Oil Revenue Leakages: Another Chance for Nigeria
The Presidential Economic Team of 2003 to 2007 which I was privileged to be a member had a running joke – that the NNPC was an independent federal republic on…
50 Questions And The Tragedy of a Nation
The Nigerian nation never ceases to throw up interesting, sometimes absurd scenarios. The latest of these is the ongoing face-off between the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of…
Jonathan Appoints New Special Advisers & Chief Executives For NTA, FRCN, NAN AND SURE-P
President Jonathan, Thursday, appointed two new special advisers and five chief executives of four different government agencies. A statement issued by Reuben Abati said, “in furtherance of efforts to continually…
Voter Registration in Osun, Ekiti to Hold in March
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday fixed 12th to 19th March 2014 as dates for the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise for Osun and Ekiti governorship elections, which…
Rivers CP Mbu Redeployed, 12 others, Too
After many months of public outcry towards his controversial style of policing, Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mbu Joseph Mbu has finally been redeployed. Twelve other officers were similarly…
Jonathan to Ambassadors: Help Correct Misconceptions About Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday in Abuja urged foreign ambassadors serving in Nigeria to do their best to convey the positive realities of the country to the world. Speaking at an…
SSS Arrests Dokubo-Asari over Treasonable Comments
After much pressure on the State Security Service (SSS) from Nigerians and the All Progressives Congress (APC), the secret police agency has finally arrested Mujahideen Dokubo-Asari, leader of the Niger…