Tribute
So Long, Dan Masanin Kano By Abu Najakku
I’ve learnt, with utter shock and sorrow, about the death of Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, the Dan Masanin Kano and cannot but think of it as a great loss to our people. Irrespective of your […]
Year: 2017
Issues/Policy
Finally, A Word For Nnamdi Kanu! By Muhammad Al-Ghazali
Something remarkable occurred over the weekend and the latter half of last week. Leaders of the Igbo nation, in one form or the other, finally rediscovered their voices and spoke as one to confront the […]
Business
Transforming Africa’s Trade Based On Logistics By Ade Adefeko
The title of this piece is partly derived from the theme of the recently held Annual General Meeting of the Afrexim Bank held in one of my favorite destination spots, Kigali, Rwanda, and from Efe […]
Government
Save Me From Recall, Dino Melaye Begs Senators | PremiumTimes
The Kogi State senator, Dino Melaye, at the Senate plenary on Tuesday rallied his colleagues to save him from being recalled by his constituents. The appeal comes as the Independent National Electoral Commission unveiled a […]
Government
Reps Summon Fashola Over ‘Breach Of Parliamentary Privilege’ By Dyepkazah Shibayan
The house of representatives has summoned Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, over an alleged breach of parliamentary privilege and public incitement. The resolution of the house followed a motion sponsored by Sadiq […]
Religion
Ahiara Diocese And The Seed Of Rebellion By Peter Claver Oparah
By Sunday July 9th, Catholic faithfuls in Ahiara diocese and of course the whole world will know who remains among the rebelling priests in the Church and who leaves. By that date, the one month […]
Government
Senate Tackles Osinbajo Over Magu | PremiumTimes
Nigerian senators on Tuesday criticised Acting President Yemi Osinbajo for allegedly questioning their constitutional authority to confirm the nomination of appointees by the executive arm. Senators also expressed concern about the refusal of the executive […]
Issues/Policy
The Nnamdi Kanu Phenomenon By Reuben Abati
The most discussed subject in Nigeria today is what is called “restructuring” and indeed so popular is this subject that it has attracted the attention of roadside commentators, the bright, the not-so-bright, the mischievous and […]
Politics
Here Are The Winners And Losers of A Broken Nigeria By Mayowa Tijani
This nightmare ends. We wake up to a new morning in segments of the contraption (apologies to Obafemi Awolowo) that was once called Nigeria. The nation we used to know had broken up into three, […]
Telecoms
Ex-Celtel DMD Is New CEO of Etisalat Nigeria | TheCable
Boye Olusanya, former deputy managing director of Celtel Nigeria (now Airtel Nigeria), will be the chief executive officer of Etisalat Nigeria during the transition period, TheCable understands. Matthew Willsher stepped down as CEO on Monday, […]
Government
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Maitama Sule Called For ‘Revolution’ In Nigeria, Spoke On North’s Role In Oil Discovery | PremiumTimes
Some months before his death, Maitama Sule spoke extensively on the challenge of leadership facing Nigeria and what needs to be done. The Octogenarian, who died on Monday, played host to a senator, Shehu Sani, […]
Telecoms
PremiumTimes BREAKING: Troubled Etisalat Nigeria Gets New Chairman, Management
Nigeria’s fourth largest mobile company, Etisalat, has a new board. The firm, whose former chairman Hakeem Bello-Osagie resigned last week due to its debt crisis, announced the new management in a statement hy its spokesperson. […]
Issues/Policy
How Balewa Declared State of Emergency In the West In 1962, By Eric Teniola
On May 29, 1962, the then prime minister, the right honourable Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa (1912-1966) summoned an emergency meeting of the Federal House of Representatives which was then the federal parliament in Lagos, during […]
Government
Osinbajo And The National Question, By Kingsley Moghalu
…mollifying platitudes and ex-cathedra declarations alone won’t do it. What will do it are the laws, policies and political and governance practices that will counter fissiparous tendencies in the court of public opinion and in […]
Tribute
Abiola Irele: A Tribute to the Master, By Odia Ofeimun
Irele’s voice welcomes the dawn even in everyday conversations and carries its sing-song quality very well into the art (or is it now a science?) for which he is best known: literary criticism. Come to […]
Issues/Policy
‘Funmi’s Death And Our Sense Of Shame, By Uddin Ifeanyi
‘Funmi’s plaint, for a complaint it was, was that our society’s new ordering of its values was increasingly such that the former group of compatriots (with him at the vanguard) were increasingly made to look […]
Government
Sorry Chief Nnia Nwodo, Nnamdi Kanu Is The Supreme Leader Of Ndigbo By Churchill Okonkwo
Recently, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) woke up from their slumber and described the call by IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu for a boycott of the November governorship election in Anambra State as irresponsible and […]
Nigeria
Yoruba: The Sick Man Of Nigeria By Bayo Oluwasanmi
I borrowed the title of my article from the expression “sick man of Europe commonly referred to the Turkish Empire.” In the 19th century, it was believed that Turkey had fallen under the financial control […]
Issues/Policy
A Tale Of Two Sharias By Modiu Olaguro
In one of Sheikh Abdullahi Faisal’s tapes, the Jamaican radical relayed a story that happened in the lifetime of the Prophet of Islam (May peace be upon him). It was the case of a woman […]
Technology
Internet Service To ‘Bounce Back’ As MainOne Completes Repair of Submarine Cable | TheCable
Two weeks after it declared force majeure, MainOne, West African connectivity and data solutions company, says it has completed repair works on its submarine cable. Force majeure is a clause included in a contract to […]