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Just when you are tempted to give up on Nigeria, something happens and your hope survives another brutal assault yet again. The incident involving Hon. Alex Mascot Ikwechegh has once more assured me that Nigeria is not a lost case. We know what is right, even if we fail to do it. We know what […]
Continue ReadingMany Nigerian scholars are agreed that a major problem of their nation is that the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 was not freely authored by the people. Rather, it was imposed by the military which had cause at certain periods of history to intervene in the politics of the country. For this […]
Continue ReadingResidents of Gbeyi, in Adegbayi area, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, woke up on Thursday to a shock and disbelief on hearing that a 33-year-old Comfort Olalere Tinubu, had stabbed her husband, Olusegun Tinubu, 39, to death on Wednesday night around 10pm. Reports say, the couple who got married about three years ago, had two children […]
Continue ReadingNigeria, in the last five years, has witnessed an increasing trend of multinational and local companies shutting down or relocating their operations due to economic challenges, currency volatility and rising operational costs. In the past five years, about 60 multinationals and local companies have left Nigeria, resulting in an estimated revenue loss of N94 trillion […]
Continue Reading(With the theme, ‘Enhancing Accountability: Limiting Vulnerabilities’, the Nigeria Accountability Summit 2024 continues today in Abuja. Below is my keynote speech at the opening session yesterday morning) I am aware that when you talk about accountability, people think you are referring to money. But accountability is much more than that. For me, nothing illustrates the real essence of accountability […]
Continue ReadingSocial media influencer, Martins Ortse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), has alleged that Nigerian crossdresser Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, has been arrested by he Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS). The activist claimed in a video posted on his Instagram page on Monday that Bobrisky was apprehended at the Seme border while attempting to flee […]
Continue ReadingThe World Bank’s Senior Vice President by the name of Indermit Gill, who is originally Indian, incited mass panic in Nigeria on October 14 when he said Nigeria would need to sustain its current soul-sucking, agonizingly punishing, and self-destructive “reforms” for “at least another 10 to 15 years to transform its economy.” Gill’s speech at […]
Continue ReadingFormer goalkeeper for Nigerian national team, the Green Eagles, Mr. Peter Fregene, also known as The Flying Cat, has passed away. He died on Sunday night at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness. His passing was announced on social media by his close friend and fellow ex-international, Segun Odegbami, in a […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria’s external debt climbs to $42.12 billion and as 62.9 per cent of Nigerians are multidimensionally poor, Official Development Assistance (ODA) is now viewed as a low-risk source for government to raise the much needed revenue for priority projects. ODA is not about commercial financing nor it is foreign direct investment. ODA is aid […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) held its 2024/2025 Legal Year ceremony yesterday in Abuja. With a retired Justice of Supreme Court, Ejembi Eko as Chairman, I was the guest speaker. Below is a slightly abridged version of my presentation that speaks not only to labour justice and public interest but also the rule […]
Continue ReadingIn the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings of 2025, Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, has once again, and for the third time, secured the topmost position among all the Universities in Nigeria. THE rankings, which surveyed 1,907 universities across 108 countries across the world, assessed the institutions based on 18 performance […]
Continue ReadingOn 7 June 1911, the High Court of Australia decided a very interesting case. It arose from a publication issued two months earlier, on 7 April 1911, by a newspaper called The Mercury, published from Hobart, in Tasmania. Under the title “A Modest Judge,” the newspaper took aim at Mr Justice Higgins, a senior judge of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerians and indeed, the world, watched aghast last week as a South African grisly movie reel began to roll. Full of all the elements of a movie, it was however a real story. The cast was two black women who, on August 17, were shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer. The victims, […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee (PFPTRC), Taiwo Oyedele, has stated that Nigeria cannot become a wealthy country by continually taxing the most vulnerable people in society. He made the statement during a two-day Integrated National Financing Framework Core Working Group Retreat held at the Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on […]
Continue ReadingThe Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) in Nigeria is quite comprehensive. It’s divided into 17 grade levels, with salaries determined by qualifications, experience, and performance. According to Nigerian Tribune, the breakdown of the salary structure for civil servants following the new minimum wage signed by President Bola Tinubu-led administration, with key emphasis on 1, […]
Continue ReadingFollowing her confirmation by Nigerian Senate on 25 September 2024, President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Succeeding Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who assumed office on 27 June 2022 and bowed out on 22 August 2024, upon attaining the retirement age of 70 years, Justice […]
Continue ReadingThe self-immolating tendency for people to be indifferent to situations in which they are not directly involved seems to be playing out in the debacle in Rivers State. Curiously, there are people who are enjoying the political drama between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor-cum-godfather, Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. There […]
Continue ReadingSenator representing Borno South at Nigeria’s National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has decried the level of corruption in Nigeria, saying the trend is a major challenge facing the nation. Ndume stated this during an interactive session with journalists in Kano on Saturday, September 28, 2024. “Our major challenge in this country is corruption. Up till now, […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education has confirmed that the phone number of the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has been hacked. Director of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade, confirmed this on Friday. Before the official statement, Mamman himself had issued a disclaimer about the hacked […]
Continue ReadingAs the news unfolded about the Dangote Refinery and the counter-currents, I was stupefied. Specifically, I never knew that Nigeria’s oil policy would ever come to this sorry pass. Mind you, I am not innocent as far as oil and Nigeria are concerned. But I never thought for one moment that my country’s oil would […]
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