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Morn Digest with Dr Dokun Adedeji
Month: July 2018
Issues/Policy
Buhari Still Playing Games With NNPC | Punch
A new plan by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to seek funding from the capital market is a re-affirmation of the government’s stranglehold on the oil and gas sector. As part of its alternative financing […]
Issues/Policy
Tapping the Creativity of Science By Lekan Sote
Lekan Sote On February 24, 1985, military Head of State Muhammadu Buhari, visited the Federal Institute of Industrial Research at Oshodi, in Lagos, and pledged on page 45 of their Visitors’ Book: “When the economy […]
Government
Killings: How Does Buhari Sleep At Night? By Joel Nwokeoma
Worried, or so it seemed, by the deluge of complaints by workers over unpaid salaries and allowances by many state governors, in spite of the interventions by the Federal Government, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, […]
Politics
Ekiti ‘See And Buy’ Election Bazaar By Jide Ojo
“What we are doing is not election. It is money competition. The PDP started it by paying N3,000 into the accounts of civil servants and pensioners. I am a pensioner and I received an alert […]
Government
EXCLUSIVE: Presidency Fails To Remit PAYE, VAT To FIRS | TheCable
Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of executive power, failed to remit taxes, such as pay as you earn (PAYE), value added tax (VAT) and withholding tax (WHT), to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in 2016 — […]
Video
Before It Kills Us, Let’s Kill Fake News By Yekeen Akinwale
If we are not careful, fake news will kill us. Already, it has sent some to their early graves. Fake news is creating confusion and killings among us. The purveyors of fake news do not […]
Issues/Policy
The Return Of Sowore By Peter Ogunsona
The tranquillity of the environment of people hanging onto their hat and looking forward to welcome their visitors back into the country at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos was on Monday night charged on […]
Issues/Policy
Dr. Damages As An Almajiri By Tijani H. Ibrahim
My friends from the South have this penchant for looking down at the North. One of the primary reasons for which they do so is the matter of the almajiris. They see it in a […]
Issues/Policy
30 Paragraphs On Socio-Cultural And Political Problems Of Nigeria By Som O. Adedayo
Nigeria is a West African country; England is in the Western part of Europe. England, formed by small Celtics and Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period; Nigeria, a 1960 independence of at least distinct 250 […]
Politics
Ekiti State Election: Money Doeth All Things By Adedokun Seyi
The root of evil is money but we cannot do without it. We call such a necessary demon that we have to love, care for, keep well and even find a room for it to […]
Life Style
Anglican Church Abolishes Wedding Before Traditional Marriage | Vanguard
ANGLICAN Bishop of Aguata Diocese, Anambra State, Rt Reverend Samuel Ezeofor has abolished the wedding of couples in the diocese without first performing their traditional marriage rites. Bishop Ezeofor who announced this at the Cathedral […]
Life Style
Arsene Wenger: I Regret ‘Neglecting’ My Family While Pursuing Career
Arsene Wenger, former Arsenal manager, says he regrets neglecting his family and those closest to him while pursuing his managerial career. After a 22-year run managing the Arsenal football club, Wenger parted ways with the […]
Issues/Policy
How To Stop Herdsmen Killings By Luke Onyekakeyah
President Muhammadu Buhari’s recent statement urging Nigerians to be patient while his security chiefs are racking their brains to tackle the ongoing killings across the country puts the administration at a tight corner. The implication […]
Issues/Policy
From Buhari to Adeosun: The Ethical Question By Sufuyan Ojeifo
The resolution of three episodes of corruption between 1999 and 2005 in the federal legislature and the executive arm of government under the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo had initially indicated the seeming gravitas of that […]
Nigeria
DSO Nigeria: Beyond Devil’s Advocates By Hamid Hendrix
Freedom without responsibility continues to pose a great challenge to the realization of the full potentials of our democratic dispensation and it is rather unfortunate that foremost beneficiaries of such liberty are too often also […]
Issues/Policy
Workers Shut ExxonMobil Hq For Sacking 860 Nigerian Staffers | PMNews
The Lagos headquarters of ExxonMobil has been shut down by the company’s workers’ unions over the sacking of 860 spy police without entitlement. The workers besieged the office of the oil company, protesting the sacking […]
Sport
Russia 2018: At last, The ‘War’ Is Over By Tayo Ogunbiyi
Amidst a most stunning ambiance, the 23rd edition of Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, World Cup, tagged Russia 2018, came to a scintillating close on Sunday, July 15 at the 81,000 capacity Luzhniki Stadium, […]
News
Buhari appoints Banire As AMCON Chairman | PMNews
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dr. Muiz Banire, as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON. Buhari also appointed […]
Issues/Policy
‘Half Trillion Naira Locked In Corruption Cases’ By Abisola Olasupo
More than half a trillion naira is currently locked in several corruption cases pending in courts, the Nigerian government has said. Nigerian minister of information, Lai Mohammed said this while defending the legality of Executive […]