The formal recognition of Libya’s National Transitional Council by the Nigerian government shows that President Jonathan and his foreign policy team are weak and should not be trusted. Their combined response to the Gaddafi-NATO-USA matter is a bleeding foreign policy faux pas.
Uncle Sege and Uncle Ibro are the best presidents Nigeria ever had. While OBJ swallowed PHCN’s $16 billion, IBB gulped $12 billion Gulf Oil windfall. Curiously, both friends held the destiny of Nigeria in their hands for a combined period of approximately 20 years.
Hours after a bomb blast occurred at the United Nations headquarters in Abuja on Friday, there was panic in Lagos as news of an impending bomb attack made the rounds.
Deep ethnic fears generated by in-built structures that promote unequal access to power and resources has been one of the major obstacles to the existence of the Nigerian state. If we refuse to deal with it, the nation risks the chance of becoming a market for weapons and centre place for humanitarian groups.
A huge explosion has ripped through the three-storey United Nations building in Nigeria‘s capital, Abuja, claiming several lives.
Despite his depleting army of supporters and rising public outcry against his continuous hold to power by the international community, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi of Libya fights on with words from his hide-out. But he has the last chance to determine his family’s future by surrendering himself or facing the rebels’ onslaught.
With the unwritten no-second-term rule in the ancient city’s historic and democratic existence among other good governance principles, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, holds the key to fostering democracy in Nigeria and Africa due to its ever-intriguing politics.
A 24-year-old Mechanical Engineering graduate, Mr. Tayo Adegbola, was on Wednesday paraded in Akure along with seven others by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly snatching “state-of-the-art vehicles” in Akure.
Zakatul Fitr (the alms after Ramadan fast) is compulsory on every Muslim who is free and is capable to pay it. This article highlights the guiding principles behind giving this special alms at a special season like Ramadan.
Small allocations from the federal government and the little internally generated revenues may hinder Ebonyi State from implementing the minimum wage law in the state. More importantly, the recent governor’s interaction with the governed is essential to good governance.
