Issues/Policy
Matters Miscellaneous By Dan Agbese
The columnist sometimes faces a bewildering array of issues playing in the public space. He is not always able to choose a particular topic in a given week. If he picks one, by the time […]
Year: 2019
Editorial
Tenure Of IGP And Service Chiefs | Independent (NG)
The public furore being raised against an alleged plan by President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, is not unduly misplaced having regard to the matter […]
Issues/Policy
Ikpeazu’s Performance Justifies Equity In Abia State ( 2) | Independent (NG)
JOHN OKIYI KALU On Thursday, 3rd of January, 2019, Abia elders and living founding fathers from all the 17 LGAs of the state gathered in Umuahia to review the performance of Governor Okezie Ikpeazu in […]
Issues/Policy
Feminism 101: Ten Myths About Feminism And Feminists By Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi
I gave a talk at a forum organised recently to address women’s rights issues in Nigeria. After my presentation, a woman walked up to me to thank me for my presentation which she said she […]
Issues/Policy
May Our Road Be Rough By Sunny Awhefeada
The caption of this essay “May our road be rough” is what I wish Nigerians including myself as we go into 2019. The originality of the imprecatory title is not mine. The patent is traceable […]
Business
DIY: How To Register Your Business For N5,000 (Cont’d) By Oredola Ibrahim
BY OREDOLA IBRAHIM The first part of this registration process can be found here. Oh! Yeah, congratulations, your name reservation request has been approved! You are now ready to go to the NEXT LEVEL – where […]
Issues/Policy
Reinventing The False Narrative About PPPFM and OMS By Sufuyan Ojeifo
On September 16, 2015, an online news platform published an exclusive report regarding the domestic transportation of crude oil contract of PPP Fluid Mechanics (PPPFM) and Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS) Limited with the Nigerian National […]
Issues/Policy
Atiku: Giving a Dog a Bad Name By Daniel Alabrah
On November 14, 2018, the Saturday Sun led its front page with the bold headline: “The Atiku Dilemma,” with two accompanying riders: 1. We want to prosecute him for graft but no evidence to nail […]
Issues/Policy
When The Scales Fell off My Eyes By Turaki Hassan
“I wish that General Muhammadu Buhari will one day come back to rule Nigeria again”, I said to my uncle’s wife in 1996 as she regaled and beguiled me with fascinating stories of Buhari’s regime […]
Security
Club Raid: Lagos CP Recalls Anti-Cultism Unit Boss | Punch
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered the withdrawal of the Officer in Charge of the Anti-Cultism Unit of the Lagos State Police Command, Akineyem Etuk, from his beat to the command’s […]
Issues/Policy
Islam’s Position On Money and Wealth, By Murtadha Gusau
In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Grantor of Mercy All praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His aid and we ask for His forgiveness. We seek Allah’s refuge from […]
Issues/Policy
The So-Called ‘Controversies’ of INEC, By Jibrin Ibrahim
The biggest controversy over the past couple of weeks has been the appointment of Commissioner Amina Zakari to chair the internal INEC committee in charge of the collation centre. The appointment immediately led to wild […]
Issues/Policy
Why Nigeria Needs A New Inspector-General of Police, By Eze Onyekpere & Gregory Okere
The extant Nigerian security and law and order situation can be best described as a crisis, where the government has been unable to effectively secure lives and property. There are daily reports of killings and […]
News
Over 294,000 Apply For 10,000 Police Jobs; Niger, Kano, Katsina Lead
The Police Service Commission (PSC) says it has received 294,851 applications in the ongoing recruitment of 10,000 constables into the Nigeria Police Force as the portal closes on January 11, Friday. President Muhammadu Buhari recently […]
Government
FRSC Recruits 4,650 Personnel; Training Begins Nationwide | PremiumTimes
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has begun training of its new recruits, PREMIUM TIMES has gathered. FRSC spokesperson, Bisi Kazeem, told PREMIUM TIMES in an exclusive chat Thursday night that successful candidates have been […]
Editorial
2019: What Nigerians Should Expect | Punch
EMERGING from a tumultuous 2018, Nigerians look forward to the New Year with mixed feelings. As always, an election year promises to be a volatile period for the country, invariably leading to predictions of a […]
News
Train Derails In Lagos, Kills One
Save for providence, a train derailment ferrying over 2,000 people to the city centre would have marked the first major disaster in the New Year in Lagos State. At about 7:15a.m. a train moving en-route […]
Editorial
Military Invasion of Daily Trust, Indefensible | Punch
OUTRAGE and disbelief enveloped the country on Sunday after heavily armed soldiers invaded the Abuja head office and other outposts of the Daily Trust newspaper. Soldiers sealed off the newspaper’s offices in Maiduguri (Borno State) […]
Editorial
The Ajaokuta Steel Folly Persists | Punch
BY endorsing a bill to fund the “completion” of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex as 2018 wound down, the Senate reminded the world how terribly ill-served Nigerians have been by their elected representatives. Passed earlier by […]
Editorial
Bringing Renewed Focus To Rural Development | Punch
In no other facet of life is Nigeria’s underwhelming development as stark as in the rural areas. The poverty there is extreme; social infrastructure is non-existent. In the midst of the vacuous electioneering babble, a […]