Issues/Policy
Why HITV Failed, By Toyin Subair
My great mentor asked me one day, a few years ago, why after the appointment of a Receiver/Manager by GTB over the assets of HiTV I gave up fighting and just rolled into a semi […]
Month: October 2016
Issues/Policy
Recession: Saraki’s recommendations by Muyiwa Adetiba
Like any leader, or indeed any patriotic Nigerian, our Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has of late, been showing considerable concern for the country’s economy. Fresh from a two-month, fully paid Sallah break with […]
Economy
Nigeria’s Economic Recession Is Real But Would Not Last, By Muhammadu Buhari
Temporary problems should not blind or divert us from the corrective course this government has charted for our nation. We have identified the country’s salient problems and we are working hard at lasting solutions. Today, […]
Politics
NASS narcissism…..The Nation
Legislators seem unable to stop finagling with funds Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) members seem to grow in the ugly stature of the proverbial beast that continues to chew unperturbed as the hunter frantically shoots at […]
Politics
Tinubu vs. Oyegun: The battle for 2019 begins
The recent call by a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, that the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, should resign has shown cracks in the party, which may set the […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria at 56: How Independent A Country Are We?, By Inyali Peter
We should be ashamed as a nation that at 56 we are still celebrating the importation of cloths, drugs, matches, weapons, tooth picks, singlets, socks and in fact almost every basic human need. As a […]
Issues/Policy
Changing Culture, Changing Course, By Taiwo Odukoya
he prevailing culture of corruption, impunity, suspicion and nepotism will only serve to keep us in this cycle of mediocrity and retrogression. A generation of leaders and followers must arise to draw the line and […]
Religion
God Will Not Burn Anyone In a Fiery Hell for Eternity, By Femi Aribisala
“His anger is but for a moment, his favour is for life.” – (Psalm 30:5). When some Samaritans refused to allow Jesus free passage to Jerusalem, the Zebedee brothers asked him to call down fire […]
Government
I Warned About Recession When Jonathan Govt Spent ‘Recklessly’ – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says he foresaw and warned about Nigeria’s current recession two years ago, but said he was ignored. Mr. Obasanjo said he was concerned about recession when he saw how “recklessly” the […]
Aviation
MH370 Cover-Up Revealed: It Should Never Have Flown | TheDailyBeast
Veteran aviation reporter Christine Negroni’s new book reveals that the airplane did not meet the airline’s own rules for being able to track where it was—one more example of an investigation that is not fit […]
Life Style
Mother Is Confused When Attendant Asks Her To Get Off Flight, Until She Finds Out Why
Southwest Airlines is getting a lot of positive attention after they did something truly awesome for one of their passengers when they learned her son was in a coma. Peggy Uhle was already settled in […]
Health
4 Drinks That Are Healthier Than Water (Or Close To It!)
In the ever-changing worlds of healthy and unhealthy, water holds special status: H2O is, without question, good for you. Countless studies have proven its power to help us lose weight, exercise, avoid disease—it can even […]
Technology
Samsung: Have ‘Exploding’ Galaxy Note 7s Burned The Brand? | BBC
Samsung is resuming sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones in South Korea following a safety recall. They are set to return to Europe on 28 October. The company asked customers to return their handsets […]
Technology
Samsung Galaxy S9 Could Go Beyond Just Waterproof
It’s somewhat ironic that with the troubles that Samsung has had with the Galaxy Note 7 and fire that Samsung continues to work to make its products even more water resistant. While the Galaxy S9, […]
Technology
You Can Now Use The Samsung Galaxy Note7 On Planes In India
India has lifted the ban on using the Samsung Galaxy Note7 during commercial flights. Amid reports of explosive Note7 earlier this month, India’s civil aviation authority, DGCA, had restricted users from turning-on or charging the […]
Technology
Samsung Galaxy A8 (2016) Has Finally Been Unveiled
There have been quite a few rumors over the past couple of months that Samsung has the Galaxy A8 (2016) in the pipeline. Benchmark results have brought us the expected specifications of this handset multiple […]
YOUTH Matters
Buhari, His Photographer And Nigerian Youths By Olalekan Adetayo
The old Banquet Hall of the Villa which has now been renamed the State House Conference Centre looked different on Thursday. The decoration in the main hall was superb. Those present also made the venue […]
Issues/Policy
Please Get To Work by Chukwuneta Oby
A response to one of my articles reads ‘’I know many Nigerian women don’t seem to like it when a man goes for or dates a younger lady but that’s an issue of personal preference. […]
Issues/Policy
On Lateef Jakande and His Doting Wife By Tofarati Ige
True love, they say, never dies. Another school of thought posits that rather than fade away, true love gets better with age like fine wine. The above assertions have found truism in the purest form […]
Economy
Recession: Why I Can’t Stop Blaming Obj, Yar’Adua, Jonathan – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed never to stop blaming his predecessors for the current economic woes of the country despite the public outcry against the buck passing. He said it was necessary to let Nigerians, […]