THE news of the poverty and extreme deprivation coming from various parts of the country today is, to say the least, depressing. To put it mildly, the condition of the average Nigerian today is soul […]
LIKE other belligerent groups before it, the end of Boko Haram insurgency is certain. Nigerians look forward with enthusiasm to its impending doom’s day. Between technical, marginal or complete defeat of the sect, the promise […]
The subject and study of Mind has been very intriguing to me that I thought I should share my curiosity and the very thought of it with my readers. I had started scribbling down the […]
Nigerian health authorities have announced the death of a Lassa fever victim in Abuja, the first fatality in the nation’s capital since the latest outbreak in November 2015. The minister of health, Isaac Adewole, made […]
After waiting in line for more than four hours to buy gasoline in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, taxi driver Adebayo Olawole considered himself fortunate he got a half-filled tank. The day before he got to the front of the line and was told there was none left. “I’ve not made any money in two days,” Olawole, 38, […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, to unconditionally appear before it on Thursday (today) to answer 40 counts of alleged N13bn fraud […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a $200 million World Bank loan for Lagos State. It is the second tranche of a $600 million loan which the state will spend on roads and other […]
LAGOS—The financial sector appears to have entered a heightened pressure, yesterday, as both the foreign exchange and stock market sustained major negative trends. The Naira depreciated further to a 43-year low at N305 per dollar […]
WHEN at first Sambo Dasuki, a former National Security Adviser in the Goodluck Jonathan Administration was slammed with a cocktail of charges including money laundering, illegal possession of arms and misappropriation of funds meant for […]
I received an unfortunately high number of emails last week from readers attempting to excuse those involved in #DasukiGate. I was not just appalled but flummoxed: how does one reason, overlook or explain spending money […]
For me to be here today, Justice Akanbi telephoned me that he would come to see me. I protested, saying that he should say what he would want me to do and it would be […]
Likely as not, Abdulmalik Jada, who said he has been a regular reader of this column since 2007, will be disappointed this morning with this column. Of the over 80 texts and about 10 emails […]
For some time now, the war being waged by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration against corruption has continued to occupy centre stage in national discourse. For one, the figures involved are as mind-boggling as they […]
During President Muhammadu Buhari’s maiden media chat a few weeks ago, a few points struck me which I wanted to raise. However, I could not do so because of the kind of divisive conversations that […]
Citizen Stanley Nwabia is a young Nigerian.With the country’s economy walking the tightrope of a financial crunch, he has consistently inquired of the panel engaging with the public on pension issues how he could liquidate […]
FRIDAY would be the 50th anniversary of Nigeria’s first military coup. That extraordinary day has affected the course of Nigerian history in many ways. Those who participated in that epochal event could not have imagined […]
The IMF is an unimaginative institution that makes the same analysis and prognosis, decade after decade. It is like a fake doctor who diagnose the same ailment for all patients and administers the same expired […]
EFCC to quiz ex-PDP chair on alleged diversion of $2.1b arms cash EFCC on his trail over N600m shared to six chairmen of PDP mobilisation committees. He is believed to be in Asia EFCC interested […]
What is the fate of Budget 2016? Contrary to the promise by the National Assembly that it will make its consideration a priority on resumption from the Christmas/New Year break, it was not discussed yesterday. […]
Nigeria’s oil minister said on Tuesday that a “couple” of members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had requested an emergency meeting, adding that current market conditions support the need to hold […]
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