Sometime in 2014, and prior to the 2015 General elections, most Nigerians were shell-shocked at the sort of language which certain highly-placed politicians flung here and there at Goodluck Jonathan. The arrowhead cum...
As citizens of Bayelsa go to the polls to elect a new governor at the weekend, the current electoral cycle and campaigns reveal disturbing issues on the state of democratic practice in the state. These issues have...
On 16 November 2019, citizens of Bayelsa State will be voting for a new governor to lead the state for the next four years.The current electoral cycle, which commenced about a year ago – and arguably earlier – has...
The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II recently told a moving story of how a mother watched her sick child die while waiting to ask the Emir for financial assistance, because she could not afford to buy prescribed...
At the start of this week, a total of 724 field monitors were deployed across 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja for the second phase of the monitoring of the use of the $322.5 million Abacha loot...
Some years ago, the Federal government of Nigeria and the UN organized a polio eradication programme across Nigeria. To ensure that the Polio eradication exercise reached as many children in Nigeria as possible, the...
According to Wikipedia, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC was established on 1 April 1977 as a merger of the Nigerian National Oil Corporation and the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel. NNPC by law manages...
Before the US election of 2016, I had been paying attention to what happens in the US through various media sources. This was not only because US was (at least until recently) our shining example of global best...
A Benin City High Court, on Tuesday 17th October 2019 gave leave to lawyers representing a Mr. Kehinde Samuel to serve Prof Osayuki Oshodin, former UNIBEN VC, and Faith Osadolor by substituted means, in a matter of the...
“Lagos is a shameful state with a lot of “promise” because of the access to funds relative to other states. Lagos gets a lot of unnecessary commendation and not enough scrutiny. The state of finance in the state...