Nigeria is close to agreeing a framework to make private power generation for the national grid commercially viable, potentially unlocking billions of dollars of investment and helping end chronic power shortages. Finance Minister Olusegun Aganga said a presidential task force had met with independent power producers in the capital Abuja on Friday and had agreed [...]
These are indeed sad and conflicting times for Nigeria as she approaches her fiftieth year of dependency. (oops I meant independence) Though, I do not know what we are independent of. We depend on either German or Chinese built roads. Our rail, space satellites, and refineries are given to the Chinese to build. For many [...]
How can a judge, who is supposed to be a minister in the temple of justice, order that someone’s house be broken into and his family evicted on the strength of the “judgement” of a Sharia court
There are several prescient lessons we could draw from Duke’s breakdown on how elections are rigged in Nigeria by state governors without appearing to hurl the baby and the bathwater into the canal
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The persecution of children accused of witchcraft is a reaction to the insecurity of modern Africa. We must protect them
It is a shame that President Jonathan will allow himself to be used in this manner. While pretending for the most part to be aloof, he ruined his own case this week, when he disclosed in Uganda that he intends to run an election that will not produce any litigation.
Has Jonathan lived up to public expectations? Do his words furnish us with insights into the kind of leader that Jonathan has become? Presidential performance is never evaluated on the basis of a president’s ability to throw words around.
Emigration of skilled workers from developing nations to developed ones in search of better opportunities has been well-studied by scholars. Theoretical examination is not scarce; what is lacking is solution to this problem.
In an infamous move, the Oyo state government assumed full ownership of the LAUTECH. This has led to a series of confusing news emanating from the institution.
