Issues/Policy
I Remember June 12 | Punch
They tried so hard to hide the truth. But truth never really goes away. It is like smoke. It eventually finds its way out. So June 12 is our Democracy Day? Well, some who talk […]
Month: June 2018
Issues/Policy
On June 12 We Stand By Lekan Sote
President Muhammadu Buhari is confident that Nigeria’s South-West, or the Yoruba, are grateful to him for honouring Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola with the Grand Commander of the Federal Republic, albeit posthumously. He knows also, that by […]
Issues/Policy
June 12, The Mandate, By Wole Soyinka
What matters for this nation is that after the inertia and avoidance of nearly two decades and a half, justice begins to find place in the agenda of governance. A principled step has been taken […]
Issues/Policy
USA: Getting ‘Dangerously Close’ To 0% Unemployment By Tayo Oke
drtayooke@gmail.com This week’s topic on the state of unemployment in America has been extrapolated from the economic headlines on the issue making the rounds, in the last few days. The media has been agog with […]
Issues/Policy
The Soul of Abiola Can Rest In Peace By Azuka Onwuka
azonwuka@yahoo.com 0809-8727-263 (sms only) Last week, President Muhammadu Buhari announced the conferment of the highest national award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR) on Chief MKO Abiola, the presumed winner of the annulled […]
Entertainment
MURIC Soft-Pedals, Says It Will No Longer Sue Falz Over ‘This is Nigeria’ Video by Ebunoluwa Olafusi
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has soft-pedalled on its threat to take legal action against Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana over his controversial ‘This is Nigeria’ video. Last week, MURIC had issued the artiste a seven-day ultimatum […]
Issues/Policy
BREAKING: Court Jails ex-Plateau Governor, Joshua Dariye, For Corruption | PremiumTimes
Former Plateau State governor, Joshua Dariye, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for corruption. Mr Dariye was found guilty of diverting N1.162 billion state ecological funds while he was governor between 1999 and […]
Security
FSARS Not Directed To Stop And Search, Says Police Commissioner | TheCable
Haliru Gwandu, Edo police commissioner, says operatives of the federal special anti-robbery squad (FSARS) are not directed to stop and search. He made this known during the #AskThePolice #ReformSARS interactive session on Tuesday. The Twitter […]
Issues/Policy
June 12, 1993: 25 Years After | Guardian (NG)
On this 25th anniversary of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, adjudged the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria, and which was annulled by the military in a streak of authoritarian madness, the […]
CRIME
US Arrests 30 Nigerians In Crackdown On Email Scammers | TheCable
The US has reportedly arrested 74 people including nearly 30 in Nigeria, as part of an effort to combat email scam artists. According to BBC, the arrests reflect a coordinated crackdown on people who convince […]
Tribute
June 12: Buhari Honours Abiola, Fawehinmi, Kingibe (LIVE UPDATES)
President Muhammadu Buhari will Tuesday morning, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, confer Nigeria’s highest honour to the acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 election, late Moshood Abiola. While Mr Abiola will be given a posthumous […]
Issues/Policy
Restructuring Part 2: Conceptual Foundations By Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
In part 1, we saw a sort of bidirectional indication of how restructuring might unfold. It dealt with the constricting effects of over-centralization. In the case of education, we saw the apathy-inducing complications of separating […]
Issues/Policy
A Party and A President In Political Panic, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
This panic would have been unnecessary if the APC learnt anything from history… The die is cast! With active politicking for 2019 in top gear, it is unclear if the president and his party have […]
Issues/Policy
June 12: Blood Democracy and the Spirit of Reconciliation, By M.B.O Owolowo
The legacy of June 12 typifies unity because Nigerians came out en masse and voted for a Muslim-Muslim Ticket. This is a feat that may be impossible to achieve in present-day Nigeria. On June 12, […]
Issues/Policy
What June 12 Reveals About Nigerian Democracy, By Femi Aribisala
…what the government has not done, and what it will not do, is to make official the result of the 1993 election. The 1993 election was annulled because of the results… The election was annulled […]
Government
Atiku: Civil Servants Now Lose Their Jobs For Criticising Politicians
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar says civil servants now lose their jobs for criticising politicians in position of power. Abubakar said this in a statement to mark the 25th anniversary of June 12. He was apparently […]
Government
Workers Shut Down NEMA Offices | PremiumTimes
The staff of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have embarked on a nationwide indefinite strike over what they termed as maladministration, ineptitude, incompetence and inefficiency of the current Director General, Mustafha Maihaja. The staff through […]
Government
FG Provides N37bn Grant For Prepaid Meter Supply | TheCable
The federal government says it has taken advantage of the new Meter Asset Provider (MAP) regulations to give a grant of N37 billion to a private sector operator to supply meters to interested Distribution Companies […]
Government
Trump, Kim Hold Talks At Historic Summit In Singapore
A sitting American president and a North Korean leader had a one-on-one interaction at a historic summit in Singapore Tuesday. President Donald Trump shook hands with North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un at the Capella Hotel on […]
Issues/Policy
“Just Do Good”: A June 12 Story, By Reuben Abati
Bashy kept to his promise. He has not been invited to the special national honours ceremony for Bashorun M.K.O Abiola. He died two years ago. He is survived by a daughter. Ruth’s daughter…. I used […]