“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others” – Jonathan Swift He means different things to different persons. To some, he is one stubborn Owu man, who wears a trademark long cap. To others, he is one daring governor who has a penchant for embarking on projects that many of his predecessors…
Journalists More Endangered Worldwide
Washington D.C Faced with arrests and censorship by governments, kidnapped and murdered by terrorists and other non-state forces and sometimes compelled to report falsehoods by wealthy owners of private media, journalists face a more worrisome future “Paradoxically, in a time of seemingly unlimited access to information and new methods of content delivery, more and more…
Boko Haram’s Impact on Education Is Horrendous -Spokesman, UN Secretary General
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, has described the long term impact of the kidnap of school girls by members of the Boko Haram sect in Nigeria as a horrendous damage on girl-child education. Dujarric stated this on Monday while hosting a group of ten African journalists who had visited his office as…
U.S. Marks World Press Freedom Day
As the World celebrates the World Press Freedom Day, on Sunday, the United States government has paid special honor to the importance of media freedom, which it described as a crucial element of freedom of expression. In a statement issued to commemorate the day and also highlight the efforts of the U.S. government towards upholding…
Boko Haram: Why Military Solution Is Not Enough
Beyond the recent successes recorded by the Nigerian military against the Boko Haram sect, Dr. Raymond Gilpin, Academic Dean, Africa Center for Security Studies, U.S. Department of Defense, has said that one of the major positives coming out of Nigeria is the fact that Muhammadu Buhari, retired general and President-elect realises the need to address…
Why Nigeria and Africa’s Economy Will Slow Down
Washington DC The World Bank has said that Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth will slow down in 2015 amid falling commodity prices. This was disclosed in the April 2015 edition of Africa’s Pulse, a World Bank publication that provides an analysis of issues shaping Africa’s economic future. Discussing the publication during a visit to the World Bank…
Global Press Freedom Declines As Nigeria Ranks ‘Partly Free’
Washington D.C Global press freedom has declined in 2014 to its lowest levels across the world while Nigeria was identified as “partly free” for the media. This was disclosed in the Freedom of the Press 2015 report released in Washington D.C, U.S. on Wednesday by Freedom House, a U.S. based non governmental organisation that conducts…
‘US-Nigeria Trade Balance Improving’
Washington – USA David Gilmour, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State has said that the balance of trade between the United States and Nigeria is increasing but could be better. “There is a lot of technical assistance going on in the area of agriculture. There is progress but maybe not…
INEC Postpones Elections to March 28 and April 11
Professor Attahiru Jega, National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the rescheduling of the 2015 Presidential elections to March 28 while that of Governorship and State House of Assembly has been shifted to April 11. Jega cited security concerns for the postponement while urging Nigerians to take the Commission’s decision in…
Why Jega Is Yet To Brief The Media
First, it was billed for 5pm but now the much-awaited press conference of Professor Attahiru Jega, national chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is said to be expected “anytime from 9pm,” today. This was disclosed by Nick Dazang, deputy director of publicity, INEC, hours after Jega had been expected to brief the media…
