The quagmire of Medicare in NigeriaBy Andrew Obinna OnyearuOne of the most disturbing features of life in Nigeria is the abject state of the medical facilities and dispensation of medicare in the country. This...
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Options for funding tertiary education
In order to effectively tackle the multifaceted problems bedevilling the country’s education sector, the Yar’Adua administration is expected to embark on far reaching reforms. However, the reformation of...
Nigeria can survive
When General Yakubu Gowon was asked what he thought was the solution to the crisis situation in the 1960s, he replied crisply saying it was in "Willink". The Willink Commission whose recommendations were...
“Citizen-Centred Diplomacy”
The Paradigm of Change in Nigeria’s Foreign Policy Speaking recently at a public event, Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe articulated what is now emerging as one of the focal points...
Nigeria’s politics mired in corruption, violence – Human Rights Watch
A United States-based nongovernmental organisation, Human Rights Watch, has said that politics in Nigeria is mired in corruption and violence. It therefore called on the international community to deny visa to all...
Yar’Adua backs Ibori’s probe by Met Police
President Umaru Yar’Adua on Tuesday directed the Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Michael Aondoakaa, to cooperate with the Metropolitan Police of London in their ongoing investigations into the allegation...
Celtel, Nokia Siemens Sign $130m Turnkey Contract
In a move geared towards expanding Celtel’s transmission capacity in the country, Celtel Nigeria has signed a turnkey contract worth $130 million with Nokia Siemens network. According to the terms of the...
AG, EFCC Team Up Against Kalu in Court
The festering institutional stand-off between the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the modality for the prosecution of former Governor of...
Oyinlola’s Tuition Fees
Education is a developmental tool. It constitutes a definite plus when the individual is educated. In a collective sense, education also serves as an engine of growth. The immediate fore-going may well explain why the...
This Ribadu Again!
Dele Momodu, publisher of the Ovation magazine and most lately a columnist of THISDAY newspaper, attempts, through his piece of last Saturday [Anti-Corruption War as a Cliché], to heighten the frantic,...
Govt may prosecute suspected spies in privacy
Indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government might try four suspected spies, including two Germans for espionage in camera at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The hint was dropped by the Director of Public...
Nigeria official’s $35m refrozen
The London High Court has ordered the refreezing of former Nigerian governor James Ibori's $35m (£17m) assets that police think are the proceeds of crime. The assets, believed to include a Bombardier private...