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World’s Richest People
Forbes magazine yesterday, released the 2011 World’s Richest People list with Nigeria’s own industrialist, Aliko Dangote rated as the 51st Richest man in the world, with a ... Full story
Steve Jobs Dies At Age 56
Forget about the turnaround. Forget about the Macintosh, and the iPod, and the iPhone, and the iPad. And whatever Apple is about to announce next. ... Full story
Signing for OYES
Twenty thousand unemployed youths find succour in OYES-Osun Youth Empowerment Scheme Rauf Aregbesola Jnr., son of the governor of Osun State, ...
A Salvo Fired by the Auditor-General
Auditor-General of the Federation names government parastatals and departments that have no audited accounts Samuel Orkura, auditor- general of the federation, has raised the ...
The Race Against Sylva
The line-up for the February 11, 2012, governorship race in Bayelsa State is getting longer With about four months to the February 11, 2012, ...
How Shell Promotes Criminal Gangs in Niger Delta
A report just published by Platform, a London-based oil and gas related NGO, indicts Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, of involvement in systematic killing and ...
Editorial Suite
Written by Bala Dan Abu Thursday, 27 October 2011 Our cover story this week chronicles the criminal side of Shell’s operations in Nigeria's Niger Delta Petroleum ...
Keeping the Family Name Aglow
Members of the family Dele Giwa left behind are in various parts of the world keeping the family name aglow Time may ...
Dele Giwa
His Hurried Journey through Life He rose from obscurity to world prominence through hard work and courage. Everything seemed set for greater ...
PROLOGUE: The Choice We Make
Death is every man’s destination and will come when it will come. But there is something to be said about a nation in which the ...
Editorial Suite
The question which the assassination elicited on that fateful Sunday morning, when the news of his death broke has remained unanswered. Who killed Dele Giwa? ...
Dying to Live
Perhaps, it was not paradoxical that he died in a most controversial way. After death, Giwa did not cease to excite more controversies. Who killed ...
Like a Bad Dream
Everything that happens in life must have happened before. A friend had died before; a father had died before; a brother had died before. Still ...
What Dele Giwa Taught Me
Onukaba Adinoyi-Ojo, former managing director of Daily Times, and co-author of Born to Run, a biography of the late Dele Giwa, speaks to Tobs Agbaegbu, ...
His Words, Their Import
As a journalist, editor and columnist, Dele Giwa wrote incisive articles and reports that brought him fame and earned him considerable following of readers ...
Day the Bulldozers Came to Agege
Lagos State government pulls down buildings in some areas in Agege threatened by severe flooding For residents of Odejobi Street, Agege, ...
Bloody Battle for Traditional Stool
Efforts by the people of Akabor autonomous community in Imo State to select a successor to their late traditional ruler result in bloody clashes ...
The Dilemma of Shell’s Spy Police
They wear the full attire of the Nigerian Police but they are not members of the Nigeria Police Force. They work for Shell, but they ...
Jostling for NDDC’s Big Jobs
Several bigwigs, including an ex-senator and former governorship aspirants line up for appointment into the Niger Delta Development Commission’s top management and board positions ...
Ondo’s Wasted Billions
The government of Olusegun Mimiko, governor of Ondo State, is in the eye of the storm for its inability to make a meaningful impact in ...
Gas Flaring Without End
There is nothing to suggest that gas flaring in Nigeria will end next year as oil companies find it cheaper to pay stipulated fines than ...
Towards Regional Integration
Participants at the second ECOWAS Investment Forum in Lagos examine ways of promoting economic integration of the region How can the Economic ...
Marriage of Strange Bedfellows
Five of Nigeria’s troubled banks meet recapitalisation requirements through their acquisition but there are fears that the new arrangement is only but a marriage of ...
Kogi PDP at the Crossroads
For the second time in less than one year, attempts by the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Kogi State to choose a governorship candidate has ...
Justice Denied
Investigations into the murder of Dele Giwa and the trial of suspects earlier arraigned have both ended as exercises in futility ...
LASTMA Back in Court
Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, is back in court to appeal a court judgement against its practice of imposing arbitrary fines against traffic offenders ...
The Nigerian Government’s Strategy Against the Ailment
Onyebuchi Chukwu, health minister, promises intense advocacy and sensitisation activities on hypertension as a critical approach of the Nigerian government Hypertension or ...
The Black Man’s Burden
Hypertension is more common among black people and if untreated, can result in heart failure, stroke or chronic kidney diseases Hypertension which ...
The Silent Killer
Hypertension, a chronic cardiac medical condition, is today one of man’s worst enemy. Here are all that you need to know about this silent killer ...
Why Security Agencies Always Fail Us
Frank Odita, retired commissioner of police and principal consultant, Frankcom Limited, a security company, speaks with Dike Onwuamaeze, principal staff writer, and Ishaya Ibrahim, staff ...
The Boko Haram Kingpin They Can’t Arrest
Ali Tishau, a leader of Boko Haram, has not only eluded security agencies, they are even afraid to openly declare him wanted ...