Issues/Policy
Trump And End of a Thrashy Presidency | Punch
Now the elections are over, and all speculations have been put to sleep. Let us do what humans are wont to: look back at how we dodged a bullet by not getting hit twice by […]
Month: November 2020
Issues/Policy
Biden Wins, Trump Whines, Pastors Prophesying By Fola Ojo
My youngest son is a musicologist. He loves combing through the Nigerian gospel world in the cyberspace for sonorous voices of comfort bellowing in adoration of our God; and magic fingers fluttering on stringed instruments. […]
Issues/Policy
US Election And Trump’s ‘Sit-Tight’ Posture By Ayo Olukotun
“There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration” – United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, Tuesday, November 10, 2020. “What we see now (is) a completely manufactured controversy based on no […]
Government
Salary Cut, Low Cost of Governance Should Start With Executive, Say Reps
The House of Representatives on Thursday said that the calls for reduction of salaries of federal lawmakers and cost of governance were misdirected. It argued that since the Executive manages 99.902 percent of the national […]
Issues/Policy
Uba Sani, Will More Responsibility For FG Help Us? By Tunji Ajibade
Nigerians applaud whenever the Federal Government makes a promise to put up a presence in their locality. Often, such promises don’t mean anything more than establishing a tertiary institution or construct office blocks for an […]
International
Quarantine Is To Be Cut To Seven Days In Bid To Save Travel Industry |Daily Mail Online
Travel quarantine is to be cut from two weeks to one under plans to get Britain flying again. A taskforce set up by ministers has concluded that increased use of Covid testing could allow the […]
Sport
Osimhen: Equalling Rashidi Yekini’s Record Is Hard But Achievable By Remi Sulola
Victor Osimhen, Super Eagles forward, says equalling late Rashidi Yekini’s goal tally in the national team is “heavy for me but achievable.” With 37 goals in 58 appearances for the national team, Yekini remains Nigeria’s […]
News
Petrol Price To Hit N170 As Ex-Depot Price Rises to N155
Nigerians may need to brace up for a fresh regime of hike in petroleum prices across the country in the coming days, PREMIUM TIMES can report. This is because the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC) […]
News
Rawlings: Akufo-Addo Declares Seven-day Of Mourning, Flags To Fly At Half-mast
Ghana’s President, Akufo-Addo, has declared seven days of national mourning following the death of a former President of the country, Jerry John Rawlings. He has also directed that all national flags should fly at half-mast […]
Issues/Policy
How Fani-Kayode Knows A ‘Jezebel’! By Ozodinukwe Okenwa
Prior to the controversial presidential poll of last November 3 this year in the United States of America one of the dramatic events that stunned not a few folks came from Nigeria, my beloved homeland. […]
Editorial
TheNation: A Matter For Inquiry
What was published as his medical report only tells a part of the story: Re: Akinyemi Solomon/Male/63 yrs/Hosp. No 362463: “This is to certify that the above-named is a known patient of the urology department […]
Editorial
TheNation: Double Standard?
The report that Zamfara State has offered to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), gold bars worth N5 billion raised eyebrows on the sanctity of the provisions of the law that all minerals in the […]
Editorial
Dramatic operation | TheNation
Dramatically, America rescued its citizen, Philip Walton, 27, who had been kidnapped by a group of armed men in Niger and relocated to northern Nigeria. The rescue operation carried out by U.S. Navy SEAL Team […]
Health
Management of Diabetes Nellitus – Part 1 By Paul Joseph Nanna
Water and diet in diabetes management In medicine to successfully treat any disease, the cause of the disease must be established. I have been able to show to a large extent that the cause(s) of […]
Issues/Policy
We Can Re-write Nigeria In Arabic — What Matters Is Governance By Fredrick Nwabufo
Bigotry. We are big on it. To inflame passions and to smoke out the most reticent of Nigerians, flagellate the tempers of religion and ethnicity. Yes, then you will see the beast behind the mask. […]
Issues/Policy
A Few Thoughts On National Unity and Identity By Hakeem Belo-Osagie
There are many who refer to the amalgamation documents as if they tell us something about the unnatural nature of present day Nigeria. For me the amalgamation document is simply a document of some historical […]
International
The Last Desperate Act of a Liar By Dan Agbese
Donald Trump believes he is the best thing to happen to the United States of America. His Republican Party supporters believe this atrocious claim too. Fifty-one million of them wanted him to continue in office […]
Issues/Policy
Big Lessons From America By Tony Afejuku
America – that is, the United States of America – is experiencing an unusual political autumn which began on Tuesday, November 3 of 2020 – the Super Tuesday of the presidential election of the super […]
Religion
Show Me Your Friend! By Afis Oladosu
Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah, and those with him are strong against the unbelievers and compassionate to each other among themselves Quran 48: 27) Brethren, whenever I chance upon beautifully crafted words, words of wisdom, […]
News
Obasanjo: How Rawlings Intervened Ehen Abacha Wanted To Destroy My Organisation By Samuel Akpan
Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo says he will remain indebted to Jerry Rawlings, former Ghanaian president who passed away on Thursday. In a condolence letter to the people of Ghana, Obasanjo described Rawlings as a “reliable friend, […]