Nigeria – Disunited we stand
It was fortuitous that I read Tunde Fagbenle’s Sunday column “The Sad Cankerworm of Ethnicity” while Kollington Ayinla’s 1993 album, Unity, played on in the background. In their own way,...
Why Jonathan cannot fight corruption
“When the head is rotten, it affects the whole body” — A popular African proverb At the inception of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2011, Nigeria’s first minority president, the...
I didn’t abandon Daniel – Teenage stowaway’s father
Two weeks after his son flew from Benin City to Lagos in the wheel compartment of an aircraft belonging to Arik Air, Daniel Ohikhena’s father denies claims that he abandoned...
Tukur threatens Senators, Reps backing New PDP … says their seats’ll be declared vacant
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday warned that the seats of about 124 PDP members in the National Assembly would be declared vacant...
5 Lies Every Twentysomething Needs to Stop Believing
Sarah had been told all her life she could do anything she wanted, that success was right around the corner. But now, stuck in a menial job at 25, with...
Dangote, 11 banks seal $3.3bn refinery deal
President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote The Dangote Group on Wednesday sealed a $3.3bn medium term deal with 11 local and foreign banks to finance the building of a petrochemical...
GradExchange Launches in Lagos and Port-Harcourt
Lagos and Port-Harcourt witnessed a revolution in pre-employment testing as GradExchange, Nigeria’s pioneer graduate recruitment scheme was recently launched with series of tests conducted in centres across Lagos and Port-Harcourt....
Gabon unmasks 3,000 fake civil servants
A corruption investigation in Gabon has revealed the existence of about 3,000 fake civil servants who receive monthly government salaries despite holding no official positions, officials said. The oil-rich Central...
ICC prosecutor: Kenya trials must go ahead
Justice must run its course in the cases against Kenya's president and deputy president, the International Criminal Court's prosecutor said, ahead of a vote in Kenya's parliament on whether to withdraw from the Hague-based...
Iran says US will suffer if Syria is attacked
Supreme Leader Khamenei says West is using allegations of chemical weapons as pretext for attacking Syria. Allegations that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons last month are a "pretext" by...