President Goodluck Jonathan declared, yesterday, that he is presently preoccupied with serious governance and warned politicians not to distract him with politics of 2015, saying the next general elections in year 2015 was still three years away. The president, who spoke, yesterday, in Lagos through his Senior Special Adviser on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr.... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The last time President Jonathan handed out national honours in 2011, the biggest hitch during the event was the shortage of medals to decorate the recipients. The medals were not enough, even though the presidency compiled the list itself and knew how many Nigerians were expected to be honoured that day. This... Read More
by Isi Esene Scarcity of petroleum products is slowly creeping into Lagos and other south-west states due to the vandalization of the Arepo distribution pipeline which supplies products to depots in these states. The scarcity will affect Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kwara and Ondo States because petroleum products from the Atlas Cove jetty is normally conveyed... Read More
Kate Middleton continues her reign as style queen as she tours through Southeast Asia with Prince William, part of Queen Elizabeth’s ongoing Diamond Jubilee celebration. The newly minted Duchess of Cambridge brought to mind another stunning royal during a stop at the Assyakirin Mosque in Malaysia on Sept. 14, 2012. Dressed in a light grey... Read More
by Isi Esene The first pictures of the Egyptian born US man who is suspected to be behind the amateur movie considered to be in bad taste by followers of Islam have been released. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, 55, is reported to be at the center of the probe into the amateurish movie “Innocence of Muslims,”... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Oil has murdered sleep, and has set friendly neighbours on the path of acrimony. Since August 30th when Orient Petroleum Resources commissioned its facilities in an occasion where President Jonathan declared Anambra State as the 10th oil producing state, there has been tensions between the states of Anambra, Kogi and Enugu. The... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Obinna Ekezie is a former NBA player turned technology entrepreneur. At the age of 18, Ekezie left Nigeria for the United States where he spent the next decades. He earned a full athletic scholarship to attend university at the University of Maryland from 1995 – 1999. He played for five teams in... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola Not everyone is impressed by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s co-ordination of the nation’s economy, especially as regards her handling of Nigeria’s debt profile. Festus Iyayi of the University of Benin, Edo State, is one of such. And in an event on Friday, the professor described the recent utterances of the finance minister as “irresponsible and... Read More
… At that point it started to feel like I probably preferred the many Chinese locals who hadn’t heard of Nigeria before. At least I could sell the country as whatever I wanted. The ones I met at the forum knew Nigeria too well and knew all the sides that made me sad. “Where is... Read More
by Akan Ido The battle for a sizable number of young people we see in our daily interaction is the desire to lose weight, look sexy and be noticed, but for Lizzie Velasquez, its far deeper than that. Velasquez was born with a rare disease which prevents her from gaining weight. She has no fat... Read More
Then my mother gave me Chike and the River as a birthday gift, and I began to slide the glass door of the bookshelf open again and again, to read Things Fall Apart, The Concubine, Weep Not, Child, books I had dismissed as boring. I was eight the first time I heard it. I had... Read More
by Isi Esene The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is reported to be investigating five judges; two chief judges and three judges of the Federal High Court, for keeping fat bank accounts. According to reports, the EFCC has in its possession their statements of account and how the funds were transferred into the said... Read More
by Isi Esene Emmanuel Iheanacho, the former minister of interior and owner of Integrated Oil and Gas has been released by the State Security Service (SSS), Lagos State Command. Iheanacho’s company was accused of dealing in illegally acquired petroleum products. Officials of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) and armed forces personnel attached... Read More
by Akan Ido Six trucks suspected to be carrying illegally acquired petroleum products were yesterday set on fire by security agents at Ajogu and Lokoja, both in Kogi State. The contents were suspected to have been siphoned illegally at Adogo in Ajaokuta, and Osara in Okehi LGA. Three of the trucks were set on fire... Read More
by Stanley Azuakola The rainy season isn’t even fully here, but already severe flooding is ravaging several cities in the country, especially in the North. Scientists say it is global warming; city planners say it is the poor drainage systems in our cities; and now you can add a third view: the massive flooding tormenting... Read More
by Basil Fadipe A doctor is trained to save life, not take it. But somewhere along the line, segments of society ‘retrain’ him to take life either by inflicting such last act without which death would not have occured (euthanasia) or assisting the victim in inflicting that last act himself (assisted suicide). Negotiating society... Read More
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