AT The Discourse (Past Editions)
Year: 2018
Economy
Housing Is The New Way ‘To Gear Up Nigeria’s Economy’ By Dyepkazah Shibayan
Festus Adebayo, a real estate expert, has advised the federal government to invest in housing sector which he says is the new way to shore up the economy. Speaking with journalists on Monday, Adebayo said […]
Business
Fashola asks DisCos: Why Should Tariff Be Increased Without Meters? by Taiwo Adebulu
Babatunde Fashola, minister of power, works and housing, says there is no point for electricity distribution companies (DisCos) to raise tariff when many Nigerians have not been metered. At a briefing on Monday in Abuja, […]
Technology
Samsung Opens World’s Largest Phone Factory | Punch
Samsung Electronics has formally opened a new factory in India, which the South Korean tech group says is the world’s biggest mobile phone manufacturing plant, part of its plans to expand production in the world’s […]
Issues/Policy
Obasanjo Ambushes Soyinka On Olumo Rock | Punch
Tunde Odesola Humanity oscillates between extreme opposites; darkness paints the beauty of light; fear skirts the periphery of bravery; ugliness envies beauty; falsehood stalks truth, death ambushes life; good wrestles evil; all in an everlasting […]
Politics
Saraki, R-APC and Buhari’s Unusual Political Strategy | Punch
It is very difficult to understand what drives the political decisions of President Muhammadu Buhari. It is impossible to believe that a human being who desires to be re-elected as President would be so unambiguously […]
Government
Killing Democracy Slowly The Nigerian Way By Niyi Akinnaso
Anyone who says that Nigeria is not a democracy yet will be vilified by politicians, especially those currently in power at local, state and national levels. They will tell such a sceptic that they were […]
Issues/Policy
NNPC/Multinational Oil Contracts: Grand Bargain Or Grand Larceny? By Tayo Oke
Towards the end of the Jonathan administration, the then Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, of failure to remit at least $25bn into the Federation Account. […]
Politics
Defusing Ekiti Governorship Poll Tensions | Punch
TENSIONS are building up in Ekiti State, where an election to choose a new governor will take place on Saturday. For the past couple of months, the main political actors have been beating the drums […]
Government
Electricity: Discos Must Sit Up Or Exit – Fashola | PremiumTimes
The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola on Monday directed the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to immediately step in to ensure that Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) improve on their distribution equipment and […]
Issues/Policy
Learned Rookies And The Crooked System By Idowu Awopeju
I had wanted to share in detail the interesting story of an uncommon spousal camaraderie between a tyre fitter who was admitted at the orthopaedic ward at UCH, Ibadan, and his petty liquor (paraga) seller […]
Telecoms
NCC, Protect Consumers From TELCOS’ Tyranny
THE commencement of a directive by the telecommunications industry regulator that operators must roll over customers’ unused data is long overdue. New rules by the Nigerian Communications Commission last week require data service providers to […]
Issues/Policy
Obituary: The Year APC And PDP Died! By Bayo Oluwasanmi
April 8, 2018, I penned an article titled The Party’s Over: APC Satan, PDP Lucifer Both Parties Are Finished! I argued in the piece that members of both parties have proved that there’s no act […]
Issues/Policy
The Saraki “Pyrrhic” Victory By Abiodun Ladepo
No, it will be delusional to describe Bukola Saraki’s recent acquittal by the Supreme Court as pyrrhic. The man took his critics (which INCLUDED this writer – emphasis on the tense here, please) and political […]
Issues/Policy
When Security Sucks By Kayode Robert Idowu
What goes round comes round, goes the popular saying. Nothing perhaps better illustrates this saying as relates to the insecurity hazard we collectively face in this country than the killing of seven policemen in Abuja […]
Issues/Policy
The Constitution and Executive Order No.6 By Eze Onyekwere
The provisions of the Presidential Executive Order No. 6 of 2018 on the Preservation of Suspicious Assets Connected with Corruption and Other Relevant Offences, recently issued by President MuhammaduBuhari raises serious issues of constitutionalism, legality […]
Sport
Kenyan Referee Banned For Life Over Bribery
A Kenyan referee who had been due to officiate at the ongoing World Cup in Russia has been handed a life ban after being caught in a bribery sting. Aden Marwa was filmed receiving a […]
Issues/Policy
Chief Awolowo, the CBN, the Ill-Starred N100 Note, By Uddin Ifeanyi
This, alas, has nothing to do with Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Instead, it has everything to do with clangers being dropped at the apex bank. In fact, it is arguable that by leaving our currencies in […]
Issues/Policy
Is the Media Truly Siding With Farmers Against Herdsmen?, By ‘Fisayo Soyombo
Since I first publicly made these arguments, a few people have said my experiences aren’t representative of the entire picture. I have asked to be pointed in the direction of journalists who have set foot […]
Health
How We Regulate Alcoholic Drinks In Nigeria – NAFDAC | PremiumTimes
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will put necessary measures in place to control influx of unregistered alcohol drinks in Nigerian markets. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Mojisola Adeyeye, […]