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Sunday, 17 March 2013 17:39

Setback for Anti-Corruption War

Published in Top Story Written by Anayochukwu Agbo

The presidential pardon granted to Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and some persons convicted of corruption underscores the widespread feeling that President Goodluck Jonathan may not be serious about fighting corruption The image of President Goodluck Jonathan, his government and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, further plummeted last week when Jonathan, on the approval of the National Council of State, granted presidential pardon to eight ex-convicts, including Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, a former governor of Bayelsa State who was impeached for corruption on December 9, 2005. Others pardoned are: Shehu Yar’Adua, retired general, chief of staff, Supreme Headquarters and politician…

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Tuesday, 12 March 2013 15:22

GSM: Suffering and Smiling

Published in Top Story Written by Chikodi Okereocha

While Nigerians reel under the yoke of abysmal and persistent poor quality of telecoms services and the continuous loss of jobs through outsourcing to foreign companies, various telecoms operators routinely post huge profits It is not something he enjoys doing, but the rash of uncontrolled and unsolicited short message service, SMS, otherwise called text messages, has forced Damilola Adebambi, a subscriber on the network of Etisalat Nigeria, to spend more time deleting SMS from his mobile phone than making and receiving calls. The 400-level Political Science student of University of Lagos lamented that on daily basis he…

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Monday, 11 March 2013 10:14

I am 82 and I have Lots of Regrets – Ben Nwabueze, professor, SAN and former secretary-general, Ohaneze Ndigbo

Published in Top Story Written by Raymond Mordi

I am 82 and I have Lots of Regrets – Ben Nwabueze, professor, SAN and former secretary-general, Ohaneze Ndigbo He is 82 and can be said to have literally seen it all. He is a lawyer, a professor of law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN. By so doing, he belongs to a class of few Nigerians who are able to combine the peak of academic achievement with the peak of professional attainment in the field of Law. Not only that, he has been a minister of the Federal Republic, a part author of the…

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Monday, 11 March 2013 09:56

The Magic of Local Bonesetters

Published in Top Story Written by Juliana Uche-Okobi

As more Nigerians patronise traditional bonesetters due partly to lower costs and its efficacy, the practice is gaining more clientele; yet the practitioners are pleading for government recognition and assistance to enable them improve their service delivery When little Jamal fell and broke his ankle in school at the beginning of 2011, her mother could not think of a better place to take him than to a nearby private hospital in Agege, Lagos, where she had to deposit N8,000 before treatment could commence. But after few days of treatment with no visible sign of improvement, the disturbed…

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Thursday, 07 March 2013 12:04

Revisiting Tinapa

Published in Top Story Written by Anthony Akaeze

After securing the gazette making the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort a free trade zone, patronage at the resort remains very low, prompting calls for concerted efforts by stakeholders to realise its full potential The first time Nnamani Kelechi visited Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Adiabo, near Calabar, he was amazed at what he saw. For a moment he thought he was in Europe or some developed country. Since that first visit last December, Kelechi, then a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving at Odukpani Local Government area of Cross River State, had visited Tinapa…

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Wednesday, 06 March 2013 18:08

America’s Wake-up Call for Nigeria

Published in Top Story Written by Tony Manuaka

America’s decreasing demand for Nigeria’s oil and the discovery of oil wells in other African countries that are now becoming competitive markets trigger fresh concerns over possible dangers to the Nigerian economy and the neglect of the non-oil sector Diezani Alison-Madueke may not be admired by many Nigerians, especially those who feel strongly about the irregularities that characterised the fuel subsidy regime under her tenure as petroleum minister. But at a recent conference that focused on developments in the oil sector, she admitted to the dismay of many that the boost in oil and gas production in…

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Monday, 04 March 2013 19:01

Lessons of the Odi Massacre

Published in Top Story Written by Adekunbi Ero

With the recent judgment of a federal high court in Port Harcourt, justice has finally come the way of the traumatised people of Odi in Bayelsa State almost 14 years after soldiers invaded the town following the killing of 12 policemen by a militant gang When Keniwenimo Niweigha, alias Ken, and his vicious gang of militants seized the town of Odi in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government area of Bayelsa State, unleashing a reign of terror on the community, they never imagined that their actions could have far-reaching consequences. Sometime in November 1999, Ken led his gang to ambush…

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