2014 Hajj: A post-mortem
This year’s Hajj has come and gone with about 70, 000 Nigerians participating in the exercise. The pilgrimage, like the previous ones, recorded cases of varying degrees of sicknesses and …
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This year’s Hajj has come and gone with about 70, 000 Nigerians participating in the exercise. The pilgrimage, like the previous ones, recorded cases of varying degrees of sicknesses and …
2014 Hajj: A post-mortem Read MoreRenowned pan-Africanist, erudite scholar and prolific political writer, Kenyan Professor Ali Al’Amin Mazrui, died on Sunday, 0ctober 12, 2014 in his home in Vestal, New York in the United States. …
Ali Al’Amin Mazrui (1933 – 2014) Read MoreNigeria’s war-time head of state, Gen. Yakubu Jack Gowon, joins the octogenarian club on Sunday, October 19, 2014. Achieving the age of 80 is no mean feat in a country …
A salute to Gowon at 80 Read MoreThe International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its 2014-2015 World Economic Outlook report, released last week, projected high growth rates for Nigeria. Although the IMF forecasted similar promising growth in the …
Nigeria’s new IMF rating: Matters arising Read MoreNo matter how hard we try to play the ostrich game, it is quite obvious that all is not well with the Nigerian football family. This unfortunate development has consequently …
A troubled NFF and falling Eagles Read MoreIt is apparent that a diplomatic row is brewing between Nigeria and South Africa following two incidents, in a space of three weeks, of $15m botched arms deal by South …
The botched $15m arms deal Read MoreAlthough this year’s International Day for Elderly People was celebrated globally penultimate Wednesday, its relevance to the Nigerian situation cannot be over-emphasised. However, the impact of the Day was hardly …
Caring for elderly people Read MoreAt last, President Goodluck Jonathan’s request to borrow $1bn to tackle security challenges in the country has got the Senate’s nod. The loan is intended to procure the critical military …
Senate’s timely approval of $1bn loan Read MoreClose watchers of Nigeria’s socio-economic and political milieu should not be surprised that the country ranked 37th out of the 52 nations in the 2014 Ibrahim Index of African Governance …
Nigeria’s poor rating by IIAG Read MoreThe recent revelation that over 36, 000 Nigerian women die of pregnancy and childbirth-related complications with an estimated 800,000 injuries resulting to vesico vaginal fistula (VVF) yearly is worrisome. A …
The VVF onslaught Read MoreNigeria’s judiciary, one of the three arms of the presidential system of government, appears to be facing a major threat to its independence as well as its sacred duty as …
Assault on the judiciary Read MoreEfforts by successive administrations at turning the power sector around do not appear to be yielding positive results. From the era of Electricity Corporation of Nigeria (ECN) which was bequeathed …
Groping in the dark for elusive light Read MoreIt is now 177 days that the over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok were forcefully taken away in the dead of the night by the Boko Haram terrorists …
Mirage of Chibok girls’ release Read MoreThe collapse of the six-storey building under construction in the premises of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on Friday, September 12, in Lagos has once again exposed the lawlessness …
Synagogue: Mass murder by negligence Read MoreToday will be observed by the global community as the World Heart Day (WHD). The theme for this year’s celebration is “Heart Choices NOT Hard Choices”. The WHD is part …
Today is World Heart Day Read MoreCoordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, recently said that the federal government has approved 66,400 applications under the Nigerian Mortgage Refinancing Company (NMRC) housing …
Nigeria’s housing challenge Read MoreThe Nigerian envoy to the Republic of Indonesia, Ambassador Muhammad Sulaiman, recently revealed that there are presently over 150 Nigerians languishing in different jail houses in the Asian country. Of …
Nigerians on death row in Indonesia Read MoreThe rather tragic incident that led to the shooting of the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7th Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, General Ahmadu Muhammad on May 13, 2014 was …
Mutiny: Commute death sentence to life jail Read MoreThe relatively peaceful political atmosphere in Taraba state is once again asphyxiated with the second coming of the ailing governor Danbaba Suntai. He returned to the country penultimate Saturday after …
Suntai’s second coming Read MoreThe recent disclosure by the World Health Organisation (WHO) that Nigeria ranks second highest country with road traffic accident fatalities out of 193 nations captured by the world body ought …
Nigerian roads as 2nd most dangerous in the world Read MoreThat Nigeria’s education sector is in dire need of a pragmatic action plan to bail it out of the woods is stating the obvious. This situation lends credence to the …
Emergency on education sector, overdue Read MoreAs the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) plays hide and seek with Nigeria, the Federal Government and a cross-section of the country are locked in a tug-of-war over the resumption date …
Ebola: FG should heed caution on schools resumption date Read MoreLast week, the Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons revealed that Nigeria has become a major destination of arms trade and warned of more grave danger looming ahead. …
Arms trade and national security Read MoreNigerian journalism penultimate Saturday witnessed another dark day in the annals of the profession when the sun set for one of its leading lights, Dimgba Igwe. The iconic columnist and …
Dimgba Igwe: 1956 – 2014 Read MoreMr. Sunday Onyebuchi, the estranged Enugu state’s deputy governor, was recently impeached by the House of Assembly for what the lawmakers described as official misconduct. His removal from office followed …
Onyebuchi and the chicken verdict Read More