Weekly 10: And the Flood Came
ONE: The Flood came: An estimate of 12 people died this week and more than 500 left homeless in the recent flood that hit Lagos, Kaduna, Delta and Kano states.[…]
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Weekly 10: The Dead and the Defeated
ONE: The Dead: Christy Essien Igbokwe died. She was 50 years old. She left behind a great legacy of awesome ageless music. May she rest forever. TWO: A Boko Haram[…]
Weekly 10: The Iron and the Jewel
ONE: The buzz of Ngozi Okonjo Iweala’s return is getting stronger. She is apparently in the process of accepting another major leadership position in Nigeria. Major Nigerian newspaper outfits in[…]
Stillbirth, A special horror
The state of maternal health in Nigeria is nothing to be happy about. Mothers die regularly either before or after the birthing process. Regrettably, Pregnancy in Nigeria is now a[…]
Weekly 10: The Speakers
ONE: Oyo State elected its new female speaker for the State Assembly. Monsurat Jumoke Sunmonu, an ACN rep, is a former Immigration Officer and a Civil Servant. Her election was[…]
Weekly 10: The Triumph of the Bills
ONE: Nigerians now have the right and responsibility to demand public information from the government. President Jonathan signed the aged Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to law last week Saturday.[…]
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Weekly 10: Paradise Lost
ONE: As reported last week, the executive committee of the National Assembly (NA) arbitrarily increased the money allocated for the National Assembly in the 2011 budget. The executive branch budgeted[…]
Weekly 10: Ladies at War
ONE: A grassroots coalition of women groups rose up last week to storm the capital yelling enough is enough. The National Council of Women Societies, Market Women Association of Nigeria[…]
What Ails Nigerian Businesses?
The ramifications of the last electoral process in Nigeria has already been analyzed on this website and many “others”. We have mourned and buried the dead while waiting for the[…]
Weekly Ten: Week 1
ONE: Most Nigerians want constant electricity, in fact some people make the claim that Nigeria is a failed state mainly because of her inability to provide this basic infrastructure for[…]