Category Archives: Nation

War against ‘Good Governance’ book: FoI faces acid test

June 19, 2013 no comments

Attempts to stop publication of a new book on accountability and good governance cause a storm despite the Freedom of Information Act, even as international media group and rights activists join the ...

UNIBEN student death: Brutal murder or grave mistake?

June 19, 2013 no comments

  PATRICK AHANOR revisits the rage generated by the killing of a 22-year-old Ibrahim Momodu, an undergraduate at the University of Benin, over allegation that he attempted to shoot at a police patrol...

Marte: Community’s tale of life after military rescue

June 18, 2013 no comments

 KAREEM OGORI reports on how people of Marte Local Government Council in Borno state that was once ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency are breathing a new lease of life following the dislodgement of the...

Marte: Community’s tale of life after military rescue

June 13, 2013 no comments

KAREEM OGORI reports on how people of Marte Local Government Council in Borno state that was once ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency are breathing a new lease of life following the dislodgement of the ...

Why 2 crimes boom in South-east

May 28, 2013 no comments

Raphael Ede writes on police achievements on the current war against baby factory and child trafficking in the South-east geo-political zone As the war against child trafficking and baby factory rage...

Changing tide of Nigerian roads

May 24, 2013 1 comment

A team of journalists, including ABDULRAHMAN A. ABDULRAUF, recently engaged the Minister of Works, Arc. Mike Onolememen, on the state of Nigerian roads, during which he reeled out the modest achievem...

Insurgency: Jonathan walks through anxious moment

May 24, 2013 no comments

Since he assumed the presidency, not a few people have commended the President over his handling of insurgency by Boko Haram. MUSA SIMON REEF reports on issues behind President Goodluck Jonathan’s de...

Gusau: 70 guns for the general

May 21, 2013 no comments

This week, one of Nigeria’s finest military officers, intelligence guru and astute politician, General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau, clocked 70 years. Here, ABDULAZIZ ABDULAZIZ takes a look at the life of Ge...

Challenges of ensuring internal security

May 21, 2013 no comments

Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, speaks to a group of journalists on how it keys in to the Goodluck Jonathan’s transformation agenda amidst varying challenges. ABDULRAHMAN A. ABDULRAUF captur...

Textile sector on the verge of revival –Igomu

May 16, 2013 no comments

Ibrahim Igomu is the national chairman of the National Textiles Manufacturers Association (NTMA) and also Nigerian Textiles and Garments and Tailoring Employers Association (NTGTEA). In this intervie...