The Nerve of Kaita, The Shame of Mohammed
The Nerve of Kaita, The Shame of Mohammed In the last few days the following contributions from two eminent personalities have inflammed passions and been the topic of heated debate…
Editorial: Time to scrap excess crude account
The needless controversy and familiar disagreements between the executive and legislative arms of government over budget oil price benchmark that has delayed the 2014 budget presentation is needless, if not…
‘He is now at peace’: Nelson Mandela dead at 95
Nelson Mandela, the revered South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, led his country to democracy and became its first black president, died Thursday at home. He…
UNIPORT Announces Resumption, to Begin Lectures Next Monday
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has heeded the Federal Government order for all federal universities to suspend the ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).…
Fayose: EFCC Alleges Threats To Witnesses
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday raised the alarm over threats to its witnesses slated to give evidences against former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose in…
FG Determined to Accelerate Socioeconomic Development in the North-East
The Federal Government is currently evolving an intervention programme specifically targeted at accelerating the pace of socioeconomic development in the North-East, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. Speaking in Gombe on…
Jonathan Heads to Paris for Peace and Security Summit
President Goodluck Jonathan will leave Abuja tonight for Germany en-route to Paris, France where he is scheduled to participate in the Summit on Peace and Security in Africa — alongside…
Winners Emerge In UBA National Essay Competition
Winners have emerged in the third edition of the UBA National Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria. In a keenly contested competition, Master Ezenwa Joseph Okonkwo, a fifteen…
Micro grants: Dangote Foundation empowers 700 widows, persons with disabilities with N540m
To cushion the hardship occasioned by emergency imposed on some communities in three states in Northern part of the country, Dangote Foundation over the weekend commenced the disbursement of micro…
Jonathan Oduah, Et al., And The Venezuelan Parallel
Some years ago, I saw a documentary on television that captured the brazen attempt to remove the then Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chavez, from office barely three years into his presidency.…