Government hands off electricity generation and distribution

Aug. 27 | President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday in Lagos announced the full privatisation of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) for effective power distribution. Jonathan made the announcement while unveiling his road map for the reforms of the power...

Jonathan, Ndigbo and the First Columnists

Aug. 26 | By Emeka Ukpabi The recently held South-East Political Summit 2010 in Enugu provided another opportunity for Ndigbo to contemplate their political future ahead of the 2011 presidential elections. However, the controversy surrounding its convening, in...

Payan no bi futbol - 2

Aug. 26 | By Edwin Eriata Oribhabor Recently a BBC documentary on the “other side” of Lagos was widely criticised for telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. When Nigerians were at a time adjudged as “the happiest people on earth” (not by...

Lagos to host ‘MTV Music Awards’

Aug. 26 | Lagos the commercial capital of  Nigeria has been selected as the host city of this year’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs). It will be the second time in three years that the awards have taken place in Nigeria, following the inaugural MAMAs, which...

Face of Selara returns in grand style with heavy dose of entertainment

Aug. 24 | Abuja was treated to a heavy dose of entertainment, style and beauty at the last two edition of Face of Selara, that saw to the crowning of Miss Blessing Osim (2009) and Miss Meg Kaka (2008) as queens and had top artistes like P square, 9ice, 2 Face,...

U.S. grants Nigeria its highest air safety rating

Aug. 24 | AP - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration granted Nigeria its top air-safety rating Monday, a decision that allows Nigerian airlines to fly directly to the United States but does not address the nation’s porous airport security. The...

Fashola speaks on reinventing leadership capacity in Africa’s development

Aug. 24 | Africa Focus 2010 Organised By The African Caucus Of The John F. Kennedy School Of Government, Harvard University Reimagine, Redefine, Reinvent: A new Paradigm for Africa’s Leaders – The Lagos Experience of Challenges and Opportunities for Transformation Distinguished...

FG approves sale of 11 State Power Distributors

Aug. 23 | Nigeria’s National Council on Privatization approved a proposal to sell 11 state-owned electricity distribution companies created out of the Power Holding Co. of Nigeria. Under the plan, a controlling stake in each company will be sold to an operator...

Philippines bus hostage crisis ends with 7 dead

Aug. 23 | AP — A dramatic hostage-taking in the Philippines capital ended with six bus passengers dead Monday after shots rang out and police stormed the vehicle. The hostage-taker also died, police said. Five hostages were brought to the Manila Hospital, two...

FG to install more e-passport machines abroad

Aug. 22 | The Nigerian government has said additional machines would be installed in foreign countries to make the process of acquiring e-passport easier for its citizens abroad. Minister of State for Interior Humphrey Abba made this known in Abuja on Saturday...