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Articles, CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Columnists, Jideofor Adibe, PhD, NNP Columnists, Women Politics
Friday, February 13th, 2015
By Jideofor Adibe | London, UK | Feb. 13, 2015 – I will like to start this disinterested intervention in the media feud between Professor Chukwuma Soludo, former Governor of the Central Bank and Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Co-ordinating Minister of the Economy, with a full disclosure: I have known Soludo from our undergraduate days (1980-1984) […]
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CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Headlines, Women Politics
Wednesday, January 28th, 2015
y Emma Ujah, Abuja bureau Chief ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, accused the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, of poor managerial ability, saying he was largely responsible for the N5.67 trillion contingent liabilities of distressed banks, bought up by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, to save […]
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General Politics, Olusegun Obasanjo (1976-79, 99-07), Presidency, Top Stories, Women Politics
Wednesday, December 10th, 2014
A former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, on Wednesday denied having any amorous relationship with former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Ezekwesili’s denial followed the widespread circulation of a photograph showing her in a very warm embrace with Obasanjo. In the trending photo, the former President is seen holding Ezekwesili from behind and giving […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Saturday, November 15th, 2014
Nigerian women and others in 68 countries will now be able to have access to injectable contraceptives. The pharmaceutical company, Pfizer Incorporated, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children Investment Fund Foundation, on Thursday announced an agreement to expand access to the contraceptives called Sayana Press. In Nigeria and many other developing countries, […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Saturday, November 1st, 2014
This is one country so many things happen at the same time. One minute you are clinking glasses over ceasefire agreement with Boko Haram and the next more girls are abducted and more towns are captured by Boko Haram. Ceasefire disappears in angry flames of fire as more villages get consumed. One minute our female […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Thursday, September 11th, 2014
By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma Obinna & Gabriel Olawale LAGOS – It was an outpouring of encomium, yesterday evening as funeral rites for the late Dr Ameyo Stella Adadevoh, the brave and patriotic Lead Consultant physician and endocrinologist at the First Consultants Medical Centre, Obalende, Lagos, kicked off with a Night of Tributes in her honour. At the […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Tuesday, August 26th, 2014
BY JULIANA TAIWO-OBALONYE, ABUJA ON AUGUST 27, 2014 ·NATIONAL President Goodluck Jonathan has said the late Prof. Dora Akunyili, will be difficult to forget because of her sterling achievements, especially as Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The president, who said he would have been extremely sad if he had missed the requiem […]
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Latest Politics, Women Politics
Tuesday, July 29th, 2014
Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has stated that the Federal Government spent the $500 million China Export-Import Bank (EXIM) loan obtained for the construction of modern terminals in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, and Port Harcourt judiciously. The minister, speaking after inspecting the new airport terminal in Abuja, stated that […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Oil Politics, Raw Politics, Women Politics
Wednesday, June 11th, 2014
THE ambition of Nigeria and Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, to become the Secretary General of the influential Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was dashed on Wednesday. This followed the decision of the members of OPEC to extend the tenure of the incumbent Secretary General, Abdullah al-Badri. The tenure of al-Badri was […]
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Headlines, Women Politics
Sunday, April 6th, 2014
Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin The President of Women Arise, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, on Sunday expressed concern over the high level of ritual killings in the South-West, saying women were the worst targeted. She also condemned what she termed as the barbaric, crude and bestial handling of women in Nigeria, describing the situation as “grossly unacceptable.” […]
