As you can see, the real Nigeria is beginning to come to light. With a little luck and a lot of perserverence, something new is coming to light: the TRUTH. Nigeria will never be the same.

BY: BALA MUSA, JOS, PLATEAU.

While the economy withers and trust in public institutions wanes, President Obasanjo is busy playing to the international community. Opposition politicians and much of the public question the legitimacy of Obasanjo's mandate and await the result of ANPP Presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari's legal battle. The President continues to travel abroad frequently (much to the chagrin of Nigerians who wonder how he can manage the country from abroad) to promote the mirage that he calls his economic reform program. (MORE . . .)

BY: NIGERIA BAR ASSOCIATION

IN times like this, the Nigerian Bar Association cannot afford to keep quiet in the face of the unusual happenings in our country and polity. Although we as an Association have continuously made our feelings known and proffered solutions and suggestion in respect of the goings-on, (MORE . . .)

BY: ANAYO UDE, ABUJA, FCT.

The leadership of the Nigeria biggest organised Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday began a nationwdide strike to protest new increases in the pump price of petroleum products in the country. According to the NLC massive revenue from oil put at $3 billion has been properly managed and has not translated into better living conditions for 120 million Nigerians. Instead it said while the prices have gone up five times since the assumption of office of President Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999, average wage in the country have slipped in value to less than 400 dollars within the same period. (MORE . . .)

BY: ANAYO UDE, ABUJA, FCT.

Like a boiling pot, Nigeria again slipped into the clutches of sectarian violence and conflict last week, with renewed fighting reported around the Yelwa-Shendam areas of Plateau state almost a week after a pre-emptive state of emergency was declared in the state, by President Olusegun Obasanjo. (MORE . . .)