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Tragic End of the People’s Pilot: Captain Jerry Agbeyegbe

Author: Eric OsagiePosted to the web: 6/19/2005 2:42:23 PM No more will he fly. No longer will his angry voice ring out at the ills afflicting ... Full story

June 12: Never, Never Again

Author: Eric OsagiePosted to the web: 6/19/2005 1:32:49 PM Where were you when you heard the news of the June 12 annulment? Where were you ... Full story

Gani Versus the Newest Librarians

Author: By Eric OsagiePosted to the web: 6/19/2005 7:16:59 AM Chief Gani Fawehinmi is angry! You can see it in his eyes and feel it in ... Full story

Celebrating Obasanjocracy

Author: Patrick NaagbantonPosted to the web: 6/18/2005 4:23:18 AM Writing is a delicate craft, a writer be a woman or a man only expresses he or ... Full story

A Parable For Nigeria

Author: By Reuben AbatiPosted to the web: 6/17/2005 7:00:56 AM 'I HOPE it doesn't happen here?' 'What?' 'What has happened in South Africa?' 'Is it Nelson ... Full story

This Animal Called Nigerian

Author: Professor AboyadePosted to the web: 6/17/2005 6:38:01 AM I am sure readers know already that the title of this piece is largely borrowed from a ... Full story

A Review Of 318 Odontogenic Tumors In Kaduna, Nigeria

Author: Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial SurgeryPosted to the web: 6/16/2005 6:11:22 AM Purpose: To analyze 318 odontogenic tumors seen at a tertiary oral care center ... Full story

The Nigerian Child: A Future So Bleak

Author: Nigerian VanguardPosted to the web: 6/14/2005 11:21:31 PM IDOWU, a 10  year old boy who sells sachet water at  the popular Mile Two bus stop, ... Full story

Ritual Killing and Pseudoscience in Nigeria

Author: Leo IgwePosted to the web: 6/12/2005 9:12:21 PM The murder in London of a Nigerian boy, simply named Adam by the British Police, might have ... Full story

Go South, Con Man | Why Nigerian Fraudsters Now Like Working in South Africa

Author: The Economist print editionPosted to the web: 6/12/2005 6:26:27 PM Why Nigerian fraudsters now like working in South Africa“YOU want rubies! We can do business!” ... Full story

Stiff Penalties For Footballers

Author: The Economist print editionPosted to the web: 6/12/2005 6:23:01 PM The mysteries of Nigerian justiceLAST week, more than 50 Nigerians, some of them wearing football ... Full story

Ken Nnamani and the New Way

Author: Olu Obafemi Posted to the web: 6/11/2005 6:29:06 AM Listening to the words and utterances—which almost equate policy statements—of the new Senate President, Ken Nnamani, ... Full story

No One Loves Nigeria

Author: By Eric Osagie Posted to the web: 6/11/2005 6:27:14 AM Do you love your country? Well, you may be in the minority if you say ... Full story

Book of Life

Author: By Patrick Enilama Posted to the web: 6/11/2005 6:24:31 AM 'Oh that thou would bless me indeed, and thine hand might be with me, and ... Full story

Ehindero Begged Me To Cool Down

Author: By Mike Awoyinfa Posted to the web: 6/11/2005 6:20:04 AM On a two-day visit to Abuja to attend a seminar where columnists shared their ideas ... Full story

Nigeria — Time to Cut a Debt Deal?

Author: By Todd Moss Posted to the web: 6/9/2005 11:23:30 AM Nigeria has become synonymous with corruption, mismanagement and Africa’s sad history of wasted opportunity. But ... Full story

Decoding the US Alarm on Nigeria

Author: By Sam Omatseye Posted to the web: 6/8/2005 7:12:30 AM The general response from the Obasanjo administration to the ominous report from the U.S. ... Full story

A Decade & Two Funerals

Author: By Louis Odion Posted to the web: 6/8/2005 7:08:51 AM When Reverend Father Matthew Kukah finally arrives Ogoniland with the olive branch in the ... Full story

A Nation of Riggers

Author: By Louis Odion Posted to the web: 6/8/2005 7:07:15 AM It took a front-page report by Vanguard newspaper Monday before the West African Examination ... Full story

Let's Rotate the Presidency

Author: By Amanze Obi Posted to the web: 6/8/2005 7:05:02 AM A part of the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy as enshrined in ... Full story

The Bell Tolls For Nigeria

Author: By Amanze Obi Posted to the web: 6/8/2005 7:03:16 AM A fertile ground has been mapped out for Nigeria’s many patriotic do-gooders. A recent report ... Full story

Counselling Students of the Faculty of Education at the University of Maiduguri Against Examination Malpractice

COUNSELLING STUDENTS OF THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI AGAINST EXAMINATION MALPRACTICEEBIRERI OMOVIGHO RANIUNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI, DEPARTMENT OF CONTINUING EDUCATION AND EXTENSION ... Full story

Removal of Fuel Subsidy: My Position & the Way Forward

For ten days now, I have read with very uncanny interest the myriads of posts from friends and folks both on BB, tweeter and on ... Full story

WHY GAIN A KOBO TO LOSE A NAIRA? Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

WHY GAIN A KOBO TO LOSE A NAIRA? Do you know that: • Petrol Subsidy is a major channel for corruption? • The inefficiencies of the subsidy regime ... Full story

NIGERIA TOMORROW

NIGERIA TOMORROW! Tomorrow; after today Tomorrow; opposite today Tomorrow; a change Tomorrow; a level Tomorrow; a state Tomorrow; paste Tomorrow; phase Tomorrow; a symbol Tomorrow; a result Tomorrow; a product Tomorrow; a multiplication Tomorrow; a division Tomorrow; an addition Tomorrow; a subtraction Tomorrow; a future So set a vision, To accomplish your mission in our nation Tomorrow; a position So apply the mission and decision, to get to such destination. No one knows tomorrow, but the plan of today can give a clue, The plan of today makes it deterministic. No one knows tomorrow, but it makes you determined, It makes you accomplished. No one knows tomorrow, but it makes you stand in the light of the truth. I’m talking not about ability, but about integrity, which leads to prosperity, even outside your vicinity. I'm talking about being a Server; the master key towards attaining the height of a leader, not a rigger neither a digger. Tomorrow; it's in me Tomorrow; it's in you Tomorrow; it's in all, Tomorrow; a leader. For by this time tomorrow, Things done in joy and happiness Esprit de corps among leaders, thus radiating amid individuals Lecturers and the lectured having mutual understanding of what is being taught. For by this time tomorrow, Master of Corruption; rest in peace Mr. Insecurity; evaporated Professor Illiterate; back to school, Honourable Poverty; eliminated. For by this time tomorrow, Cassava bread in the morning, Cassava flakes at noon, Cassava paste at night, Ah! malnutrition; eradicated. For by this time tomorrow, I say! You say!! We say!!! This I have done. GOD BLESS NIGERIA http://www.doshand.webs.com/dadaos@ymail.com

So called Dream team 23/12/11

My observation up to 23 November 2011, which stands to be corrected, Nigeria is the only country especially developing that does not want to see sport as an economic activity which can uplift the lives of its people especially the unemployed. Mostly noticeable in the NFF/NPL and ministry of sport. It might just take six things to turns around. ... Full story

40 Richest People in Africa

Forbes’ inaugural list of the 40 Richest People in Africa is a testament to the growing global importance of the continent. Fortunes are being created ... Full story

NUCVIHEP'S MODULE 3 PROJECT

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIALS OF USING THEVIDEOCONFERENCING AND THE INTERNET TO PROMOTE THETEACHING OF ADULT EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OFMAIDUGURI.EBIRERI OMOVIGHO RANI; UNIVERSITY ... Full story

ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE CURRENT M.ED. ADULT EDUCATION (COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION SERVICES) CURRICULUM OF UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI.

ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE CURRENT M.ED. ADULT EDUCATION (COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION SERVICES) CURRICULUM OF UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI. EBIRERI Omovigho RaniUNIVERSITY ... Full story

CULTURAL PROBLEMS IN AFRICA

According to history, the Africans were great people. They excelled in arts, religion, technology, medicine, and civilisation. Their culture was principally based on religious and ... Full story

The Plague

The PlagueAfter so many years of degradation, humiliation, slavery and colonization, we still suffer from something we could not figure out. Something amazing, funny and ... Full story

AFRICAN VALUES AND FALSE PERCEPTIONS

AFRICAN VALUES AND FALSE PERCEPTIONSWhenever I watch a movie or documentary showcasing the cannibalism or barbarianism of Africans, I look down inside me and say; ... Full story

September 11; What lesson have we learned?

As the Americans and many other people of the world are celebrating the second anniversary of terrorist attack that strucked the world trade centre, what ... Full story

AFRICAN LEADERS; WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE…?

Africa today is seen as a continent where wickedness, maladministration, injustice, selfishness, corruption, poverty etc are governing. Many nations in the whole world (mostly the ... Full story

NIGERIA; WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE...?

When African threw off the chains of colonialism, Nigeria was by then seen as a beacon of hope and progress by all African Nations and ... Full story

CORRUPTION AND NIGERIA GOVERNMENT

From every perspective, corruption or corrupt practices has to do with fraudulent activity especially syphon funds that are meant for the general populace for one’s ... Full story

IS THIS DEMOCRACY...?

To many people, democracy is a representative system of government that allows people to vote for the leaders of their choice through a free and ... Full story

I REALLY DON’T KNOW…

I wanted to eat But my hands refusedTo put food into my mouthJust as it used to do beforeNot that I'm not hungryNot that my ... Full story

WAR AGAINST IRAQ; WHAT FUTURE FOR THE YOUTH?

I continue to wonder why for God sake the best way to get rid of bad leaders is to wage war against their countries. Why ... Full story

WHEN UNITED NATIONS TURNED DIVIDED NATIONS...

Wonders shall never end, so they say...! I considered myself and other young people of my generation very unfortunate because of the fact that our ... Full story

IN MY COUNTRY...

Peace is snoringEnmity is reigningFreedom degradesAutocracy is exaltedViolence is synonymousIn my countryJustice is limitedPoverty is the victorFamine is sine qua nonAnd killings are necessaryIn my ... Full story

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Indicted Companies, Their Owners

Many highly placed Nigerians who own some of the companies indicted for fuel subsidy offences are likely to be arraigned in court this week The stage ...

Still a Killing Field

Fear and grief take the centre stage again in Jos after another round of crisis leading to the death of more than140 persons including two ...

Battle to Save LGs

A presidential committee headed by retired Justice Alfa Belgore suggests ways to salvage the nation’s local governments from the over bearing influence of state governors The ...

Twist in the Akpabio’s Murder Case

The family of the murdered Akpabio brothers rejects the setting up of a security committee to investigate the multiple murder incident and demands explanation for ...

Akwa Ibom Triumphs

Cross River State loses its bid to reclaim 76 oil wells which it lost through its declassification as a littoral state For Godswill Akpabio, governor of ...

Danger at the Door

Fear of religious war looms as Boko Haram sect targets churches and Christians for attacks T he   ordination   ceremony of Matthew Hassan Kukah as the Catholic ...

Danger at the Door

Fear of religious war looms as Boko Haram sect targets churches and Christians for attacks T he   ordination   ceremony of Matthew Hassan Kukah as the Catholic ...

Christians Have a Right to Defend Themselves

Gabriel Osu, monsignor and director of communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, speaks to Anthony Akaeze, assistant editor, on a number of issues relating to the ...

It’s Not a War Against Christians

Lateef Adegbite, secretary general, Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, speaks to Dike Onwuamaeze, principal staff writer, and Ishaya Ibrahim, staff writer, on Boko Haram. Excerpts: Newswatch: ...

On the Rise Again

Cases of kidnapping are again on the increase in Imo State There is an upsurge in kidnapping in Imo State. The cases are much more than ...