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President Goodluck Jonathan has sent a condolence message to former Minister of Information, John Nwodo over the death of his wife, Regina Nwodo, who reportedly died in London. The late Regina was a Justice of the Court of Appeal. In a statement by Jonathan’s Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Rueben Abati, the president said […]

Last week, we learnt that the kingdom of God operates on the principle of giving and receiving, and that giving is a prerequisite for receiving … “Give and it shall be given unto you” (Luke 6:38). Jesus said, “it is more blessed to give” (Acts 30:32). This week, we will rightly divide 2nd Corinthians 9:7, […]

Professor Paul Collier of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford is indeed an accomplished academic of global repute. However, I have found myself sometimes disagreeing with some of his postulations. Nevertheless, one of his propositions fascinates me a great deal. That is the greed and grievance theory of […]

Lagos is currently witnessing what could sum up to become a major political battle in the journey to the 2015 governorship election in the state, but the two major political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC), are undecided on the particular candidate to run on their tickets. There […]

Two former Heads of State, President Ibrahim Babangida and General Abdulsalam Abubakar, on Friday jointly paid a condolence visit to Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and his siblings over the demise of his father, Pa Ibrahim Ademola Fashola, praying for peace and tranquility in the country. Speaking during the condolence visit, which took […]

Nigeria is a country devastated by poverty, insecurity, corruption and terrorism. The governance challenges are immense, while much of public policies now deliver poor outcomes. The budgeting process is a fictographic art, featuring much drama and a growing disconnect from the imperatives of development and the needs of the majority. True to that tradition, the […]

Attempts by the Rivers State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to instil order to its troubled fold have crashed, after both Chairman of the chapter, Hon Felix Obuah and Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi traded words on the latest failed peace move. While Obuah described Amaechi’s outright rejection of the party’s peace […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday announced the arrest of a 46-year old bricklayer from Alor Village in Anambra State for attempting to smuggle 2.07kg of cocaine into Nigeria. Spokesman of the agency, Mitchell Ofoyeju, in a statement sent to journalists, said the suspect was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, […]

Legendary Nigerian music artiste Innocent Idibia, better known as Tuface, has urged Nigerians to avoid purchasing pirated intellectual materials same way they would adulterated drugs. Speaking on Friday with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the multi award-winning songster observed that without the patronage of buyers, pirated copyright materials would not thrive and the crime would […]

It is unlikely that the crisis generated by the “deportation” of some Nigerians from Lagos to Anambra State will abate anytime soon. Even though we are a nation of short memory and every week comes with its own crisis that is soon forgotten (Senator Ahmed Yerima and his band of pro-child marriage warriors must be […]

The Nation Newspaper in its edition of August 8, 2013 published a shocking and mischief-laden editorial with the title, “Tin god.” It was a brazen, jaundiced, politically motivated and malicious attack on the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio CON. Not only did the editorial try to hide its bias and ill-intention, […]

Unless the Federal Ministry of Finance reviews its strategy and adopts a new approach which will enthrone a faster method of paying oil marketing and importing companies their accumulated arrears, and then starts complying with the 2010 guideline for the administration of the Petroleum Support Fund, PSF, which stipulates payment within 45 days of submitting […]