The “fake universities” syndrome
Last July, shortly after the horrific Dana Air crash that killed over a hundred Nigerians, I did a piece titled “Murder Incorporated”. The thrust of the piece was that the…
Crises in Lagos Local Councils Ahead of Elections
Some local government councils in Lagos State are currently experiencing what some lawmakers have described as a time bomb that could blow up the chances of the ruling party in…
Stop the assault on the media
Editor: The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) is disturbed and condemns in its entirety the mindless, barbaric, irresponsible, irresponsive, crude, uncivilized action of the security agencies in…
Lawyer Seek to Stop FG’s Amnesty to Boko Haram
A legal practitioner based in Abuja, Mr. Silas Onu has approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court seeking an abortion of the Federal Government’s plan to offer amnesty…
Six Police Officers 5 others Killed in Borno & Yobe
Two policemen and five suspected members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect died during a gun battle early on Thursday, the Joint Task Force (JTF) on security in Yobe State…
Baga killings may amount to crimes against humanity- ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the killing of 185 people, mostly women and children, in Baga, Borno State, constitutes crimes against humanity that should attract the attention…
A Date With Destiny
In 1999 when President Olusegun Obasanjo came to power he met 1.5 billion USD in our foreign reserves. Yet by the time he left office in 2007, eight years later,…
Vision20: 2020 Unrealistic – Shamsudeen Usman
National Planning Minister, Dr. Shamsudeen Usman has said that Nigeria’s ambition of becoming one of the 20 most developed economies in the world by 2020 is unrealistic Speaking to the…
Jonathan’s Achievements under-publicized – PDP
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed surprise at the extent of achievements so far recorded by the President Goodluck Jonathan-led PDP administration. The…
FG to Borrow N921bn to Complete Ongoing Road Projects
The Federal Government is planning to obtain a loan of N921.4bn out of the N1.39trn needed by the Ministry of Works to complete 195 ongoing road projects across the country.According…