Lagos Talk91.3; Morning Digest
Year: 2016
Banking
N/$ ATM Cards And Inexplicable Profligacy By Henry Boyo
we cannot be certain whether Nigerians should celebrate or decry the recent decision by the Central Bank of Nigeria to reduce the existing annual limit on naira debit cards used abroad, from $150,000 to $50,000 […]
Education
JAMB To Scrap Uniform Cut-off Points For Varsities, Others | Punch
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has hinted that it may cancel the use of uniform cut-off points for admitting candidates that took the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
Sport
Mourinho Humiliated On Chelsea Return As Man United Lose 4-0
Jose Mourinho was humiliated on his return to Chelsea as his Manchester United defence was brutally exposed in a 4-0 loss Sunday by its ruthless hosts, who scored after only 30 seconds. The Chelsea boss […]
Lagos Talk91.3; Morning Digest
Banking
The Laws of Money (3), By Sunday Adelaja
…if we could open the eyes of our people in Africa and other developing countries to know the laws of money, then we can indeed help our continent. I am convinced that giving out food […]
Religion
Another Look at the (Gene)sis Account, By Albert Afeso Akanbi
I believe like many other stories in the Bible, generations of religious scribes have blurred the real stories behind events of our past. It is time to begin to take another look at stories we […]
Entertainment
INTERVIEW: Joke Jacobs Speaks On Career, Finance, Olu Jacobs | PremiumTimes
In this exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, veteran Nigerian actress, Joke Jacobs, opens up on her career, current projects and challenges confronting Nigerian theatre. PT: You have stayed on top of your game for over […]
Education
The Three-Year Expedition to Unlock Basic Education Data, By Seember Nyager
Without losing sight of the significant ground to be covered to institutionalise open contracting, my colleagues and I are encouraged by the gradual culture shift from a closed to an increasingly open system, one year […]
Issues/Policy
Subsidy Reform: Expanding Opportunities for Women’s Welfare Gains, By Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri
Considering the key energy access issues Nigeria is facing, leading to the current efforts to redesign and implement substantial energy sector reforms, it is hoped that the government will take steps to understand and make […]
Education
INVESTIGATION: How foremost Nigerian university encourages child labour | PremiumTimes
A typical day for 13-year-old Abdulrahman Ismail, a resident of Samaru Zaria, starts at 5 a.m. After the Muslim morning prayers, Abdulrahman sets out for his daily menial job at the gate of the main […]
Video
Jimoh Ibrahim Is Not A PDP Member — Jegede
A governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, speaks with PETER DADA on the party crisis and the governorship poll The judgment of Justice Abang delivered on October 15, […]
Government
I Don’t Know Why Mimiko Is Afraid of Me – Jimoh Ibrahim
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Jimoh Ibrahim, speaks with TUNDE ODESOLA and TOLUWANI ENIOLA on the crisis rocking the state chapter of the party, the forthcoming Ondo election and other […]
Government
Power Firms Demand 200% Increase In Tariff By Okechukwu Nnodim
There may be a fresh increase of over 200 per cent in electricity tariff being paid by residential consumers if a proposal by power distribution companies to raise the average energy charge to N105 per […]
Government
Eight Months of Forcados Shutdown Cost Nigeria N689bn By Okechukwu Nnodim
The country has lost at least N689bn to the suspension of exports of Forcados, one of the nation’s largest crude oil grades, since February. Friday, October 21, 2016 marked exactly eight months that Shell declared […]
Issues/Policy
Return of ‘Chibok 21’ | TheNation
The April 14-15, 2014 night kidnap of 276 girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, started with the impossible: it is impossible that ragtag militants would abduct school girls, in the supposedly […]
Business
Why China remains Nigeria’s friend By Zhou Pingjian
“Investors from all over the world are falling over themselves to come and do business in Nigeria”, said President Muhammadu Buhari in his recent National Day address to Nigerians. I know this to be true. […]
Government
The Demons of President Goodluck Jonathan By Sonala Olumhense
Few articles in print can be as troubling as “The Spiritual Side of Aso Villa,” published by former Nigeria presidential adviser Reuben Abati on October 14. Mr. Abati’s account portrays the Nigerian seat of power […]
Government
Ambode’s IT Revolution By Idowu Ajanaku
“This is my first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Meeting with developers and entrepreneurs has assisted me in learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria. The energy here is amazing and I’m excited to learn as […]
Issues/Policy
How Corruption Is Perpetuated In Judiciary—-Osinbajo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has identified 11 ways through which corruption is perpetuated in the Judiciary. He also says reforms in the Judicial arm demands that the National Judicial Council (NJC) should raise an independent […]