Category: Africa

One sad tendency in Nigerian politics is the habit of arguing that one mediocre politician has a better record than another mediocre colleague. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, it appears, has become...

It is no doubt that Nigeria suffered another major blow on that black Friday, which incidentally was her fiftieth birthday. A day to most nations, of honor and glory for...

Passengers and users of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, on Thursday, expressed diverse concerns over the recently introduced stringent security measures adopted by the Federal Airports Authority of...

Zimbabwe’s prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai is accusing President Robert Mugabe of betraying the country by making unilateral appointments to top political jobs. Mr. Tsvangirai said Thursday that his party is...

President Goodluck Jonathan should immediately resign from office because he has proved that he is incapable of leading the nation justly and fairly, the Northern Political Leaders Forum declared in...

Lagos — The last has not been heard on last Friday's bomb attacks in Abuja during Nigeria's independence anniversary celebrations which killed 12 persons and injured 36 others, as the...

Nigeria made history on October 1, when its caterers build and unveil the world’s largest cake. The 65,000kg cake, was unveiled at the National Stadium, Abuja, and was intended  to...

Let me start by condemning in strongest terms, the car bomb blast, which occurred during the 50th anniversary celebration of our independence, on 1st October 2010, few meters away from...

Abuja, Nigeria - Despite the security breaches arising from the two bomb blasts and an accidental discharge from a policeman in Abuja, the federal capital, Nigeria Friday put on one...

Musicians sing it. Newspapers carry it. The radios and televisions carry it too. It is a very powerful but short sentence: Run, Goodluck run! The ordinary meaning of the word...