Desperate Presidency and ‘Nollywood’ Politics The Jonathan Presidency will go down in Nigeria’s history as the most corrupt this nation has seen in a long, long time and perhaps the most scheming and brutal. I think those who suffered under…
The Board of Directors of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) has elected a new Chairman of the Board and appointed a new Executive Director for the organisation. The decisions were made at the Board’s two-day meeting in Accra,…
In the last couple of years, especially since the return to civil rule, Nigerians have lived through all manner of industrial action by labour unions for improvements in working conditions, salaries and emoluments. This is not unexpected from a people…
Alao Aka Bashorun was recently immortalized by the Lagos State government with the dedication of a recreational park named after him which had a befitting bronze bust image of him as well. Mr Bashorun was well known for his activism…
Tuberculosis continues to remain a major public health problem in Nigeria. The TB burden is compounded by high prevalence of HIV in the country which stands at about 3.4 % in the general population (2012 National HIV/AIDS and Reproductive Health…
2004 marks Nigeria’s 100years of existence, with the evolution of various problems and developmental challenges far beyond what the new nation could have anticipated at the onset. Some of the general and peculiar problems and challenges being experienced by modern…
Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has relocated to their new office according to press release issued today via email listserve OF csj. CISLAC is a non-governmental, non-profit, advocacy, information sharing, research, and capacity building organisation. Its mission is to strengthen…
The arguments in support of the privatisation of the power sector had painted a picture of a future where electricity would be available 24 hours of the day and seven days of the week. Tariffs would likely go up initially…
Last Thursday, December 19, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on behalf of President Goodluck Jonathan, laid the 2014 Appropriation Bill before the Senate and the House of Representatives on separate occasions. The…
Let me begin with a confession; I am no economist, so some the ways of budgeting may indeed be strange to me. Let me use as an example here the way some countries, including ours, who are eager to please…
