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Anyim to Chair Newswatch Lecture

Anyim Pius Anyim, secretary to the government of the federation, is to chair Newswatch’s 2012 Lecture while Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral ...

Still a Dicey Affair

A Yola High Court is yet to decide on the validity of the primary election in which Murtala Nyako, incumbent governor of Adamawa State, emerged ...

Jonathan’s Giant Strides In the Aviation Sector

The administration of President Goodluck Jonathan boosts the aviation sector with strategic initiatives being implemented by Princess Stella Oduah, minister of aviation ...

The Travails of Pension Contributors

Contributors to the pension scheme in the country are worried over the fraudulent management of the pension scheme by the National Pension Commission and the ...

Editorial Suite

Written by Maureen Chigbo    Saturday, 24 December 2011 When the National Pension Commission, PENCOM, was set up in 2004, its vision was to be a world-class organisation ...

Fight of Two Elephants

Nigerian students in public universities suffer as Academic Staff Union of Universities members embark on a total indefinite strike to compel the federal government to ...

Nigeria Is Running an Incoherent Economy - Utomi

Pat Utomi, professor of political economy and founding director of the Lagos Business School, speaks with Dike Onwuamaeze, principal staff writer, on the contentious issue ...

Oil Subsidy Removal: Let the People Decide

Abdulwahid Omar, national president, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, speaks to Tobs Agbaegbu, senior associate editor, and Anza Phillips, assistant editor, on the opposition of labour ...

Fuel Subsidy War

President Goodluck Jonathan declares his resolve to remove oil subsidy next month just as the labour unions and civil society groups perfect their strategies for ...

Editorial Suite

Oil price increases in Nigeria have been a touchy issue ever since Olusegun Obasanjo, then a military head of state, introduced it as an economic ...

An Igbo Leader Indeed

Until his death, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu was the most idolised Igbo personality. With his demise, the question now being asked is: Who is the next ...

His Role in the War

He was the head of the Biafran rebellion and his role in that war is the reason why the Igbo loved him passionately ...

The Soldier in the Man

As a soldier, Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu showed exceptional qualities in courage and hardwork which informed most of the things he did Chukwuemeka ...

Profile of an Igbo Legend

He had a personal motto that guided his life and this had an influence on virtually every major action he took while he lived ...

Hope Rising for Failed Bank Depositors

Depositors in failed banks closed down in 2006 can be rest assured that their deposits are redeemable. The Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation has started the ...

Senator in The Dock

Mohammed Ali Ndume, serving senator from Borno State, appears in an Abuja Magistrate Court, charged with breach of trust and criminal intimidation ...

The Fall of Anti-Corruption Czar

The inside story of why Farida Waziri, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, lost her job In the past few ...

The Bayelsa Political Stalemate - Can the Judiciary Save Sylva?

With the failure of all efforts to resolve the political stalemate in Bayelsa State to pave the way for Timipre Sylva to run for second ...

The Big Rip-Off

How a Briton and his Nigerian accomplice used the plight of alleged kid witches in Akwa Ibom State to dupe the government, local and foreign ...

Editorial Suite

It is, indeed, the end of an era. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, the greatest champion of the Igbo struggle for self actualisation died November 26, 2011 ...