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Consumer Reports
Undiluted consumer reports directly filed by citizens/consumers of goods and services about their experiences.
Nigerian Election 2011
Coverage of the Nigerian Election in 2011. News, articles, reports and commentaries.
Global Economic Crisis
Coverage of the global financial crisis. News, articles and opinion pieces.

Reports

INEC Is Right On Tenure Of Governors
The decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct elections in all the states of the Federation in January 2011 except Anambra, Edo, Ondo and Rivers deserves commendation. The...
The Communiqué Of The Public Tribunal On Police...
Communiqué issued at the end of the public tribunal on police abuses in Nigeria organized by network on police reform in Nigeria (NOPRIN) in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission...
Corruption In The Nigeria Police Force: Putting...
(Onitsha-Nigeria, August 26, 2010)- The attention of International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety) has been drawn to the reaction by the Nigeria Police Force High...
INEC Experiments With “Free” Google Software As...
Nigeria is about to become the laughing stock of the international community if Prof. Jega’s advisers from the academia are allowed to have their way by foisting a supposedly “free...
Request For Investigation Into Missing Trillions
Introduction: Following the so-called economic meltdown and dwindling revenue federal, state and local governments are currently engaged in a borrowing spree. Even though the loans are designed to...

Columnists

Going to Bob Marley’s Country By Okey Ndibe
It was for me a dream fulfilled when my family and I arrived in Montego Bay, Jamaica on August 17 for a weeklong vacation. Ever since my secondary school days, I had sustained an endearing long...
The Thing When IBB Nor Understand By Sonala Olumhense
Let me begin this short comment by congratulating General Ibrahim Babangida.  A few weeks ago, he announced he will sue the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project (SERAP) for malicious...
Obasanjo As Babangida’s Best Issue By Okey Ndibe
One sad tendency in Nigerian politics is the habit of arguing that one mediocre politician has a better record than another mediocre colleague.
As Jonathan Prepares For New York By Sonala Olumhense
One month from now, New York will welcome Mr. Goodluck Jonathan as leader of Nigeria to the United Nations General Assembly.  
Jets, Killed Bills, And Other Pleasures Of Power By Okey Ndibe
The major reason political races in Nigeria are marked by high voltage violence is that occupants of political offices see themselves, and are seen, as lottery winners. In the public imagination,...

Commentary

Dokpesi: Persona Non Grata In The Niger Delta
On behalf of the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC) comprising of alliance units of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, active combat units of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer...
Do We Burn This Quran With Love, Strength Or...
What does it really take in recent times to get the world listening to us, not that some really have anything sensible to say, in fact, I think the stupider the better, because they've realized that...
Sack of Security Chiefs: Election Game of Musical...
Just as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was releasing the timetable for the 2011 elections, the news came that President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked all the service chiefs and...
The Deceit about Saint Ribadu?
It has been more than a few weeks now following the publication of a piece in this medium in which some unnamed sources that claimed close association to Mr. Nuhu Ribadu and his ambition to become...
Jega Got It Right On “Re-Run States”
The decision taken last week by Attahiru Jega’s INEC to hold elections by 2011 in Adamawa, Bayelsa, Cross-River, Ekiti, Kogi and Sokoto states, is just spot-on.

Interviews

‘’Why We Want Lekki-Epe Expressway Concession...
The Stakeholders Forum on Lekki-Epe Expressway Expansion Project is a coalition of pressure groups agitating for the review of the proposed tolling of the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
Chinua Achebe On Nigeria's Future-NEWSWEEK
A Man of the People: Although best known for his 1958 masterpiece, Things Fall Apart, about a simple yam farmer in tribal Nigeria, novelist Chinua Achebe is still writing about Africa a full half...
Debo Bashorun: IBB Wants Me Dead Because I Know...
Maj. Debo Basorun (retd.) was the military press secretary to an ex-president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (retd.). In this interview with NIYI ODEBODE, he opens up on his ordeals in the hands of the...

Press Releases

Third Session of the Nigerian Peoples'...
Sept. 1st 2010: New York, NY: As Nigeria reaches the milestone of 50 years as an independent nation, Nigerians from all backgrounds will converge in New York on Saturday September 25th 2010 under the...
Planned Withdrawal of Subsidy: NLC Will Not...
The attention of the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has been drawn to a statement by the Minister of Finance, Mr Olusegun Aganga, on the issue of withdrawal of subsidies on petroleum...
Arik Air 2nd Response To Mr Akaninyene Inyang’s...
It is not in the nature of Arik Air to hold debates regarding a particular passengers complaint in the public arena or through the press. However, we felt that on this particular occasion we could...
UK MP Supports Call For Travel Ban Against...
Rising new Member of Parliament Chuka Umunna expressed his support for a new campaign seeking to ban corrupt Nigerian politicians and officials and their families from travelling to the EU and...
Intersociety Welcomes The Dismantling Of...
The news filtered in yesterday, 31st day of August 2010 to the effect that the controversial Police roadblocks nationwide, especially in the Southeast Zone were being dismantled.

Letters

More Customer Horror Stories About Arik Airline
Dear Sir: I am sorry for using this medium to contact you. I searched in vain on your website for a U.K address to make my complaints but there was none. In the process I realised that your website...
Lagos Drivers Licence Fraud
The fraud going on in the Ikoyi(Sura) office of the Drivers License is gradually turning to a hydra headed monster.
I See No Changes
I have watched some of the initiatives of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration with keen interest and scepticism.