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When 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 […]
Continue ReadingSomething devastating happened to the psyche of Nigerians in the mid-1980s from which they have not recovered. A culture change occurred. That period coincided with the entry of General Ibrahim Babangida (retd.) in August 1985 as the head of state of Nigeria. Concepts like advance-fee fraud and drug trafficking became widely known. Drug trafficking had […]
Continue ReadingNumber 10, Downing Street has been home to Britain’s prime ministers since 1735 AD. Why would a hugely popular new prime minister move into a 289-year-old mansion without spending good pounds on it to buff it up to today’s taste? Keir Starmer, the new British prime minister, moved into that official residence soon after he […]
Continue ReadingScarcity of fuel is gradually surfacing in Lagos and other parts of the country as private depot owners hiked the ex-depot price of petrol from N630 to N720 per litre. This came as fuel scarcity deepened in Abuja and the adjoining states on Sunday with some filling stations dispensing PMS as high as N900/litre, The […]
Continue ReadingKabiyesi, the message which I bring you today is the message of all the women who have left their stalls, their homes and children, their farms, and petty affairs to come and visit you today. They are the suffering crowd who are gathered on your front lawn… they are all the womanhood of Egba, and […]
Continue ReadingA helicopter belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has reportedly crashed on Monday morning in Tami village of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Locals said the incident happened at about 5 a m when they heard a loud sound from the crash site, which made them rushed to the scene where they […]
Continue ReadingGoverning Councils of Federal universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions belonging to federal government of Nigeria will be inaugurated on July 4, 2024. The Acting Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Aisha Maikudi, made this known while giving her acceptance speech on Monday, while assuming the affairs of the institution. An aggregate of […]
Continue ReadingTwo suicide bombers have detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at a wedding venue in Gwoza town, Borno State, Nigeria, killing a soldier, and seven others including wedding guests. At least, sixteen people were also injured through the unfortunate incident. According to a survivor, the first bomber was carrying a baby on her back when […]
Continue ReadingKebbi State High Court, sitting in Birnin Kebbi on Monday, June 3 sentenced a woman, Farida Abubakar, to death by hanging for killing her former husband, Chief Magistrate, Attahiru Muhammad-Ibrahim. Farida was arraigned before the court for murder on August 25, 2022, while the main charge was filed on July 26, 2023. The prosecution said […]
Continue ReadingA draft private Bill proposing Regional Governments in Nigeria has been trending online. The draft Bill which proposes a new governance model that would take off not later than October 1, 2024, states that Nigeria shall be a federation comprising regional territories and the Federal Capital territory. Every ethnic nationality and people in Nigeria will […]
Continue ReadingIn my 1994 book, ‘Fortress on Quicksand’, which chronicled the presidential primaries of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC) and profiled the contenders during the aborted Third Republic of General Ibrahim Babangida, I wrote that it was glaring to the discerning that the experiment would not last. I had the same […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate, on Tuesday, May 28, passed the National Anthem Bill 2024, which aims to reinstate the original national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” which Nigeria adopted at independence in 1960, The bill had previously undergone first and second readings and was referred to the Senate’s Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, and Legal Matters for […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Afropop singer, songwriter, and actress, Tiwatope Savage, popularly called Tiwa Savage recalled that when she returned to Nigeria from the United Kingdom to pursue her musical career, she was prevented from performing at concerts because her outfits were considered “too risqué.” She revealed that some of her earlier music videos were not aired because they […]
Continue ReadingAn Abuja-based pastor, Stanley Ogbonna, has allegedly driven his estranged wife, Chioma, and six children out of their house in Abuja. The General Overseer (GO) of the God’s Spring Assembly, also known as Glass Church, Kubwa, Abuja, was said to be in an unsettling relationship with his wife, which led to their divorce. Ogbonna was […]
Continue Reading“Fools at the top would cause damage to any system not to talk of the fragile institutions of a fledgling democracy.” – Charles Archibong, A Stranger in Their Midst: A Memoir, 97 (2021) In the last week of April, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Olukayode Ariwoola co-convened and chaired a “National Summit on Justice” in Abuja, Nigeria’s […]
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