Emeka Mba’s NBC and potholes-filled road to broadcasting digitization
On September 5, 2014, the Emeka Mba-headed National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), issued a Broadcasting Signal Distribution License to the Nigerian company, Pinnacle
National Assembly and national minimum wage
Last week, the Senate removed wages from the Exclusive Legislative List and placed it in the Concurrent List, as part of the
Wanted urgently in all Federal varsities: A faculty of stomach infrastructure
NIGERIA must thank the Political Scientist, Jibo Ibrahim, for his original contribution to our understanding of the intricacies of Nigerian political culture.
General Yakubu Gowon: Officer and gentleman @80
I MET General Yakubu Gowon for the first time in 2005. The setting was Bamako, the Malian capital. I was covering the meeting of
President Jonathan, where is the ceasefire with Boko Haram?
LIKE other Nigerians, I was taken by surprise when news broke last week that the Nigerian government had reached a ceasefire agreement
Remi Oyo: My sister, my friend
REMI OYO, former MD, News Agency of Nigeria; former Senior Special Assistant to President Olusegun Obasanjo and a former President of the
Ilorin: Hajj, Sallah and the culture in between
I WAS back home in Ilorin for my first Eid-elAdha celebration in three years. Last year I left Nigeria on Sallah Day for a
Baze University, Abuja: Garlands for the 18th Sultan of Sokoto and Dr. Stella Adadevoh
LAST Saturday, the new Baze University in Abuja, organized its first Convocation Ceremony in Abuja. 64 young Nigerians received their first degrees on
Obasanjo’s amazing apotheosis
THE NATION newspaper’s HARDBALL of Tuesday, October 14, 2014, mischievously described it as the “BEGGARS’ ORCHESTRA”. The occasion was the triumphant return
From Kano to Kogi: Consolidating development, opening accesses
In the past two weeks, I have been traveling in Kano and Kogi states. Two weeks ago, we were back in Kano