Issues/Policy
The Story of One Dino of ABU By Azu Ishiekwene
We are in trouble, but that’s not the worst part. The real tragedy is that we don’t know that we don’t know. It took one week and a senate summons for the vice chancellor of […]
Year: 2017
Government
VP Osinbajo, 23 Others Get New Appointments | PremiumTimes
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved appointments into the executive management of some government agencies and parastatals. The new chairman of the board of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) is former newspaper editor and ex-presidential spokesman, […]
Issues/Policy
The Denigration of DSS Won’t Save The Country By Adeola Akinremi
Hard as this might seem, Nigerians are their own enemies. I don’t know what to call it: National self-determination or national sycophant service? We are truly not prepared yet to see institutions replace individual’s might […]
Issues/Policy
Melaye to Ndume: Saraki Will Reduce Your Punishment If You Apologise | TheCable
Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi west senatorial district, has assured Ali Ndume, his Borno south counterpart, that Senate President Bukola Saraki will reduce his punishment if he tenders an apology. The upper legislative chamber suspended […]
Government
Resign now, Nigerian lawmaker Tells Buhari | PremiumTimes
A member of the Nigerian House of Representatives, Abdulmumini Jibrin, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office on health grounds. Mr. Jibrin, a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, said the […]
Government
Lagos Govt Withdraws From Mediation Process With Waterfront Communities, Group Says | PremiumTimes
The Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation, a group comprising dozens of waterfront communities and scores of other informal settlements across Lagos, on Wednesday expressed regret at the decision of the Lagos State Government to withdraw from […]
Issues/Policy
Dear Jimi: What Can We Do?
Hello Sir, My name is ADEBAMBO Tola Oluwasegun. An Engineer by profession. A man with one wife and 2 kids. I have been an ardent listener of your programs on Classic FM and Lagos Talk […]
Government
Buhari’s Ministerial Nominee Already An Ambassador Designate | PremiumTimes
One of the two persons President Muhammadu Buhari nominated for ministerial positions on Wednesday, Suleiman Hassan, is the same person the president chose in January from Gombe State as one of his 46 non-career ambassadorial […]
Government
Nigerian Senate Amends Electoral Act To Legalise Electronic Voting | PremiumTimes
Nigeria now comes close to using electronic voting system in the conduct of elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, after the country’s Senate amended the Electoral Act on Thursday. The amendment followed the adoption […]
Issues/Policy
The Story Of One Dino Of ABU, By Azu Ishiekwene
We are in trouble and Melaye’s certificate saga is just a symptom. I don’t know of any other place where a lawmaker facing a charge of certificate forgery will celebrate his discharge with a video […]
Issues/Policy
How To Checkmate Fake News? Experts Have Their Say By Remi Sulola
The need for a ‘fact checker’ website to checkmate the growing trend of fake news in the country was the centre point of a one-day workshop organised by the Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals […]
Business
MMM, Other Ponzi Schemes Thrive In Nigeria, Despite Past Woes | PremiumTimes
In spite of the bitter experience that millions of Nigerians have had since the foremost Ponzi scheme in the country, MMM, pulled a break on its operation last December, similar schemes are springing up and […]
Video
OUT OF THE BOX: The Epistle of Apostle El-Rufai To St. Buhari, By Majeed Dahiru
Mallam El-Rufai has displayed a rare courage, which will open a flood gate of similar open denounciations of the Buhari presidency in order to save the APC from going down in infamy along with the […]
Politics
There Is A Dino in All Of Us
Psychologists talk about a condition known as narcissism. I understand it could have varying degrees of effect on people but pathological narcissists are said to be in love with an idealised self-image, which they project […]
Government
We Won’t Reveal The Cost of Treating Buhari In London, Says FG | TheCable
The federal government says it will not disclose the amount spent in treating President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Buhari returned to the country on March 10 after spending 49 days in the United Kingdom. Speaking […]
Government
Dogara: Nigeria Can’t Totally Eliminate Corruption | ThisDayLive
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has said corruption is not something that can be “totally” eliminated in any nation, including Nigeria, just like other vices, adding that what the government […]
Politics
Tinubu: A Colossus at 65 By Opeyemi Bamidele
A man of great character and deep convictions, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has evolved, over the years, as a shining phenomenon and a towering figure in the nation’s socio-political landscape. This is indeed a most […]
Government
Obasanjo’s Emergence As President In 1999, A Mistake – Bamaiyi
Lt. General Ishaya Bamaiyi is a former Chief of Army Staff. He speaks in this interview on the need to support the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration, his recently published book and his incarceration for eight years, […]
Politics
You Have No Powers To Summon Me, Itse Sagay Replies Senate | PremiumTimes
The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Itse Sagay, has fired blistering remarks at Nigerian Senators after they summoned him for reportedly describing the Senate as ‘childish and irresponsible’ and one ‘filled by […]
Government
The High Standards To Which We Must Hold Our Leaders | TheCable
I have heard this bit of nonsense constantly – seen it sometimes on social media, in comment boxes or random commentary: that because I actively, enthusiastically and unrepentantly threw personal and professional weight behind the […]