Can Nigeria’s New Government Overcome Its Old Corruption?
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-On September 30th, his self-imposed deadline for finally announcing his Cabinet after four months in office, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari simply said that he would run the oil ministry himself. Buhari would appoint someone else to run day-to-day operations of the ministry, but he would direct the national More...
Tensions Build in N’ Delta over Move to Streamline Amnesty
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (URHOBOTODAY)- Nigeria (Reuters) – Enjoying a chilled cider in a hotel pool bar, former Nigerian militant leader Ebi John has a simple message for President Muhammadu Buhari – keep More...
Okowa’s Cocktail of Appointments and APC Vilification of Its Principal Secretary
Okowa By Fejiro Oliver “Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee, is not to lift an impious More...
Understanding President Buhari’s Gaffes
Buhari By Ikechukwu Orji LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-There has been a lot of noise on the so- called numerous gaffes by President Muhammadu Buhari. It is amazing that our dear compatriots focus on irrelevant More...
Rich Country, Poor Nigerians
By Alex O. Atawa-Akpodiete* LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Last week, the most populous nation Africa celebrated its 55th independence from the British colonial masters. While there were many reasons to celebrate More...
Behind the Arrest of a Nigerian Ex-Minister in London is a Maturing Nigerian President
Buhari LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (URHOBOTODAY)-For some Nigerians, there’s an inevitable feeling of deja-vu about their country’s former petroleum minister, Diezeani Allison-Madueke, being arrested in London on charges More...
Despite Boko Haram Bombings, Nigeria’s Battered North Sees Progress
Where is Shekau? LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (URHOBOTODAY)-When Boko Haram abducted Rev. Enoch Mark’s two daughters, he felt like his world had come to an end. The girls were part of the over 200 students kidnapped from More...
Is Buhari and APC Really Ready To Change Nigeria?
By Niran Adedokun LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (URHOBOTODAY)-It is true that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration has just spent a negligible four of its 48 months term. I understand that this period represents More...
Bleaching: Symptomatic of Nigerian Problem
By Alex Osondu Atawa-Akpodiete This week I was at a higher institution in America. As I was strolling down one of the streets, I was again impressed by the different shades of people. There were white, black, More...
Skill Acquisition and Challenges of Realistic Youth Empowerment in Nigeria
By Comrade Marcus Ekure LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Our world today is on a fast lane towards entrepreneurship of which skill acquisition is an integral and very important part of it. Henry Ford said, ‘’ More...