IntroductionThe recent crisis that engulfed Jos, the Plateau State capital is another sad reminder of the fact that our dear country still has a long way to go in its quest for a peaceful, idea-centric, egalitarian and...
WHAT sort of book is Epidemics, Academics and Politics by Prof. Idris Mohammed? The author provides answer in his introduction emphasising that this is not an autobiography. Indeed, though it contains some historical...
Introduction The Nigerian higher educational sector is perhaps the largest in Sub-Sahara Africa both in the number of educational institutions and the population of students. Only 57 per cent of adult Nigerians are...
Former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has been dismissed from the police force. A statement signed by police spokesman, Akpoebi Agberebi, confirmed Ribadu’s...
The Nigerian police are denying allegations by Human Rights Watch that the police and army troops carried out more than 90 summary executions in suppressing violent political and religious rioting in the city of Jos....
The Federal Government on Wednesday, cautioned the former Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, on his protracted conflict with the Police Force. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo...
* Says Supreme Court has wounded us * Donates money to justicesNOBEL Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday announced that he was rejecting the money that goes with the Nigerian...
Nigeria on Tuesday honoured Wole Soyinka for his achievements in the humanities, 22 years after the playwright also known as Kongi received the Nobel Prize for Literature. President Umaru Yar'Adua gave him the...
There are several pitfalls in the 2009 Federal Budget. The most scandalous of this has resulted in the unwarranted haggling over inclusion of constituency projects in the Appropriation Bill. The so-called constituency...
We have done it again, in the land of the giants. Giant of Africa, that is. For me as a Nigerian although living in Europe, it is a sad day. Sad day that the people of Nigeria’s voice have finally been declared...
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua says he would speed up electoral reforms after surviving a legal challenge to his election. President Umaru Yar'Adua welcomed the Supreme Court verdict which affirmed his...
Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua says corruption is widespread in Nigeria and efforts to tackle graft must take on a new urgency. Speaking Wednesday at the launch of an anti-corruption campaign, President Umaru...