Economy
The matter of tax By Sanya Oni
With nary a prospect of rebound in the price of the liquid gold in the near term, the debate on alternative revenue sources has suddenly acquired a strident and interesting tone. Only last week, my […]
Month: February 2016
World
Hillary Clinton Is Not Electable by Sadiq Samani;Huffington Post
Sounds stupid right? Why would one of the most well-known figures in politics be unelectable? She’s a woman. Her husband was previously POTUS. She has been a Senator and a Secretary of State. She gets […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria’s economy Crude tactics Cheap oil is causing a currency crisis in Nigeria.. Banning imports is no solution…..Economist
MORE than 30 years ago, a young general swept to power in the fifth of Nigeria’s military coups since independence in 1960. The country he inherited was a mess: bled dry by pilfering politicians within […]
Technology
Ruthless Microsoft’s Smart Decision To Kill Windows Phone by Ewan Spence ,Forbes
The death of Windows Phone is not a sign of Microsoft’s weakness, it’s one of the most promising signs that CEO Satya Nadella has turned the company around to a new way of thinking. With […]
Business
Gold hits 3-month top on shaky global economy…….BUSINESS TODAY
Gold edged up to a three-month high early on Tuesday as weak global manufacturing surveys soured appetite for risky assets and pushed investors toward safe havens. Spot gold was little changed at $1,128.80 an ounce […]
Travel
A way for Europe to remove chaos from the migration crisis…….Reuters
The last year shattered any belief that the European Union was immune to the global refugee crisis. The desperation of people fleeing conflicts and violence in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and repression in Eritrea proved […]
Issues/Policy
Child marriage in Mozambique: Desperate to escape……Aljazeera
The young girls and their poverty-stricken families are at the mercy of men with cash. Namaacha, Mozambique – Carlota Domingos sits on a four-legged wooden stool in front of a one-room mud house, which clings […]
Economy
Nigeria Seeks $3.5 Billion in Loans From World Bank, AfDB …….. BLOOMBERG
Nigeria’s government is in talks for concessionary loans worth $3.5 billion from the World Bank and African Development Bank to help finance a planned record budget this year, Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said. While discussions […]
Security
Boko Haram crisis: Amnesty condemns reinstatement of Nigeria general ……. BBC
Amnesty International has criticised the reinstatement of a Nigerian general it accuses of war crimes in the fight against Boko Haram. The campaign group named Maj Gen Ahmadu Mohammed and eight other officers in a […]
Politics
Why I didn’t pick Aluko as my CoS – Fayose ……. PUNCH
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has said the allegation by the former Ekiti State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Tope Aluko, that the military was used to influence the outcome of the […]
Politics
Supreme Court, Rivers and death of electoral sanity by Olakunle Abimbola
Go forth, electoral bandits. In the next bout of re-runs in Rivers and elsewhere, kill, maim, rape and raze! It is perfectly legal! Besides, if Ezenwo Wike and co can get away with electoral murder, […]
Politics
What are they doing now? By Olatunji Dare
What are some of yesterday’s people doing now? Now that they have time on their hands and considering their diminished circumstances, a good many of them must be reflecting on the awful instability of human […]
Security
At least 65 people killed in attack in Nigeria’s Maiduguri ……. REUTERS
At least 65 people were killed during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria’s northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said after counting bodies at a hospital morgue. The remains of […]
Sport
Guardiola to replace Pellegrini ……. PUNCH
Manchester City have announced Pep Guardiola will take over as their new manager at the end of the season after Manuel Pellegrini confirmed he will leave the club in June, Sky Sports reports. Guardiola had […]
Security
Nations gather in Rome to discuss anti-Islamic State push, Libya…..Reuters
Nearly two dozen nations gather on Tuesday to plot their fight against the Islamic State militant group in Syria and Iraq and how to choke off its rise in Libya. The meeting takes place as […]
Economy
Mixed reactions as new electricty tarriff begins …….. NATION
MIXED reactions trailed yesterday’s kick-off of the new Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO 2015). Some stakeholders faulted the introduction of such a regime at a time they believe, economic activities were down. Yet, others hailed the […]
Politics
US election: Ted Cruz wins Iowa Republican vote……BBC
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, the first vote of the US 2016 presidential election. “Tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives,” he declared, to great applause, as he railed against […]
Politics
PDP chief: my life at risk over Ekiti poll ‘fraud’ leak …….. NATION
Aluko should face perjury charge, says Fayose •APC, rights activist call for trial of suspects A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief who blew the whistle on the alleged rigging of the 2014 governorship election in […]
Business
Google Parent Pushes Apple Off Top Slot…..SKYE
Alphabet unofficially overtakes Apple’s value in after-hours trading despite its ‘moonshots’ losing it $3.5bn over 12 months. Google’s parent firm is on the verge of overtaking Apple as the world’s most valuable company by market […]
Economy
Exporters lose N78bn to dollar restriction, others ……. PUNCH
The ongoing conflict between stakeholders and the Central Bank of Nigeria over the export repatriation policy, which came into force in February 2015, has forced some non-oil exporters to abandon the sector, while others have […]