I will skip the president’s reported speech at This Day during a visit after the unfortunate and unexplainable bombing of the institution.  This latest attack is most unfortunate because the situation has now reached a point that is difficult to understand or explain as there is no pattern to the bombings.  Yesterday – metaphorically – […]

 On March 9, this column carried in what, though not exactly a tongue in cheek title – “PDP is Nigeria’s greatest impediment to democracy and the country’s very survival” – was nevertheless an essay thought to be a commentary that would not grandfather another.  This was because we all witnessed Nigeria’s recent past under the […]

by Tola Adenle This title is similar to late President Ronald Reagan’s Russia’s “President Gorbachev, bring down this wall”! which he proclaimed to a screaming audience at the West Berlin Wall.  The Vegas Style Sign When I first read the story of the naming of an Abuja District after Dr. Jonathan the sitting president of Nigeria, […]

In case you missed the sordid story, a Nigerian, Professor Dike has filed a lawsuit asking for a piddling amount – N15 million or so – for alleged plagiarism by the Central Bank’s governor, Alhaji Sanusi.  Here is the link to the incredible press release on denial of  the charge by Alhaji Sanusi’s representative at […]

http://pmnewsnigeria.com Published on April 22, 2012 “The fact that we have this debt reduction and we will be able to pay off the balance of whatever is left will leave Nigerians free, to start on a new slate. I mean it will be like a second independence, a rebirth, if you will, giving us the […]

[Today marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of a talented artist, a young man just making his way up in life.  Apart from his regular day job, Sina, whose home church is the All Saints' Church, Jericho, Ibadan, Nigeria, was pianist at fabled Tinubu Methodist Church, THE home church to the Methodists in Nigeria.  […]

Take your pick(s) from any of the following links to stories that make one wonder if the corruption cancer has not eaten so deep into the Nigerian fabric that there no longer seems any way out or the will to fight it by the Jonathan administration is not there. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/04/air-nigeria-recovers-75000-from-ex-executive-director/ http://www.punchng.com/news/pension-fraud-efcc-investigates-indicted-bankers-n35m-traced-to-corps-members-account/ http://www.punchng.com/news/n9-97bn-intercontinental-bank-waiver-sfu-invites-saraki-arrests-ex-md/ http://www.punchng.com/editorial/fuel-subsidy-report-time-to-wield-the-big-stick/ http://www.punchng.com/news/for-the-record/reps-fuel-subsidy-probe-report/ http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/43872-fuel-subsidy-probe-tambuwal-faces-impeachment-threat.html […]

Forum restates need for Yoruba’s unity by Olayinka Olukoya and Lawrence Amaku Friday, The Tribune, 20 April 2012   THE Yoruba Unity Forum (YUF) has reiterated the need for all Yorubas, irrespective of political affiliations and status to come together under one umbrella to promote the interest of the Yoruba in Nigeria. Rising from a […]

Punchng.com April 19, 2012 by Abimbola Adelakun I caught the ‘Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for World Bank Presidency’ bug late because, initially, I thought it was a passing fancy. In an interview with the Economist in March, she said, “I came because I believe in standing up for something and putting my money where my mouth is. […]

First, readers should please read The Washington Post’s Brian Vastag: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/space-shuttle-discovery-makes-final-flight-over-washington-dc/2012/04/18/gIQAMtqcQT_story.html Now, go through the picture gallery at:    http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/discovery-heads-to-the-dc-area/2012/04/17/gIQACUXmNT_gallery.html#photo=36 Each picture in the dozens of frames are breathtaking but Frame 36 not only takes your breath away but is so awe-inspiring and so out-of-this-world that I actually believed I heard my heart beats! The Washington […]