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Month: June 2018
Politics
Secondus Asks Tinubu, Lai To ‘Stop Politicising Deaths of Nigerians’ | TheCable
Uche Secondus, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the All Progressives Congress (APC) should stop politicising the deaths of Nigerians. Ike Abonyi, media aide of the PDP chairman, quoted Secondus as saying […]
Issues/Policy
Naija Syndrome… By Chukwuneta Oby
The event was a security summit, organised by the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC). I was in attendance. As usual, prominent persons were recognised. That’s how I got to know the ‘office’ of the lady. […]
Issues/Policy
How Fatal Lagos Tanker Accident Happened – Witnesses
Several persons who witnessed Thursday’s tanker accident on Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway have narrated how it happened. Some of them disputed the official casualty figures released by government agencies in the aftermath of […]
Issues/Policy
Doctor Confirms Chrisland School Pupil Was Raped | PremiumTimes
A medical expert on Friday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that her findings revealed that the two-year and 11-month old pupil of Chrisland School was raped. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
Education
LASU Gets New Registrar, Bursar | PremiumTimes
The Lagos State University (LASU) has announced the appointments of a new Registrar and a Bursar. They are Mohammed Amuni (Registrar) and Said Olayinka (Bursar). Adekoya Martins, the Coordinator of the university’s Center for Information […]
Government
Nigerian Govt Begins Sharing of $322 Million Abacha Loot To Poor Homes | PMnews
The federal government says it will commence disbursement of the recovered $322 million Abacha loot through Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) to 302,000 poor households in 19 states in July. Tukur Rumar of the National Cash […]
Sport
No Nigerian Court Can Stop Us From Recognising Pinnick as NFF Chairman – FIFA
The Federation of International Football Association, FIFA has said that no decision of any Nigerian court will stop it from recognising the leadership of Amaju Pinnick as chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF. FIFA’s […]
Banking
Banks Shun Nigeria Cyber Identity, Use Foreign Domains By Chike Onwuegbuchi
Money deposit banks are still reluctant to register their domains on .ng, Nigeria’s Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD), preferring instead foreign domains, despite several years of lobbying and campaigns by Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA) […]
Sport
Africa’s ‘Step Back’ In Worst World Cup Since 1982 By AFP
Senegal’s elimination on fair play rules not only made World Cup history, it is also the first time since 1982 an African team failed to reach the tournament’s second round. Thirty six years ago such […]
Issues/Policy
PremiumTimes REVEALED: How ex-NNPC Boss Became Major Shareholder In Top Ghana Hotel
Documents recently obtained by PREMIUM TIMES and its ICIJ partners have revealed how a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Funsho Kupolokun, acquired loads of lucrative shares between 2009 and […]
Issues/Policy
That 2018 Hajj Fares Are Less Than 2017 Hajj By Muhammad Ajah
Although there were speculations that the 2018 Hajj fares may be higher than that of 2017, it is a great achievement for the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) to bring the fares down. Some […]
MEDIA
Why Good Journalism Matters By Dan Agbese
I borrowed the title of this column from the theme of the IPI conference in Abuja last week. It was a good theme, advisedly chosen by the editors and media managers from within and outside […]
Education
Transforming University Education in Nigeria – Part 2 By Olanrewaju A. Fagbohun
The nexus in the above paradox with the issue of commodification of education is not far-fetched. In a 2017 report of the National Universities Commission (NUC) titled, ‘The State of University Education in Nigeria,’ it […]
Issues/Policy
Truck Drivers’ Impunity By Adewale Kupoluyi
It was saddening to know a few days ago that the nation recorded another fatal casualty when three persons; a commercial bus driver, his conductor and a passenger, died when a truck loaded with plywood […]
Issues/Policy
Political Tension Over 2019 Elections | Guardian (NG)
As Nigerian politicians strategise and perfect last minute permutations for the 2019 general elections, feelers from two oncoming elections, namely the Ekiti State governorship election coming up on July 14, and the Osun State equivalent […]
Politics
APC, nPDP and The Doctrine of Good Faith By Sufuyan Ojeifo
The question of whether Karl Marx was right or not in his contemplation that capitalism contains the seed of its own destruction is subject either way to the dialectics of conversation, logic and ramification, especially […]
Life Style
BRF At 55: Greying Gracefully, Going on with Gusto By Hakeem Bello
In November 2010, in a tribute to Stephen J. Solarz, a former nine-term New York congressman, Douglas Martin wrote that he was a “torrent of activity” supporting it with a statement issued by the late […]
Government
Ghanaian President Bans Ministers From Travelling Abroad By Ebunoluwa Olafusi
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has stopped all government officials, including ministers, from travelling abroad. In a memo signed by Akosua Osei-Opare, his chief of staff, the president said the order would be in place […]
Issues/Policy
Bukola Saraki: What Manner of a Leader By Adeomola Akatanpo
Take the bull by the horns. You are the bull – Quotable It is fairly reasoned that the challenges and solutions of leadership are inside leaders. This view stands in line with the fact that […]