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Dirty Details on Fuel Subsidy
The ongoing public sitting by the House of Representatives ad hoc committee throws up fresh facts on fuel subsidy scandals Fresh facts ...
Let’s Have Public Hearing on Fuel Subsidy Funds
Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and convener of the Save Nigeria Group, speaks with Dike Onwuamaeze, principal staff writer, on the ...
The Gains, the Losses
Nigerians are still counting their gains and losses resulting from the recent six-day protests against the removal of fuel subsidy After one ...
CPC is Being Economical with the Truth
Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was recently voted Newswatch Man of the Year 2011. The radical scholar speaks to a ...
Trouble for Two Police Chiefs
Hafiz Ringim, inspector general of Police, and Hassan Zakari Biu, commissioner of police, get marching order to produce a Boko Haram kingpin who escaped from ...
One Woman’s Own “Widow’s Mite”
Grace Ekpenyong’s pet project while her husband was the Akwa Ibom State deputy governor has blossomed into a big industry whose products will soon hit ...
A Volkswagen for Extra Comfort
Volkswagen Tiguan arrives the Nigerian automobile market to fill a vital gap The new Volkswagen Tiguan recently came into Nigerian automobile market ...
What the States Are Promising in 2012
Most states in Nigeria want to do a lot more projects in 2012 and their budget proposals are tailored towards achieving these goals ...
New LASU fee Here to Stay
Officials of the Lagos State University say the new fee seen as too high by the students will not be reduced The ...
Is this Traditional Ruler a Kidnapper?
Rochas Okorocha sacks Cosmas Onyeneke, traditional ruler of Lagwa over his alleged involvement in a kidnapping syndicate The dust raised by the ...
Jonathan Should Be More Forthright
Niyi Osundare, a professor of English and social commentator, speaks to Newswatch editors on the removal of fuel subsidy, religion, and his recently published book ...
The War, Its Leaders
They are union leaders and human rights activists. They are the leaders of the war against fuel subsidy removal that paralysed the country for several ...
The Invasion of Foreign Land Grabbers
African countries are losing their choice lands to foreign business interests through dubious deals with political and traditional authorities in the continent ...
Paralysis
Nigeria grounded as protests over fuel subsidy removal cripple activities nationwide Paralysis. This nine-letter word best captures the situation in virtually ...
Man of the Year: A Giant in the Sun
For his role as a leader in manufacturing and distribution trade, Aliko Dangote is voted first runner-up as Newswatch Man of the Year, 2011 ...
Man of the Year: The Man Who Broke The Chain of Electoral Failures
Attahiru Jega is voted Newswatch Man of the Year for successfully breaking the nation’s long chain of frustrations over its failed electoral process ...
The New Year Bombshell
This action of government could only be described as the most unkind cut right through the heart of Nigerians The New Year bombshell started ...
The Killer Pill, At Last!
We need not have embarked on this disastrous mission Those who thought President Goodluck Jonathan would not push the fuel subsidy abolition policy through ...
Jonathan’s Controversial New Year Gift
Nigerians warm up for a mass protest over President Goodluck Jonathan’s removal of oil subsidy in the wake of mounting security challenges threatening the very ...