A defence witness, Mr. Anthony Okeke, in the ongoing trial of the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Olisa Metuh, told a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday that former President […]
The Group Managing Director, Lagos Water Corporation, Mr. Muminu Badmus, says the government has designed water distribution kiosks across the state to bridge the shortfall in water supply and connect more residents to the central […]
No fewer than 148 people were killed on Monday in bomb explosions in Jableh and Tartous on Syria’s Mediterranean coast on Monday in the government-controlled territory that hosts Russian military bases, Reuters quotes monitors and […]
After lifting a decades long embargo against Vietnam on Monday, President Barack Obama worked up quite the appetite, dining with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain in Hanoi. Bourdain, who hosts the popular food-meets-travel show “Parts Unknown,” […]
Bernie Sanders predicted Monday that the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia could be “messy” as he pushed the party to adopt his progressive agenda, but added, “Democracy is not always nice and quiet and gentle.” […]
Hillary Clinton, the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, turned down on Monday an invitation by Fox News to debate rival Bernie Sanders in California, despite having agreed previously to a debate […]
Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Monday that it had changed some of the procedures for its “Trending Topics” section after a news report alleging it suppressed conservative news prompted a U.S. Congressional demand for more […]
Nigeria’s employment crisis worsened in the first quarter of 2016, with unemployment rate rising to 12.1 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said on Friday. The bureau said in its latest Unemployment Watch […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday suspended its nationwide strike called to protest the government’s decision to increase pump price of petrol and hike in electricity tariffs. The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said the […]
The Presidency yesterday scaled down President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day official visit slated for today and tomorrow. “The truth is that the Vice-President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, will now represent the President in Lagos, said Senior Special […]
•Government should find ways to tap into the money without jeopardising the goal The pension funds story somewhat reminds of the allegory of the dweller on the banks of the River Niger that would rather […]
Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed last week said that Nigeria is broke. He spoke to State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in Abuja. He said the Federal Government […]
Femi Adesina opens his latest interview with Punch newspaper with these words: “It is mendacious to say that in the last one year, what Nigerians have been experiencing is suffering. It is not true.” Something […]
No one expected any victory parade following the rescue last week of Amina Ali Nkeki, one of the 260 abducted Chibok girls, from Boko Haram’s captivity. One person out of hundreds, and after more than […]
Industry, commerce, as well as employment opportunities, unexpectedly, flourished for the greater part of Gen. Sani Abacha’s four-year reign, despite Nigeria’s pariah status and the stupendous treasury rape by the dictator. The question, therefore, is […]
Nigeria is currently buffeted by all manner of crisis. The crisis spans from the political, social, economic, religious, and developmental to the intellectual. But its manifestation in the economic sphere is the most threatening and […]
About this time last year, I wrote a two-part article on what I called my “Change wish list” which I expected the then President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to consider in focusing on governance. I wish here […]
We should not dwell heavily on the cause of our woes. We should not bellyache over the corrupt doings of the Jonathan years overmuch. We should not carp on the wasted opportunities with the Naira […]
Inherent contradictions in some of the issues relating to the current increase in fuel price from N86.50kobo to N145 were last week, brought to the fore by frontline rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani. In a […]
Interestingly, there are people who think the publicised May 17 rescue of one of the over 200 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists may well be a stunt to credit the President Muhammadu Buhari […]
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