On February 19, a military coup took place in Niger Republic, Nigeria’s northern neighbour, resulting in the ouster of President Mamadou Tandja. There was wild jubilation by the Nigeriens on the streets of Niamey heralding the military coup. Indeed, the week preceding the coup was characterised by civil unrest, protest and demonstrations against the administration of President Mamadou Tandja.

On February 19, a military coup took place in Niger Republic, Nigeria’s northern neighbour, resulting in the ouster of President Mamadou Tandja. There was wild jubilation by the Nigeriens on the streets of Niamey heralding the military coup. Indeed, the week preceding the coup was characterised by civil unrest, protest and demonstrations against the administration of President Mamadou Tandja.

By the unanimous resolution of both chambers of the National Assembly on Tuesday February 9, Vice President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was made acting president and commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the federation pending the return of President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, where he is currently undergoing medical treatment since November 23, 2009. With this momentous development, Dr Jonathan can now wield all instruments of state power without let or hindrance.
History, undoubtedly, had beckoned and called upon Dr Jonathan at a critical turning-point in the socioeconomic and political development of the country.

The fuel scarcity which started as a joke in December 2009 has now become a feature of the country’s socioeconomic landscape. Across the country, Nigerians queue up at filling stations for hours on end for unavilable fuel. The implications have been loss of man-hours and rising cost of living as transport fares and prices of foodstuffs trend upwards.

The fuel scarcity which started as a joke in December 2009 has now become a feature of the country’s socioeconomic landscape. Across the country, Nigerians queue up at filling stations for hours on end for unavilable fuel. The implications have been loss of man-hours and rising cost of living as transport fares and prices of foodstuffs trend upwards.

The fuel scarcity which started as a joke in December 2009 has now become a feature of the country’s socioeconomic landscape. Across the country, Nigerians queue up at filling stations for hours on end for unavilable fuel. The implications have been loss of man-hours and rising cost of living as transport fares and prices of foodstuffs trend upwards.

Sometime last week, the communication and radar system of the Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (Nama) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos was down for several hours. The immediate implication was that several flights within the vicinity of the airport could not be cleared for landing at the right time by air traffic controllers at the airport. Many aircraft thus crowded and hovered around the airspace for several hours. All the aircrafts caught in the air traffic jam lost so much aviation fuel while they were hovering that some of them requested for emergency landing in order to avoid crash landing.

Barely six months after his appointment as Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs service, Alhaji Abdullahi Inde Dikko has initiated reforms that are going to be lasting legacy. Some have tagged his 100 days as glorious. Others call it a success story. It seems there is a detachment from the past since his appointment as the CGC on the 18th of August 2009.