Religion
What Does God Want?, By Femi Aribisala
We claim to be Christians, but don’t have a new heart. If you have been to some churches lately, you can be forgiven if you conclude that the one thing God wants from believers is […]
Year: 2016
Issues/Policy
Justice Ademola Blames Attorney General For Arrest, Says He Signed Document At Gunpoint
One of seven senior Nigerian judges arrested by the State Security Service, SSS, last weekend, Adeniyi Ademola, has accused the Attorney General, Abubakar Malami, of being behind his ordeal. Mr. Ademola said the immediate reason […]
Government
Made-in-Nigeria Products: Genuine Campaign Or Lip Service? …..Punch
The campaign is a genuine effort for obvious reasons. What happened between last year’s summit of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group and the ongoing one shows that the FG has demonstrated genuine commitment towards the […]
Government
FG Fires 20 FAAN Directors, Managers | Punch
About 21 senior officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria were on Wednesday sacked in a major shake-up. Those affected, including directors, general managers and deputy general managers, were reportedly handed their termination of […]
CRIME
Police Pension Boss Embezzled N24bn, Owns 22 Houses –Witness
An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission witness, Mr. Mustapha Gadanya, on Wednesday told an FCT High Court how the then Director of Police Pensions moved N24bn into different accounts. The News Agency of Nigeria reported […]
Issues/Policy
Midnight Raid of Judges Homes Lamentable, Brought Despondency To Judiciary —Afe Babalola
LEGAL luminary and founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola, has decried the invasion of the homes of some judges in the country, saying “for this, there is despondency and loss […]
Government
Lai: Can Serving Judges Be Arrested? The Answer Is Yes
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the raid on the homes of judges by the Department of State Services (DSS) was done according to law. Between Friday and Saturday, the homes of some […]
Government
Breaking: Mass Sack In FAAN
CONFUSION in the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) as all directors have been relieved of their jobs while many general managers have been demoted. Tribune
Issues/Policy
Putin Orders All Russians Abroad To Return Home As He Prepares For World War III
RUSSIA is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid rising tensions over the prospect of a new world war, it’s been claimed. Politicians and high-ranking figures are said to […]
Law
Party Autonomy and Enforcement of Forum Clauses Under UK and Nigerian Law, By Bassi & Ja’afar
Enforcement of forum jurisdiction clauses in Nigeria may be done by stay of further proceedings, which is a defensive option granted under the inherent powers of the court, or by an anti-suit injunction, which is […]
Government
The Perception Baggage of the Buhari Presidency, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
In fighting corruption, you don’t pick, choose and don’t politicise, otherwise it will lose its essence. However the judges’ case goes in the end, it has already detracted from Buhari’s anti-corruption posture and his government’s […]
CRIME
Right War Against Judicial Corruption, Wrong Tactics, By Okey Ndibe
If Mr. Buhari does not envision a game plan against corruption, he’s likely to go down in history as his predecessors did—as leaders who merely paid lip service to a war in which they had […]
CRIME
Corruption: FG’ll Step On ‘Sensitive’ Toes – Lai Mohammed By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA — The Federal Government has said it would step on more big toes in its anti-corruption war. The government said the fight against corruption must be whole and thorough and, therefore, would not spare […]
Issues/Policy
What Would I Do With Faka Jonathan’s Fortune?, By Ahmed Oluwasanjo
Seeing how deep these reckless political and administrative Aninis have sank Nigeria, if I have $70 million, I’ll consider constructing a prison to be located right at the confluence of River Niger and Benue at […]
Politics
Perspectives On The Forthcoming US Election By Theophilus Akinyele
I have decided to write this article in view of the fact that with less than 100 days to the date of the United States of America’s presidential election on November 8, one of the […]
Issues/Policy
Is the West hypocritical or Is Adeosun Hypercritical? By Greg Odogwu
If there was any person who felt let down by the words of the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, in Washington last week, I was the one. It was during a discussion on the importance […]
Issues/Policy
Nigerians “flood SSS with petitions” against judges, demand wider probe ….. PremiumTimes
Nigerians who in the past questioned the conduct of many judges, but had no way of prompting investigations despite having evidence of wrongdoing, are inundating the State Security Service with petitions after last weekend’s arrest […]
Issues/Policy
Anti-Shiite violence spreads to Kano, Sokoto, Katsina; 8 killed
No fewer than eight members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Nigeria’s foremost Shi’ite group, were killed on Wednesday as violence against the group spread to other northern states. While one member of the […]
Government
Why Cry For An Undemocratic Judiciary? ….. Vanguard
“True freedom requires the rule of law and justice, and a judicial system in which the rights of some are not secured by the denial of rights to others”- Jonathan Sacks. CORRUPTION in Nigeria is […]
Government
Beyond Muhammadu Buhari’s Anti-Corruption Rhetoric: Return of The Fifth Columnists? …… Vanguard
BEFORE the nation is again treated to lurid tales of skulduggery and conspiracy theories, it is pertinent to ask minders of the Buhari administration or, in fact, President Muhammadu Buhari himself whether he is still […]