On the night of January 15th 1966 a coup d’etat took place in Nigeria which resulted in the murder of a number of leading political figures and senior army officers. This was the first coup […]
ABUJA—Amid resumed bombing of oil installations in the Niger Delta region, President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, vowed to deal with oil thieves, abductors and vandals of oil and gas pipeline. This was even as he stated […]
A former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope has urged the federal government to negotiate with pro- Biafra agitators in the interest of peace and progress of Nigeria. While describing himself as a loyal and […]
•Justice from the military front. But what of the civilian instigators? •Justice from the military front. But what of the civilian instigators? At last, it is justice for the deeds and misdeeds of some military […]
LAGOS — There are indications that the 2016 budget was actually withdrawn for a major amendment as two different versions of the budget are showing different figures and adjustments in expenditure heads. A version indicating […]
LAGOS — The Naira, yesterday, appreciated to N296 per dollar in the parallel market due to expectation that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will sell autonomous dollar to bureaux de change this week. Vanguard’s […]
Amechi who is now among only about five ministers of the First Republic government still alive was also host for about six months to the young South African anti-apartheid fighter, Nelson Mandela having hosted him […]
ABUJA — Indications emerged last night that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has received some lead on how some of the indicted top serving and retired military officers looted the nation through fraudulent […]
ABUJA —The Federal Government said, yesterday, that 55 well-placed Nigerians stole a whopping N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013, an amount that would have been enough to provide significant developmental projects across the country. Minister […]
Hollywood heavyweight Spike Lee says he will boycott this year’s Oscar awards because of a continued lack of racial diversity in the list of nominees. By Tuesday, the prominent filmmaker and director Lee along with […]
China’s economic growth ebbed to a 25-year low in 2015 as trade and consumer spending weakened, deepening a downturn that has fueled anxiety abroad over its impact on an uncertain global outlook. The world’s second-largest […]
Consumer goods giant Unilever has reported a sharp fall in full year profit for 2015, which it said was “a challenging year”. The firm, which makes a vast array of consumer products including Ben & […]
A few days ago, I had visited an area of Lagos known for its population density, chaos and filth– a fertile ground for breeding rodents which health experts have said are the carriers of the […]
Two companies linked to Doyin Okupe, a former media aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, got at least N1.6 billion off the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, in three shady cyber security contracts, PREMIUM TIMES […]
The Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has filed a N500 million criminal suit against the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, over the brutal assault on one Yomi Olomofe, a journalist at […]
When word came from somewhere in the Senate the other day that the entire 2016 Budget – all N6.08 trillion of it – had gone missing, disappeared, vanished, millions of Nigerians looking up to it […]
In 1984, the late Gani Fawehinmi, SAM, SAN, spectacularly broke ranks with his legal commune. That clan dotted on “due process” — no crime! — and distanced itself from the post-2nd Republic corruption trials, before […]
The refusal of ex-militant, Mr. Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, to honour the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission as well as the summons of the court is an affront on the […]
Merely by the strength of the forces arrayed against the naira at the moment, it seems a matter of time before the currency is taken to the Golgotha. It’s the morbid season hence the swooning […]
The people were led to believe, and soon appeared to have believed, that the Peoples Democratic Party was the only party in town or the only party that mattered. Before long, the PDP deluded itself […]
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