Society
The New Kolo-Mentality!, By ‘Tope Fasua
Nobody should sell us short, on a wholesale basis. Nigeria may be bad, we do have our many challenges, but hey, we have one or two lessons to teach the world as well. Indeed, on […]
Month: February 2016
Issues/Policy
Dokpesi begs Tinubu for forgiveness | TheCable
Raymond Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications, has tendered an apology to Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) over ‘Lion of Bourdillon’, a documentary aired on African Independent Television (AIT) in the […]
Government
Breaking: Osinbajo takes over, as Buhari begins 6-day vacation …. Vanguard
President Muhammadu Buhari has begun a short vacation from today, February 5 to Wednesday, February 10, 2016. A statement on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, said “While […]
Issues/Policy
Why people think Buhari is witch-hunting Jonathan — Momoh
Hon Abubakar Momoh, a two term member of the House of Representatives from Etsako Federal Constituency, Edo State in this interview insists that the probe into arms acquisition should not be restricted to the tenure […]
Issues/Policy
Biafra: Conduct referendum for secession now or …, MASSOB tells FG
ENUGU – The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra,MASSOB, Thursday, asked the Federal Government to quickly conduct a referendum in the south-east geopolitical as a precursor to secession or face the […]
Issues/Policy
$2.1bn arms probe: Why I returned N25m Metuh gave me — Witness …. Vanguard
Dasuki knows fate on bail condition Monday By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA—An aide to former Vice-President Namadi Sambo, Mr. Abba Dabo, yesterday, explained before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, why he returned N25million […]
Government
Nigerians’ll starve to death by 2050, if… —Presidency
ABUJA— THE Presidency, yesterday, raised alarm that Nigerians would starve to death by 2050 if nothing was done to ensure an all year round farming. It also said with the rate the country was going, […]
Politics
Jonathan’s silence By Donu Kogbara
I’ve just chanced upon an article that was written in The Will, an online publication, on January 11. It stated that the PDP’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abdulahi Jalo, “has tasked former President Goodluck Jonathan […]
Society
Beasts of no gender (3) By Olatunji Ololade
To be a feminist, if not a defect, is at least a fetish; like porn. The feminist is that woman who dulls down to an artificially created set of sexual-political sensibilities, in order to satisfy […]
Politics
Good Start for Hillary, By Olalekan Waheed Adigun
On February 1, all attention turned to Iowa for the first voting contest in the presidential nomination process, which kicks the US presidential election into a higher gear. Because it is the first state, any […]
Society
Mbaka: Priest, politician or renegade? By Reuben Abati
CATHOLIC priests in Nigeria have always captured the public imagination. Some of them have served in government positions, some were prominent in the fight and struggle for democracy, some of them have proved their mettle […]
Health
Attacking cancer through mobile centres By Abia Nzelu
WORLD Cancer Day (February 4 every year) is set aside by the United Nations/World Health Organisation to raise awareness about cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is an opportunity […]
Economy
Return of oil pipeline bombings in N’Delta …… PUNCH
NIGER Delta militants are flexing their muscles again. A fortnight ago, they bombed oil and gas pipelines belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Nigerian Gas Company in Escravos, Delta State. Tension is […]
Aviation
NCAA suspends Bristow’s ditched chopper brand …….. GUARDIAN
Agency begins probe into controlled landing in Atlantic Ocean CONSIDERING the frequency of air crashes involving Bristow Helicopter, two in less than six months, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) yesterday suspended the use of […]
Law
Supreme Court rules on Saraki CCT trial today ……. PUNCH
The Supreme Court will on Friday (today) determine whether or not to stop the trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on charges of false asset declaration before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. A […]
Economy
BVN exposes 23,306 ‘ghost workers’ on Fed Govt payroll …… NATION
No fewer than 23,306 names are to be deleted from the Federal Government’s payroll. A team probing multiple salary payments recommended 23,306 civil servants and some banks for thorough investigations.
Economy
Nigerians’ll starve to death by 2050, if… —Presidency …….. VANGUARD
ABUJA— THE Presidency, yesterday, raised alarm that Nigerians would starve to death by 2050 if nothing was done to ensure an all year round farming. It also said with the rate the country was going, […]
Economy
220 debtors owe AMCON N1.1tn ……. PUNCH
A total of 220 influential Nigerians owe the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria the sum of N1.145tn, documents sighted by our correspondent on Thursday have shown. The 220 are in the first batch of delinquent […]
Law
Sagay, Ogunye fault S’Court judgments on gov polls …….. PUNCH
Eminent lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, and a Lagos-based legal practitioner, Mr. Jiti Ogunye, on Thursday, queried the recent judgments of the Supreme Court, which dismissed all the cases challenging the polls of some governors, including […]
Security
Cameroon Sees Surge in Bombings as Nigeria Chases Boko Haram ……. BLOOMBERG
Nigeria’s campaign to quash the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has triggered a surge of bombings in neighboring Cameroon, where the army says it’s making headway in stopping attacks on military targets. Cameroon’s Far North […]