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Editorial News
The Lesson Of South Africa 2010
On Friday June 11, 2010, South Africa made history by being the first African country to host the soccer World Cup. It was a dream comes true for South Africa and indeed the entire Africa. Africa is represented in the tournament by six countries, the host....read more
The new minister of the Federal
The new minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed last week ordered the suspension of all land transactions in the territory. By this order, development control approvals in respect of plots allocated since January 2007 were al....read more
The Need to tenure office of FCT minister
The Federal Capital Territory was created 34 years ago by the then Head of State, General Murtala Ramat Muhammad, precisely February 3, 1976 after accepting the recommendations of the 8-Man panel chaired by late Justice Akintola Aguda that the Federal Cap....read more
FEUD IN THE LEGISLTURE
The presentation of the 2010 budget to the national assembly by President Umaru Yar’Adua scheduled for Thursday November 19 could not hold last week. It was not for any reason of the president’s ill health or any other matter of urgent national importance....read more
FEUD IN THE LEGISLTURE
The presentation of the 2010 budget to the national assembly by President Umaru Yar’Adua scheduled for Thursday November 19 could not hold last week. It was not for any reason of the president’s ill health or any other matter of urgent national importance....read more
How Good is Deregulation of oil sector?
The federal Govrnment said last Tuesday that it will be losing N920 million on cargo carrying imported petroleum products if the current price of N65per litre for petrol is maintained. Minister of petroleum Resources, Odien Ajumogobia, who was speaking a....read more
NO SMOKE WITHOUT FIRE
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, last week charged four members of the National Assembly to court for their alleged involvement in the N5.2 billion Rural Electrification Agency contract scandal. Senator Nicholas Ugbane, the....read more
SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF EKITI RERUN ELECTION
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The Ekiti Imbroglio
The outcome of what was supposed to be a re-run governorship election in Ekiti state on April 25 has left a sour taste in the mouth of all lovers of true democracy in the country.....read more
The failure of security
One of the promises the present Government of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua made to Nigerians on inauguration is that it will fight against insecurity in the land. And to underscore its commitment to this objective, it was included in the seven-point agen....read more
Why Iwu should be sacked
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Maurice Iwu is in the news again. This time, he is not talking about the credibility of the elections he supervised in 2007 but his self acclaimed invincibility.....read more
Steps towards one party state in Nigeria
When the ruling party in Nigeria, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, audaciously declared its readiness to dominate Nigerian politics at least for the next one hundred years, every patriotic Nigerian with a discerning mind cried blue murder.....read more
Nigeria’s dwindling fortunes in football
To say that there has been a sharp decline in the fortunes of Nigerian football is no doubt an understatement. Therefore, Flying Eagles recent lack-luster outing at the just concluded Africa U-20 Championship in Rwanda did not come to many as a surprise.....read more
Observing safety in this yuletide season
From the Eid- el-Kabir festival recently celebrated by Islamic faithful across the globe, it will be the turn of Christians to celebrate the birth of their lord and savior Jesus Christ. Already, Christians in Nigeria are in frenzy as they step up preparat....read more
Time to re-organize female football is now
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Tough Times Ahead…
The National Conference of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, was held in Lagos recently. The Minister of State for Energy, Mr. Odein Ajumogobia [SAN] addressed the guests at the event and highlighted the fact that the Government expends over N770 billion as....read more
Rumbles in the Senate over Bakassi
The Senate of the Federal Republic has finally woken up from its deep slumber on the controversial Green Tree Agreement that divested Nigeria of ownership of the outkicked Bakassi Peninsular.....read more
Concealment of number plates and indiscriminate use of sirens
The blaring of sirens and disruptions of traffic has become a “normal” occurrence on most of our roads in Nigeria. This is a blatant disregard of traffic regulations by officials who are in a position to uphold the rules of our society.....read more
The menace of Abuja dustbin scavengers
The irresistible allure of Abuja, Nigeria's capital city, has continued to attract Nigerian youth who besiege the city on a daily basis in search of greener pastures.....read more
Abuja NNPC mega station's traffic obstruction
The idea of building Nigerian National Pe-troleum Corporation, NNPC, mega stations across the country was to make petrol available and affordable for all motorists. Thus, one of the few legacies of the Obasanjo administration is the mega filling stations....read more
A search for an end to Mugabe's tyranny
Recently, African National Leaders joined political leaders from other nations to unanimously condemn Mugabe's decision to cling on to power after manipulating the electoral process using what has come to be known as the power of incumbency.....read more
The renewed war against fake drugs in FCT
Having realized that activities of the merchants of death have continued unabated despite repeated raids on their shops, officers of the task force on counterfeit and Fake Drugs in the FCT have sent a strong warning to perpetrators of such heinous crime t....read more
Enforcement of the ban on smoking in FCT
Smoking is a risky habit which is injurious to health but those who have cultivated such habit find it hard to do away with it. Even tobacco companies which manufacture cigarettes have never concealed the danger in smoking from their customers. It is a co....read more
Senate, el-Rufa’i and probe of FCT administrations
Even as most Nigerians are yet to recover from the shocking revelations from the probe be-ing carried out by the House Committee on Power, they are once again hearing more sordid details which have continued to emanate from the on-going Senate probe of th....read more
As Yar'Adua signs 2008 Appropriation Bill
After a period of muscle flexing between the Presidency and the National Assembly, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is expected to sign the 2008 Appropriation Bill into law.
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Freedom of Information Bill
Despite its avowed commitment to the rule of law and zero level tolerance for corruption, the President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's administration is yet to come up with meaningful any measure aimed at getting the National Assembly to pass the Freedom of Inform....read more
Revisiting Yar'Adua's seven-point agenda
Since the assumption of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's led government, a cross section of Nigerians have rated the administration high.....read more
Time to review Criminal Justice
In line with the rule of law policy of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Chief Michael Aandookaa, SAN, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, ensured that some ex-governors who were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi....read more
Time to review Criminal Justice
In line with the rule of law policy of President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Chief Michael Aandookaa, SAN, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, ensured that some ex-governors who were arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commi....read more
Yar'Adua's U-turn on AFRICOM
Since assumption of office a little over six months now, Nigeria's President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has never ceased to leave Nigerians....read more
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