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Following the twin policy decisions to remove subsidy on petrol and the floatation of the naira against major world currencies by President Ahmed Bola Tinubu upon assumption of office a little over a year ago, the predictable consequences of these IMF/World Bank-induced neo-liberal economic experimentations have exploded in the faces of its promoters. President Tinubu’s widely […]
Continue ReadingPreamble We write to speak up as concerned Nigerians, democrats, and veterans who are worried, embarrassed, and traumatized by the depths into which Nigeria has sunk in recent times. The past 25 years of democratic governance, while meant to usher in an era of progress and prosperity, have instead been marked by a tragic irony. […]
Continue ReadingThe moment it was announced that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was going to enlist the collaboration of the Supreme Court in seeking financial autonomy for the 774 local governments, I knew it was game over. What we know of the relationship between the Nigerian judiciary and President Tinubu is of the dimension that if he […]
Continue ReadingJust slightly over a week ago, the political landscape in the United States went 180 degrees with the announcement by President Joe Biden that he was withdrawing from the presidential race. Before then, Biden had been recalcitrant that he would not withdraw from the race. He insisted that he was strong and healthy and was […]
Continue ReadingEight pupils of a private primary school, Mama’s Academy returning from their graduation ceremony narrowly escaped d3ath when a container fell on their vehicle at Lokongoma market in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state. Reports say that the driver of the articulated truck lost control and was reversing when he collided with the cars on […]
Continue ReadingSuper Falcons of Nigeria have lost 0-1 to Brazil in their opening game at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The game’s decisive moment came in the first half when Gabriela Nunes Da Silva unleashed a ferocious strike that proved to be the only goal of the contest. Nigeria’s Super Falcons had three big chances in quick […]
Continue ReadingWe all know the pathetic profile of leadership in Nigeria. In his famous 1983 pamphlet, “The Trouble With Nigeria,” Chinua Achebe captured it like a camera: “The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership. There is nothing basically wrong with the Nigerian character. There is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land […]
Continue ReadingGiven the constitutional history of Nigeria and appreciating that the 1999 constitution is essentially unitary, agitations for devolution of powers, from the national government to the subnational government or the constituent or federating units, will continue without break until devolution is achieved. What many may not appreciate is that there may not be restructuring to […]
Continue ReadingMy major advice to people in Nigeria right now is to find, nurture and cherish a support system. If your support system comes from family (parents, siblings or a handful of relations), you are most blessed but if not, life is also capable of giving us a family in strangers. Have people you can lean […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Reps member from Plateau State, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, gave his teenage daughter a brand new SUV to celebrate her graduation from secondary school. Gadgi took to Facebook on Saturday, July 20, to celebrate his daughter. He shared photos of the graduand and wrote: “Today, I attended my amazing daughter’s graduation ceremony. Watching […]
Continue ReadingThe President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has disclosed that his friend who earlier warned him against investing in Nigeria is now taunting him for ignoring his advice. Dangote disclosed this in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday just as reports quoted the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority as claiming that diesel […]
Continue ReadingA High Court of Rivers State, sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Justice Augusta Chukwu has sent 12 suspects to the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre. They are accused of being involved in the killing of a female Police Inspector named Christiana Erekere. The suspects, including a groom named Efeoghene Uwheraka, were brought before […]
Continue ReadingAt the end of July 2017, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) issued a joint report on the public experience of and response to bribery in Nigeria. Among its findings, the report ranked several institutions with reference to public perceptions or experience of demand for bribes from […]
Continue Reading40-year-old Nigerian lawyer, Abayomi Oladire, was stabbed by his client’s husband while performing his legal duty in the Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. According to the state-owned newspaper, The Hope, the suspect identified as Kunle Kuteyi, used a broken bottle to stab the lawyer for allegedly helping his wife to prepare a […]
Continue ReadingWhen information minister Mohammed Idris addressed the public on the Daily Trust’s recent controversial report, he took the worn path of adding moral panic to the existing one. Rather than address the matter at stake straightaway, he first went on self-justificatory explanations before whipping out the All Progressives Congress’s favourite allegations of ethnic bias and how everything […]
Continue ReadingFormer Governor Abdullahi Ganduje and Bishop Mathew Kukah, the founder of The Kukah Centre (TKC), have attributed political corruption to dishonest poor Nigerians, INEC and other institutions. Mr Ganduje insisted that blaming politicians and public officeholders would not solve the problem of weak institutions in Nigeria. This was stated at a high-level meeting with national […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s House of Representatives has expressed sadness over the death of another member of the 10th Assembly, Hon. Ekene Adams. Adams, who was voted into the Green Chamber on the platform of Labour Party (LP) died on Tuesday at the age of 39. House Spokesperson, Hon. Akin Rotimi in a statement issued Tuesday, said Adams […]
Continue ReadingDuring Nigeria’s First and Second Republics, not many people had faith in the country ’s judiciary. To start with, court cases dragged on for too long; making it practically impossible for litigants to enjoy the fruits of judicial victories. In other cases, many criminals were set free on account of some technicalities couched in Latin […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Nigeria’s House of Representatives has announced the passing of one of its members, the Honourable. (Prince) Olaide Akinremi, also known as Jagaban. The Spokesman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi Jr. said on Wednesday, July 10, that Akinremi who represented Ibadan North Federal Constituency under the platform of the […]
Continue ReadingAvailable records show that the first public electricity generation took place at Pearl Street Station in New York in 1882 and that electricity generation in Nigeria began in Lagos in 1886. Therefore, one can safely say that this year marks the 142nd anniversary of commercial electricity globally. It also means that all this talk about […]
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