Why is Ibrahim Babangida Running for Office?
Wonders, according to conventional wisdom, will never cease. Some nights ago, I was lying down on the sofa and watching the television. Then this gentleman appeared on television and began...
Dora Akunyili urges journalists to be courageous
The Minister of Information and Communication, Dora Akunyili, on Thursday asked journalists to promote “the courage to publish the truth and perish†and make it a professional canon. Mrs. Akunyili...
Shell Hoax Puts Spotlight on Big Oil’s Mess in Nigeria
If it seemed too good to be true when Shell Oil proclaimed this week that it was putting an end to its offshore drilling operations in Nigeria, that's because it...
Niger Delta Militants Support Jonathan Goodluck
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday got unprecedented support from a strategic stakeholder in the Nigeria project when the entire leadership of ex- militants in the Niger Delta region told him to...
Akwa Ibom Speaker Ignatius Edet and his deputy, Obong Okon Uwah Impeached
(Codewit News Agency ) Barely 24 hours after being suspended and given seven days ultimatum to resign or risk impeachment, Speaker of the Awka Ibom State House of Assembly, Rt....
After All Political Speculations, Namadi Sambo emerged as a new Nigerian Vice President
AFTER weeks of low-key backroom jostling and shenanigans, the Nigerian political system has thrown up Alhaji Namadi Muhammed Sambo, who was until his appointment, the Executive Governor of Kaduna State,...
Namadi Sambo, Nigeria’s new vice-president
Nigeria's new Vice-President Namadi Sambo has a good head for business, which might serve him well in a country where the line between politics and business is often quite blurred....
Inflamed Rhetoric of Sahara reporters – distorted news about Maurice Iwu crying
Information is a critical commodity all over the world. As a consequence, a bitter dispute is now raging over news coverage of events in Nigeria. Some bloggers and main stream...
Today….You will be with me in Paradise – Professor Maurice Iwu
For many critics, the thief crucified with Jesus Christ deserved not the pardon he got. Though his crimes were not made known by the Holy Book, they believed that he...
Gen Ibrahim Babangida: The best for Nigeria in 2011?
The concept of ogbanje or abiku is one that is fast dying out. The Igbo word ogbanje and abiku, its Yoruba equivalent, literally mean repeater. They describe, not just reincarnation...