Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama sparred on issues from Russia to Iraq in the third and final presidential debate Monday in Boca Raton, Fla. Here are some of their most memorable lines: On Al Qaeda: Romney: “I congratulate him on taking out Osama bin Laden and going after the leadership in Al Qaeda, but... Read More
by Isi Esene The enforcement of the new Lagos Traffic Law has continued to generate protests. Motorcycle operators, popularly called ‘Okada’, came out in their numbers in the Mushin area of Lagos on Monday singing solidarity songs in protest against the activities of the police and traffic management agencies in the state over the enforcement... Read More
by Isi Esene Senator Ahmed Zanna has been invited for questioning by the State Security Services over his alleged involvement with a suspected member of the militant Islamic group, Boko Haram. This invitation is following the arrest of Shuaibu Bama, a Boko Haram suspect, in a house believed to belong to the senator. Bama was... Read More
One thing you quickly learn from doing even a tiny bit of traveling around Africa is that Nigeria, even by African standards, this country is pretty messed up. The debate is still on about how we can establish connections (accountability and transparency) between the governing class and the governed. The protests of January 2012 showed... Read More
by Isi Esene The Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC) will resume its services between Lagos and Kano by December. This was disclosed by the minister of information, Labaran Maku, while leading the Good Governance Tour Team on a demonstration ride from Akere to Zungeru. He said the NRC operations was hindered by the collapse of a... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Like some on Nigerian Twitter would say, it’s the irony of life. Dana Airline, the troubled airline which made headlines in June 2012 when one of its planes crashed in Lagos killing over 150 people has been named by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria as the best domestic carrier for 2011.... Read More
by Hauwa Gambo Well, it is an important state occasion. The Kano State Government has released N1.7 billion as ram bonus for civil servants this Eid-el-Kabir. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) confirms the release approved by the governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso. According to a statement by the public relations officer of the Ministry of Finance,... Read More
by Isi Esene Plenty has been said about the tragic mob murder of four undergraduate students of the University of Port Harcourt. Nigerians are gradually settling down to the familiar routine; putting it all behind and moving on… until it happens again. This edition of Rubbin’ Minds set out to put answers to nagging questions... Read More
by Isi Esene The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has recovered 12 bodies out of the 21 passengers believed to have drowned in the Coaster bus which skidded-off the bridge and plunged into the river around J4 area of the Sagamu-Ore expressway in Ogbere in Ogun State. The bodies were recovered on Saturday through the... Read More
by Isi Esene The 2013 Budget has been submitted before the National Assembly with many analysts commending the efforts of the executive arm of government at accomplishing the task in record time. Modest cuts have been made in recurrent expenditure and other key financial indices but analysts have also identified outrageous line items in the... Read More
by Reuben Daba These are not the best of times for residents in certain states across the federation, where floods have done unprecedented damage. Bayelsa State, in South/South Nigeria, is one of the states worst hit by the flooding. On Saturday, tragedy occurred when two canoes used as means of transportation collided with each other... Read More
I was bred under the military and had lived most of my formative years knowing nothing like civilian rule. For me, killings and murder were the norm as many more had died or disappeared without a trace. It had become my reality. My first encounter with Fela and his music left me a little confused.... Read More
by Isi Esene Bishop David Oyedepo is no stranger to controversy at home and abroad. The latest accusation thrown at the founder of the Winners’ Chapel Church is coming from a British tabloid, the UK Mail on Sunday which quoted a British MP, Paul Flynn describing Oyedepo’s brand of Christianity as ‘cynical exploitation’. This is... Read More
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