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Last week, I was privy to a little note written by Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister for Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, in which she summarized that recent setbacks will not undo Nigeria’s progress. While I am not in the habit of just attacking government officials, I will not just disagree with the Minister but […]

Nigeria is undoubtedly a country with great promise. On account of her favourable weather conditions and rich supply of natural resources, Nigeria was once described by my good friend, Olanike Omolehin, as a country situated in the heart of God; and I agree with her. However, in the same piece, she laments the woes of […]

Suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi on Sunday issued a lengthy response to the series of allegations levelled against him by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN). After identifying all the allegations against him one after the other and explaining his innocence, Sanusi expressed hope that, having painstakingly […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to declare an emergency on unemployment, saying the number of applicants who turned up and those who died during the job aptitude test by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) reflect that Nigeria will be a danger spot if nothing is done urgently. Vice President […]

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the sack of Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, saying he has no reason to remain in office a day longer after supervising yesterday’s tragic nationwide recruitment exercise of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) during which more than 20 applicants died during […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he does not owe his former party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stressing, instead that it is the party that owes him a debt of gratitude. Atiku Abubakar stated this in his response to a PDP statement released some days ago by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, […]

The ovation that welcomed the announcement of a forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over the alleged non-remittance of billions of petrol dollars into the Federation Account is understandable. Given the pervasive corruption and abuses bedeviling Nigeria’s oil industry, anything capable of sanitizing the system can only be assumed to be in […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday traded verbal attacks over the death of some job-seekers during an aptitude test conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) that went rowdy across the country. While APC said the blame should be on PDP and its administrations for turning the country into a sorry […]

Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi has distributed cheques totalling N160 million to 160 First Class graduates of the state origin who made the grade between 2006 and 2013. At the ceremony where each of them got N1m, Obi noted that the reward was to promote healthy competition and motivate other students to strive towards […]

Mathew 18:19-20 says, “Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst […]

The extent of unemployment in Nigeria became more glaring on Saturday with the examination conducted by the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) for prospective officials across the country. Stadia being used for the aptitude test were filled to the brim across the nation with stampede recorded at the 60,000-capacity Abuja stadium leading to the death of […]

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended and victimized Nigeria’s apex bank chief is already my man of the year for 2013- he has oscillated from my enemy to my friend, my whistle-blower and my hero. In Nigeria where religious and tribal sentiments have beclouded our reasoning that we do not see anything good in someone from […]