One Down – Former Governor James Ibori gets 13 years Jail Term

  I had been following the case right from when he was going through the Nigerian Justice system and then when EFCC picked it up. But those don’t have a very good track record, and it was hopeless to think he would get more than a 6month...

The Thin Line Between Deregulation and Austerity Measures in Nigeria By Zainab Usman

On Friday, 13th April 2012, the Nigerian mainstream and new media were awash with reports of Nigeria’s dwindling savings. In particular, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala raised alarm over...

The God of Visas

‘I hope you all brought your International Passports as we announced last week. Everybody, raise your International Passports. Lift it high to the heavens. I decree and declare that, in Jesus name, your passports will never be denied visa. Favour...

Boko Haram And The New Proactive Security Challenges

The recent unprovoked and unwarranted attacks on security personnel, hapless and innocent Nigerians especially of Christian extraction at places of worships in core northern and north-central Nigeria (Middle Belt) which claimed hundreds of lives,...

Developing countries ‘Say in the Geoengineering Debate’ should come from a sense of involvement

Geoengineering, an artificial means of solving the global warming challenge faced by the world, is getting attention and talk time in developed countries, but it appears that most developing countries are mum on the matter and probably waiting to...

Dead Men Walking [Guest Post]

“Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.” – Martin Luther...

Flood Management In Nigeria: The Sustainability Imperative

BY CHIMA NGADI OVERVIEW The Nigerian legendary musician- Fela Anikulapo-Kuti once sang that water has no enemy but victims of flood disasters surely do harbour some reservations. The importance of water for the survival of mankind cannot be overemphasized....

Nigeria’s Past Wasn’t Perfect, But The Present Is More Tense

In the wee hours of Tuesday February 3, I was browsing through Google News when I stumbled upon a news item which arrested my attention. The news was fresh – I saw it just a few minutes after it was published by the Vanguard Newspaper. It was...

On this one Olisa Agbakoba is wrong [Guest Post]

On this one Olisa Agbakoba is wrong Anthony A. Kila Since about six months or so, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and prominent human right activist, Mr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has been pushing with his usual commendable fervor...

Nigerian Roads – The Easy Road To Heaven

By Kazeem Azeez Idowu* It is not surprising that everything is happening like this in this country. The politicians we have are those that when they say ‘yes’ it means ‘may be’, when they say ‘may be’ it means ‘no’. But mind you...