Just when I thought that I had made my final contribution to the controversy over cattle colonies (see “No, no to cattle colonies”, The PUNCH, January 30, 2018), two recent developments have made it necessary […]
As the four-year mandate given to the Buhari administration in 2015 draws gradually towards an inglorious end, and the many incalculable prospects of 2019 are throwing up the strangest of political permutations in the polity, […]
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has advised wealthy Nigerians to take advantage of the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme to regularise their tax status and escape unsavoury consequences. The minister said this […]
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State said on Monday that despite stiff opposition across the state, he would support his son-in-law, Uche Nwosu, to succeed him as governor in 2019, if he declared interest in […]
The structure of the country’s budgeting system whereby huge amount of money is allocated to recurrent spending and debt servicing has been identified as a major reason why Nigerians are not feeling the impact of […]
The Kogi Muslim Pilgrim Welfare Board says 717 slots had been allocated to the state for this year’s hajj by the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria. The Executive Chairman of the board, Lukman Abdullah, a […]
Participants at a symposium held recently in Lagos unanimously agreed that common sense has a limit in public leadership and should not be the sole requisite for public leadership consideration; a position that supports sound education […]
Literacy and knowledge spread widely in Europe after the German goldsmith, Johannes Gutenberg developed the hand-moulded metal printing matrices, thereby producing a movable type-based printing press system. By the 16th century, over 200 million copies […]
I am inviting our country’s popular-democratic forces, especially the Nigerian Left, to join me in looking back once again. We have to look as the Nigerian state and the various fractions, factions, groups and blocs […]
Nigerians running to Cotonou to bag a degree in one year, some for seven or nine months is taking a new shape. The annoying thing is how these graduates are mobilized for NYSC in a […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to fish out the mysterious ”snake or snakes” that ate N36 million belonging to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Makurdi, Benue State. Giving […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the tragic accident that took the life of Sen. John Shagaya, and condoled the family over the loss. President Buhari in a statement issued by his Special Adviser […]
At around 2p.m. on Wednesday September 6, 2017, a Nigerian presidential jet carrying Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, touched down at the airstrip in Makurdi, the Benue state capital and was received by Samuel Ortom, the […]
NIGERIA’s fourth telecom operator, 9mobile, has suffered a loss in market share estimated at N5.5 billion in six months, occasioned by the confusion and delay in the sale of the company. The telecom company which […]
The title of this piece was inspired by the Jesus Christ Church of Latter-day Saints. Some name condensation has occurred here — strictly for the purpose of equation with the ‘latter-day saints’ currently unrestrainedly straddling […]
Nigerians who own property in the United Kingdom have inundated the ministry of finance’s Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) hotlines with calls, causing the lines to crash on Friday. NAN quoted a source […]
The evident danger to public health from handling dirty, grimy and bacteria laden Naira notes in millions of transactions every day, should spur government to reconsider revamping the present repulsive profile of the Naira. The […]
WELCOME TO SHUWARI At age 82, Bulama Kalla, a retired village head of Shuwari-Tomri, has no better place to relax on a hot day than under the big Jujube tree which is directly facing the […]
Donald Trump’s administration will sketch out more details of its plan to invest in America’s creaking infrastructure Monday, hoping it can leverage up to $1.5 trillion for the cause. Senior White House officials said the […]
The Lagos State Building Control Agency has sealed a zonal headquarters of the Redeemed Christian Church of God under construction in Ajegunle, a hotel in Ikeja and six other buildings for illegal development and breaking […]
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