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NIGERIA, greatly endowed and created 95 years ago has remained underdeveloped. Hence I have been reflecting on Nigeria 's current development approach and it appears to me that as long as this

THE South East geopolitical zone of Nigeria is home to one of Nigeria's three largest ethnic nationalities - Ndigbo. Unlike any of the other geopolitical zones numbering six, the South East is

IT is here again, the season of joy. How nice to observe that age-long family custom of keeping vigil on Christmas Eve night. The joy of sitting round the tall, glittering

THE death of Dr. Ibrahim Tahir, Talban Bauchi, fondly referred to as Baba Talba, in the family circles, on December 8, 2009, was a deeply personal loss to me in more ways

FOR more than two weeks now, Nigerians have gone through greater hardship due to a fresh round of fuel scarcity across the nation, yet there has been no convincing explanation as to

Even the disastrous Abacha regime is today being referred to as part of ‘those good old days’ which the average Nigerian recalls with bewildering nostalgia. By its tragic record of non-performance, the