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Former Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said he will not allow a Chinese company, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Limited (ZFIICL), to scam Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday titled: “Zhonfu firm is an imposter, it’s Chinese against Chinese dispute,” Amosun stated that Zhongfu has no legal right to appropriate any Nigerian […]
Continue ReadingSome of the recurring problems of poverty, corruption, vices, and the perennial decay in our society can be attributed to a hope decline. When people are no longer driven by hope, they stop trying. When they become convinced that nothing they do ultimately matters, they imprison their own agency; they look everywhere else for survival […]
Continue ReadingReports coming in say the National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun to be appointed as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The recommendation was made in an impromptu closed-door meeting initially slated for Friday but brought forward to Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria. In the meeting, the NJC also made […]
Continue ReadingGeneral Overseer (GO) of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has urged Christians to shun corruption. Adeboye stated this on Saturday, which was the sixth day of the church’s just-concluded annual convention, with the theme ‘Heaven’, held at the Redemption City, Kilometre 47 Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ogun State, Nigeria. He asserted that […]
Continue ReadingIn an interview published by the Financial Times on Friday, Nigerian businessman, Tony Elumelu, has said the government and security agents in Nigeria should be able to tell Nigerians who steal the country’s crude oil, especially using vessels that move through the territorial waters. He said he discovered first-hand why international oil companies were partly […]
Continue ReadingCorruption remains one of the most significant impediments to Nigeria’s development, as it erodes trust in public institutions, undermines the rule of law, and stifles economic growth. The Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, declared in Zaria on Thursday that an estimated 87 million bribes amounting to […]
Continue ReadingFollowing 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 […]
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