Perambulator

Like several other Africans, I enjoy listening to Fela’s songs. I love music generally but as…

National interest and local shipowners

Last month China gave four shipping lines including China Cosco 1.8 billion yuan ($293.3 million) in…

Jonathan’s anti-people policy

Implementation of the hike in tariff of imported vehicles will place the cost of vehicles beyond…

China: Africa’s second colonialist

China’s Premier Li Keqiang made his first visit to Africa in May this year after taking…

Aniebonam @ 60

In 1999, I was a young reporter, fresh from the university and bubbling with new ideas.…

Proudly Nigerian

I am beginning to think that our country is not at a dead end after all. I…

Stowaway tragedy in Tilbury

The Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic, 1965, as amended, (The FAL Convention), define stowaway…

Patrick Sawyer’s undiplomatic behaviour

The Latin phrases De mortuis nihil nisi bonum (Of the dead, nothing unless good) and De mortuis nil nisi bene…

Minister behaving badly

Nigerian government officials have no respect for the laws of the land. They not only flout…

Celebrating Sarumi at 70

The rise of public administration and the discovery of petroleum and natural gas are two major…

When Ijora bridge collapses…

The Ijora bridge leading to Apapa in Lagos is under the threat of collapse. The bridge,…

Nigerian seafarers deserve much more

Nigeria joined the rest of the world to mark the Day of the Seafarer on Wednesday…