September 2009 Archive

Desperate Dikko

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, tries all tactics in the book to suppress his alleged certificate scandal. By Ademola Adegbamigbe Since the allegation that he forged his certificates hit the ...

An Unending Strike

The face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the declining condition of Nigerian universities enters its 10th week without either party shifting ground. By ...

Feeling The Strike Pinch

University communities bear the brunt of prolonged industrial action by academic staff of universities By Gbenro Adesina/Ado Ekiti &Bayo Adetu/Ago Iwoye As the sabre-rattling continues between university lecturers and the federal government, ...

Fawehinmism Is Alive

Chairman of Isiala Ngwa South Local Government, Dr. Anthony Agbazuerre told lawyers and the civil society that sustaining the principles for which the late Gani Fawehinmi fought and died should ...

The South African Allure

The growing trend of shooting commercials in South Africa may not be easily curbed, as the local advertising industry bows to demand by clients By FUNSHO BALOGUN Recently, the Information Minister, Dora ...

Addressing Aviation Accidents

The Accident Investigation Bureau steered by Samuel Oduselu, heightens aviation safety benchmark. By FUNSHO BALOGUN Appointments in some parastatals in the Nigeria Aviation sector have sometimes been seriously criticised on the account ...

We Are Advancing Aviation Technology

Mr. Tunde Fagbemi, Chief Executive Officer of Maevis Nigeria spoke with TAYO ODUNLAMI on the modern technology the company has deployed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to ease ...

Govt Is Blackmailing ASUU

Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie is the current President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. He spoke with Jude Orji in Owerri on the lingering ASUU strike and why the ...

Gani As Method

We cannot say that Chief Gani Fawehinmi left Nigeria better off than he met it. It is as if the more he tried, the more his country chose to go ...

The Fugitive Banker

Erastus Akingbola, erstwhile chief executive of Intercontinental Bank plc, is only playing the ostrich by fleeing the country, because whenever he comes back he will face prosecution by the EFCC ...

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Prof. Wole Soyinka

Between Town And Gown

Professor Wole Soyinka combines intellectualism with positive ...
Al Mustapha after the verdict

Al-Mustapha Sentenced To Death

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• Boko Haram-bombed police vehicle at Tafawa Balewa, Bauchi

Nigeria: A Nation On The Brink

The Boko Haram menace spins out of ...