Hurrah! At last there is something to celebrate in Nigeria. We are Ebola free for now. It proves our varying but progressive ingenuity under a collective ideal. Some fellow exported Ebola to Nigeria and we stopped him at our border before he could diffuse it to unmanageable dimension, thanks to Ameyor Adadevoh, the heroine of…
Free of Ebola But…
Nigeria continues to earn plaudits at home and abroad for its effort in eradicating the Ebola virus from its shores but the recent upsurge of Lassa fever in the country calls for caution For a country that had often been portrayed negatively in the foreign media it is understandable why many Nigerian government officials will continue…
The Oil Price Burden
There is anxiety about the falling price of crude oil as dwindling revenue threatens economic and social development, raising concerns over the overall health of the Nigerian economy Nigeria is groaning under falling oil price and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, finance minister and coordinating minister for the economy, will have a herculean task managing the country’s economy…
“Nigeria, Today, Is a Country at War with Itself” – Oyegun
John Odigie-Oyegun, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC has described the present situation in Nigeria as a country at war with itself as violence, insecurity, and other social vices are predominant in the country. Speaking on Friday evening as the guest lecturer at the 2014 annual lecture organised by the University of Ibadan…
The Attraction of Investors
The FCT administration provides lots of incentives and the required enabling environment that make its offer irresistible The first phase of the land swap programme is oversubscribed. Over 40 investors, local and international, applied to participate out of which 15 were selected for the 16 districts in the phase one. That is about 300…
Condemned Mutineers: Our Sons Must Not Die – Families
Last week, Nigerians expected two victories. And it was apparent that politicians would have rehearsed how to celebrate, for each one of them was worth dancing for. But whatever celebrations planned for the expected breakthroughs had to be mellowed because only one of them fell through. The World Health Organisation declared Nigeria Ebola free. It…
Why Nigerian Films Can’t Win Oscars Yet
It is a dream that has been nursed for many years. Then it came very close to reality. But as things stand right now, it is still looking like a mirage. Earlier this year, when the Nigeria Oscars Selection Committee, NOSC, was inaugurated many had high hopes that finally, Nollywood would get a chance to…
How To Make Money from Ebola
With the Ebola outbreak dominating the national discourse, parents are inevitably going to be confronted with the necessity of explaining the deadly disease to children. Although Nigeria has been declared Ebola-free, schools, parents, guardians might still need to explain or describe properly to the curious children what Ebola is all about without necessarily spreading unfounded…
AFRIMA Storms UNILAG
The All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, recently held an entertaining concert tagged ‘Road to AFRIMA on Campus’ at the Indoor Sports Hall of the University of Lagos. The concert was targeted at communicating the vision and ideals of AFRIMA to the vibrant youth generation in Nigeria, the host country of the awards. Present at the…
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