Issues/Policy
Why Jonathan Wins by Lewis Obi
I’m just as mad as the next man about the failings of the Jonathan administration. Many a Nigerian has wondered how he hired some of those people who work for him and why they serve […]
Month: February 2015
Issues/Policy
Premium Times Interview: I’m not a thief; a civil servant can’t steal N195 billion — Maina
A former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrashid Maina, who was accused of embezzling N195 billion by a Senate special committee, has stated that his trouble began after he refused to give the […]
Law
Nigeria’s Attorney General Adoke Withdraws Anti-PVC Affidavits, Claims They Were Filed Without His Knowledge
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has claimed ignorance of his own affidavit to scuttle the use of Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) in Nigeria’s elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission […]
CRIME
From the blood-soaked battlefields of Lagos: The chilling story of street cultism
Who goes there?!’’ they hollered. Those seated at the same relaxation spot with him were taken aback by this. Indeed, many could not help but wonder aloud what could have prompted a group of […]
Politics
Fashola Lied Again on My Tax Issue, Says Agbaje
The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has said Governor Babatunde Fashola lied again on his company’s tax. The PDP guber candidate, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]
Government
Why investigation into Ekiti-rigging tape is stalemated – Jonathan..Premium Times
The inability of Sagir Koli, the army Captain who leaked the Ekiti-rigging audiotape, to come forward and authenticate the tape, is the reason investigation into the matter cannot proceed, President Goodluck Jonathan has said. Mr. […]
Economy
FG schedules payment of N264bn subsidy by March end -Vanguard
The Federal Government, Monday, scheduled to pay off about N264 billion between now and end of March, as subsidy reimbursement applications submitted to marketers as at end of January 2015. The sum comprises 2014 outstanding […]
Politics
Now, it’s GEJ versus Soludo! By Sanya Oni
Just as I predicted, the dust raised by former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Chukwuma Soludo on Nigeria’s missing trillions, seems unlikely to settle anytime soon. Once I had thought the matter settled – disappointingly […]
Issues/Policy
How the Guardian missed it By Kunle Arowojobe
THE Guardian in its heydays as the flagship of journalism, had a constellation of professional stars, including academics who brought balance, fairness, objectivity, erudition and scholarship to the pages and made the paper very distinguished. […]
Politics
The grand conspiracy against Jonathan By Nwobodo Chidiebere
According to Wikipedia, conspiracy refers to a broad range of social alliances, and is most often used with a connotation of secretive and sinister purposes. In a political sense, conspiracy refers to a group of […]
Government
Public warning: AIG Mbu is armed and dangerous! By Ogaga Ifowodo
ASSISTANT Inspector-General of Police Mbu Joseph Mbu is armed and dangerous! It is necessary to serve this warning to the people of Lagos and Ogun States over whose security of lives and property Mbu has […]
Issues/Policy
The 90-hectare Abuja farmland controversy by Wale Sokunbi
In Nigeria, it never rains, it pours. Former presidents do not just quietly resign from their political parties and go back home in peace to be “statesmen”, they conduct their “resignation ceremonies” in the full […]
Issues/Policy
STILL ON BABANGIDA ALIYU by Michael Akinleye Esq
I just read the press statement released by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Aliyu, Israel Ebije, claiming that the Governor did not contravene or violate any law by handing over to the Speaker, instead […]
Aviation
Arik Air introduces new Dubai schedule with greater connections
Arik Air, West Africa’s largest carrier, has introduced a new schedule for its Lagos-Abuja-Dubai route as the airline moves its operations to Terminal 2 at Dubai Airport. The new schedule which comes into effect on […]
Politics
Afenifere has no consensus on Jonathan – Sen. Durojaye
Elderstatesman and former presidential aspirant, Senator Olabiyi Durojaye has declared the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for a second term in office by pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere as a unilateral action which didn’t enjoy the […]
Issues/Policy
The forces against Buhari by Muyiwa ADETIBA
I got a call from a close friend the other day that left me speechless. He had expressed the thoughts that he was wary of a Buhari presidency because of the fear of Islamisation. He […]
MEDIA
Presidents and the Press/Media by Dele Sobowale,Vanguard
“Few active Presidents actually believe in a free press [or media]…Truman didn’t, nor Kennedy, nor Johnson…whenever their own personal stakes are involved..”. Gay Talese in THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER; s best seller about the […]
Politics
Obasanjo: What manner of statesman? By Yemi Adebisi
In what turned out to be a public display of machismo, former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday, February 16, 2015 tore his membership card of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he was no longer […]
Issues/Policy
General Momoh (unretired), NOT General Obasanjo (retired): an open letter to the Defence Headquarters, Attn: General Chris Olukolade By Biodun Jeyifo
It has to be restated that the military as an institution is neither as inept in the discharge of its duties nor is it being misused for political ends in the manner the retired General […]
Politics
Non-indigenes as deciding factor in Lagos governorship race By Augustine Adah
The position of Lagos as the country’s commercial nerve centre has made it attractive to every ethnic group, raising the assumption that the population of non-indigenes in the state is more than that of the […]