The Federal Government has been advised to adopt a phased removal of fuel subsidy from now to the next five years, as the holistic adjustment from N65 per litre to N141 per litre is nothing but
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Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa’s daughter remembers her father
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 35 ViewsTo most of us, Ken Saro-Wiwa was a Nigerian activist and a martyr, a brave and inspiring campaigner who led his Ogoni people's struggle against the decades-long defilement of their land by Big
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Democracy Not Serving Citizens – democracy in Nigeria needs to be overhauled
January 3, 2012 Comment Off 73 ViewsA Nigerian-British Councillor in the UK, Adedamola Aminu has said that the system of democracy in Nigeria needs to be overhauled to make it service-oriented and make politicians accountable to
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Gaunt and breathless George Michael tearfully thanked his doctors and fans
December 29, 2011 Comment Off 131 ViewsA gaunt and breathless George Michael tearfully thanked his doctors and fans on Friday for seeing him through a "touch and go" battle with pneumonia. A thin and visibly weak Michael told
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Yar’Adua’s former spokesman shows how the president wilted away
December 13, 2011 Comment Off 82 ViewsThough portraying his former boss in a largely flattering light, Adeniyi’s book shows how tenuous democracy is in a nation plagued by vote-rigging and that cast off military rule only 13
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Ojukwu was sent to expose Nigeria
December 1, 2011 Comment Off 102 ViewsWe knew the day would come. It would have happened this time last year when he was hit by a catatonic stroke. But, just like the great warrior that he was, he fought death for another year and
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Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan Praises Former Biafra Military Chief of State
November 29, 2011 Comment Off 32 ViewsEx-Biafra military chief of state and former presidential candidate Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu waves to All Progressive Grand Alliance supporters in Lagos, Nigeria during a general election rally
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Nigerians hail Waziri’s removal
November 28, 2011 Comment Off 44 ViewsNigerians, yesterday, hailed President Goodluck Jonathan’s removal of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Chairman, Mrs. Farida Waziri, saying it was long overdue. Waziri was
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Nigeria moving without focus amidst poverty –Sultan
November 25, 2011 Comment Off 34 ViewsThe Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammed Sa’ad Abubakar, has said the current socio-economic indices in the country are a clear indication that Nigeria has begun to drift. The Sultan, who is also
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Nigeria’s search for foreign investors
November 23, 2011 Comment Off 38 ViewsOnly recently, the governor of Abia State, T.A. Orji, came back from a long vacation abroad and declared to the people of the state that he used his vacation to meet with investors in the United
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