DESPERATE to expand its flagging revenue profile, the Federal Government is at an advanced stage of re-introducing highway tolls. Amidst economic turbulence, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, unveiled the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s […]
jideojong@yahoo.com 08077787701 Last Thursday, October 3, 2019, in Abuja, the Centre for Legislative Engagement of the Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth & Advancement better known as YIAGA Africa, a non-governmental organisation, publicly presented the “Scorecard […]
DESPITE strident calls to curb its increasingly unnerving appetite for debt, the Federal Government’s three-year spending plan, beginning 2020, envisages an additional N4.6 trillion borrowing. Should the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework move according to […]
FOLLOWING years of criminal neglect, roads under the charge of the Federal Government, just like those controlled by the lower tiers, have suffered deterioration and degradation on a sustained level. Instead of serving the critical […]
lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 Many Southern and Middle Belt Nigerians seem to have rejected the RUGA or cattle ranching plan of the Federal Government, partly because of fear that it may be used to import alien Fulani […]
Of the three arms of government, the Legislature is presumed the most critical in any democratic nation. Apart from producing the largest number of elected officials, the National Assembly aggregates the views of the people (constituents) and […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has decried the presentation of fake academic credentials and rigging of unqualified persons into the mobilisation list. Among the last batch of corps members, 95 fake graduates, 60 from […]
I attended the birthday party of the matriarch of a Nigerian friend’s family in Edmonton a few weeks ago. It was mama’s 82nd birthday. Her children and grandchildren decided to give her a truly memorable […]
The recent harassment or detention of human rights activist, Dr. Chido Onumah, by state agents is not only a sign that Nigeria is drifting towards full-blown dictatorship, the incident also goes to expose the hypocrisy […]
This week, in continuation of my discussion of the issue of poverty in the country, I will highlight how philanthropy can aid development. Philanthropy as a Tool for Development in Nigeria Nigeria is at the […]
Italy’s parliament has approved slashing the number of its members by 37 percent. The BBC is reporting that Italy’s lower house passed a new law to cut the number of representatives in both chambers “to […]
The University of Lagos has suspended Samuel Oladipo, a lecturer in the department of economics, over the sex-for-grades scandal rocking the institution. Oladipo was seen in the second stream of a documentary on sexual assault […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested 18 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos. The suspects are: Abass Mukhtar, Enitan Adekunle, Olakunle Araoyinbo, Korede Adetule, Christmas Gabriel, Christmas Yole, Christmas Emmanuel […]
Here is the full speech of President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly on Tuesday 8 October, at the presentation of the 2020 budget, styled Budget of Sustaining Growth and Job Creation I will start […]
Margaret Amoakohene, chairperson of the anti-sexual harassment committee of the University of Ghana (UG), says there is no evidence that two of its lecturers seen in the sex-for-grades video documentary slept with their alleged victims. […]
Still reluctant to ever knock the doors of any lawyer or the court, Olanrewaju Balogun’s desire was a reign of peace at Lafiaji, the town in in Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos state where […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented the year 2020 budget proposal to a joint session of the National Assembly. Mr Buhari, who arrived the National Assembly chambers at about 2 p.m., presented the budget to […]
Supporters of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, are beginning to hallucinate shadows where none exist. They are alleging persecution where none exists, which is profoundly sad considering that the presidency has categorically asserted that […]
Babatunde Fowler, chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says there is no harm in introducing a communication tax. Fowler made this known on Monday while speaking to TheCable on the sidelines of the […]
By Babafemi Ojudu I have read both the accounts of the former British Prime Minister, David Cameron and that of our former president Dr Goodluck Jonathan on what transpired in the early days of the […]
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