By Nasir Ahmad El Rufai May 6th 2013 would make it 3 years since Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became president of Nigeria. As an elected government, the administration would be celebrating its second anniversary next week. It therefore is the right time to look at how well it has fared. Two years is sufficient time to examine what promises have been kept, what projects are on schedule and which have been dumped altogether. With elections drawing closer, it is imperative that Nigerians know if the campaign promises made to them are being fulfilled, especially as majority of the electorate…
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Former Federal Capital Territory minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Thursday bemoaned the spate of unemployment in the country, saying despite his connections, he had yet to secure jobs for his two daughters, who are both holders of Masters Degrees. El-Rufai said this while delivering a lecture at the Sixth Annual Alao Aka-Bashorun Lecture, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch. The former minister, whose lecture was entitled Impunity, Injustice and Insecurity: What Role for the Law,’ said Nigeria needed to create three million jobs yearly to tackle its employment problem. He said, “Forty-two per cent of Nigerian youths are…
Decries neglect of Lagos-Ibadan highway CITING the weakening of governments in the affected states, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused President Goodluck Jonathan of engaging in total deceit by saying the democratic structure in the states where he has declared a state of emergency will be kept intact, when in fact he has grabbed power in the states and castrated democracy there. In a statement issued in Kaduna Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party quoted from the President’s speech to the nation on May 14th, thus: ‘’The details of this proclamation will be…
The Nigerian team has shown spectacular form in the tournament in Morocco winning their two opening matches with 16 goals. Adamu Ejor’s lads have booked a place in the semi finals of the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup, Africa Qualifiers. The Super Sand Eagles continued their terrific form at the qualifiers for the 2013 Fifa Beach World Cup when they spanked Egypt at the Mazagan Beach Ibn El Jadida, Morocco on Thursday evening. Five goals from Babatunde Badmus, a brace from Abu Azeez and a goal from Isiaka Olawale were all the two times African champions needed to seal a…
The UN mission will join the 6,000-strong African force already in Mali China has offered soldiers to the new UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, UN officials say. Talks are underway, and more than 500 Chinese peacekeepers and engineers could potentially take part in the mission, according to UN officials. Mali’s government was deposed in a coup in 2012, and Islamist rebels controlled the north of the country until French troops ousted them in January. Around 6,000 African troops are currently in Mali providing security. The UN peacekeeping mission had “received pledges and offers of contributions from a number of countries…
It is a great honor to return to the National Defense University. Here, at Fort McNair, Americans have served in uniform since 1791 — standing guard in the earliest days of the Republic, and contemplating the future of warfare here in the 21st century. For over two centuries, the United States has been bound together by founding documents that defined who we are as Americans, and served as our compass through every type of change. Matters of war and peace are no different. Americans are deeply ambivalent about war, but having fought for our independence, we know a price…
If words emanating from pro-President Goodluck Jonathan’s camp are anything to go by, the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) election scheduled for Friday may not hold after all. On Thursday night, Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi who is believed to be enjoying the President’s support picked nomination form to slug it out with the incumbent, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers and his Katsina state counterpart, Ibrahim Shema. However, it was gathered that pro-Jonathan governors are insisting on no-election, thereby canvassing for consensus approach to electing the next chairman of the Forum. Interestingly, pro-Amaechi…
With a heavy heart and gratitude to God Almighty, the Abati family of Kemta-Okebode, Abeokuta announces the passing away of their mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, Madam Maria Taiwo Abati who passed into glory today, aged 81. Mama Abati, a devout Christian, a very kind and loving person was born on 7th August 1931. She was born into the family of late Pa Samuel Jobo Arowotadina and Late Madam Elizabeth Efundunke Arowotadina of Ijemo, Abeokuta. She was a trader at Kuto Market for many years. She was popularly known and addressed as Mama Adunni or Mama Sunday. She is survived by…
The Federal Ministry of Finance on Thursday released N200 billion capital for the second quarter of 2013. This will ensure further progress in the execution of capital projects captured in Budget 2013. In the first quarter, the sum of N400 billion was released as capital of which N335 billion has been cash-backed. Of the cash-backed portion, 65% has been utilized so far. Also, the Ministry confirmed that it has paid a total of N72.7 billion to the Federal Ministry of Power so far this year to cover various items in line with the implementation of the Power Roadmap. According…
Nigerians who graced the funeral service of late Prof. Chinua Achebe on Thursday at St. Phillip’s Anglican Church, Ogidi, Anambra have continued to pour encomiums on the literary icon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the occasion was graced by Presidents Goodluck Jonathan and John Mahama of Ghana, governors of Enugu, Imo, Abia and Anambra.In her contribution, former governor of Anambra, Dame Virgy Etiaba, described late Prof. Achebe as a fearless, courageous and outspoken character, who would never be easily forgotten. “All those who reacted negatively and positively to his last book: “There was a Country’’,…