Tinapa: Sweet dream gone sour
The story of Tinapa, an ambitious tourism enterprise initiated by the former government of Donald Duke of Cross River State is the story of a sweet dream gone sour. The…
Uduaghan: A Doctor with Honour
Ken Ugbechie It is not always that a prophet is honoured by his people. In rare cases when such honour comes, it is usually celebrated with buntings and banners. It…
SON cries over influx of substandard products
The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON), has said that the electrical and electronics market in Nigeria has been a source of serious concern to the organization due to the high…
Table Manners: The Good, the Ugly
By Annabelle Macford Some weeks back I visited a very prominent office in Lagos to make inquiries. I was directed to a lady to get what I needed. I knocked…
Nigerian Economy: Boomers and Busters
By Tessy Igata From the beginning, the Nigeria Economic Summit has been tailored to impact certain changes and policies to move the nation forward. The Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG)…
How Dangote wants to Spend $3.8 billion
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, is not looking back. The man touted by Forbes as the richest balck man in the world is adding more nuts in the fire in…
New York: A Bite of The Big Apple
Ken Ugbechie As soon as the Arik Flight W3 107, a roomy and comfy Airbus, touched down at the JKF international airport in New York, you get the hint of…
Ibadan: Diary of a visitor
By Annabelle Macford When I was informed by my former office that I’ll be working in Ibadan for a few months, I felt indifferent. As a Lagos brought-up, I assumed…
Nigeria is Foolfty-three…
By Ken Ugbechie Chinua Achebe’s swansong, There Was a Country, a compelling personal narrative of the civil war, best captures the state of the nation called Nigeria. Once the novel…
Why Jonathan Fired Nine Ministers
Performance and political relevance in the run up to 2015 were part of the yardsticks deployed by President Goodluck Jonathan in sacking nine ministers shortly after the Federal Executive Council…