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Month: July 2021
Politics
The Sad Chronicles Of a Failed ‘Messiah’ By Nosa Igiebor
Even his most rabid critics could not have imagined that he would reduce Nigeria to a failed state. Six years on, Muhammadu Buhari has achieved the feat with outstanding ease, as the country has, literally […]
Issues/Policy
Whither The Interim Common Services Agency And ESIALA By Eric Teniola
THESE days ESIALA and the Interim Common Services Agency mean nothing to many people. Yet, years ago, these two agencies dominated the headlines in this country. In a televised address to the nation on July […]
News
How Okada Riders Defy Extant Laws To Unleash Mayhem On Lagos Road Users
DUE to the intractable traffic challenges confronting most Nigerian cities, the advent of commercial motorcycles as a means of transport was hailed as a welcome necessity. This was particularly the case in traffic jam-prone Lagos […]
News
UK To FG: Explain Circumstances of Nnamdi Kanu’s Arrest
Sequel to the alleged abduction of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu in Kenya and his alleged rendition to Nigeria and continued detention by the Department of State Service, DSS, the United […]
News
US Advises Citizens Against Travel To UK Amid Rising COVID-19 Cases
The US has cautioned its citizens against travelling to the UK over the country’s rising COVID-19 cases. The development comes 24 hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson lifted all COVID-19 restrictions in the UK. The […]
Issues/Policy
Are Religious Centres Answer To Boosting Data Availability? By Tolu Oyekan
My maternal grandfather passed away peacefully on March 11, 2021. It is always a sad thing to lose a loved one and we grieved the death of our Baba, but he had lived a full […]
Issues/Policy
Value-Added Agric As Antidote To Unemployment By Isaac Oluyi
As a young child growing up, I have been made to believe that agriculture is the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy. From my secondary school Economics class to Agricultural Science class, it’s the same song. We […]
News
El-Rufai, Buhari Must Break Criminal Siege To Kaduna
Kaduna State is under siege, its government and estimated 9.48 million people terrorised by hordes of bandits and militias operating with impunity. The seeming helplessness of the state was demonstrated anew when bandits recently stormed […]
Life Style
Obi Cubana: Why I Buried My Mother In Grand Style
Obi Cubana, Nigerian business mogul, says he threw a lavish funeral in honour of Uche Iyiegbu, his mother, because of the promise he made to her. The 46-year-old nightlife promoter has become a viral sensation […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): The Wrong Nomination of Onochie
Beyond all reasonable doubt, Lauretta Onochie, senior special assistant (New Media) to President Muhammadu Buhari since October 2016 should never have been nominated at all as a commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). […]
News
ICYMI: Britain Queries Buhari’s Govt On Nnamdi Kanu’s Abduction
Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how its citizen, Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra was kidnapped. The diplomatic query followed the statement by Kanu’s lawyer that the IPOB leader […]
News
U.S. Urged To Impose Visa Ban On Anti-Poll Electronic Collation Senators
The Democracy Vanguard of Nigeria in Diaspora (DVND) has called on the United States to impose a visa ban on those senators that opposed electronic transmission of election results in Nigeria. Led by Comrade Timothy […]
Video
Buhari Unveils N1.7b Yearly Income-Capacity Farm Estate in Katsina
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, commissioned the first integrated farm estate established by the National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) in Katsina State. The project is targeted at improving food security, generating employment and improving revenue […]
News
Eid El Kabir: Buhari Laments Rising Cost of Rams, Food Items
President Muhammadu Buhari has decried the hike in prices for rams and other items in the market, saying the development was not consistent with the virtues of Islam. In his message marking the occasion of […]
Politics
Anambra Governorship: Court Reinstates Soludo As APGA’s Candidate
The Anambra High Court on Monday reinstated former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Prof. Charles Soludo as the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the forthcoming November 6 governorship poll in […]
News
3,462 Nigerian Christians Killed By Herdsmen, Jihadists In 200 Days
An estimated 3,462 Nigerian Christians have been killed this year by Nigerian Jihadists, Fulani herdsmen and state actors up till 18 July. The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law gave this grim […]
News
Buhari Orders Seven Northwest Governors To End Banditry By Muhammad Lawal
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the seven Northwest governors to urgently put machinery in motion to end banditry in the zone. Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu disclosed this on Sunday. Bagudu, who is also […]
News
LG Poll: Violence Won’t Do Anyone Any Good — Lagos Speaker
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has cautioned political parties and their followers against violence during Saturday’s council poll. Obasa gave the warning while speaking with newsmen on the […]
News
Sallah Ram Sales At Kara Market Halt Movement On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Ahead of the Eid-el Kabir celebration, Lagosians, yesterday thronged the popular Kara market, located along the Lagos- Ibadan expressway for their Sallah rams. Eid al-Adha, Arabic for Festival of the Sacrifice, is one of the […]