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REFUSE SAGA: Ambode, Go Back To Status Quo That Was Working
REFUSE SAGA: Ambode, Go Back To Status Quo That Was Working
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Front Page News
14th Feb. 2018: Front Page News & Analysis With Jimi Disu
14th Feb. 2018: Front Page News & Analysis With Jimi Disu
Politics
A Short Essay On ‘The Other Room’ By Banji Ojewale
In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman-Margaret Hilda Thatcher (Late British Prime Minister) It’s fast turning out that ‘the other room’ in the cosmos […]
Tribute
BREAKING: Billy Graham Passes Away At 99
Prominent evangelical leader and pastor Billy Graham has passed away at the age of 99. He reportedly died from natural causes at his home in Montreal, North Carolina, news reports confirmed on Wednesday. Graham was […]
Government
INTERVIEW: Nigeria Must Complete Ajaokuta, Even If It Means Borrowing To Do So – Dogara
Yakubu Dogara, the Speaker of the House of Representatives did the unusual and made history as the first sitting speaker to lead members of the House on an oversight tour to Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited, […]
Aviation
Analysis: Dana Air’s Many Troubles And Aviation Regulation In Nigeria
On Tuesday, 49 people escaped death as a Dana aircraft overshot the runway at the Port Harcourt Airport, after it touched down. An aircraft is said to have overshot the runway when it moves beyond […]
Banking
CBN, BVN And Fraud | Guardian NG
Deposit Money Banks in the country have, appropriately been ordered by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend bank accounts and Bank Verification Numbers (BVN) of their customers linked with any fraudulent activities. It […]
Government
On The Condition of Nigeria’s Prisons | Guardian NG
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s lamentation over the deplorable state of the country’s prisons and denouncement of the savage treatment of inmates is a remark that must be taken seriously, if Nigerians have some regard for […]
Aviation
49 Passengers Cheat Death As Dana Air Plane Overshoots Runway [PHOTOS]
Forty-nine passengers on Tuesday escaped death after a Dana Air plane overshot the runway of the Port Harcourt Airport. Mrs Henrietta Yakubu, General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed the incident […]
Education
Nigerians Are Receiving Expired Education, Says U.S. Varsity VC
Vice Chancellor of the University of America, California, Prof. Gamalier O. Prince, has said that the change mantra of the Federal Government must fix the educational system if there must be positive improvement in the […]
World
Trump Ranks Worst U.S. President In Poll | PremiumTimes
President Donald Trump has been ranked as the worst U.S. President in history in a Presidents’ Day poll of political scientists that ranked all 44 of the people who have served as U.S. president. Abraham […]
Government
Yusuf’s Reinstatement | Punch
The recent reinstatement of the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari, has generated a lot of controversy. It will be recalled that […]
Issues/Policy
So Much Fakery In Nigeria By Lekan Sote
One of the ceiling fans in the house is going wobbly, about to cease working any moment from now. Another one has stopped working altogether. Both hardly have brand names, just some insignia suggesting a […]
Health
Codeine Abuse Rampant Among Married Women – CCRWG Chairman, Odeku
The Chairman of the Codeine Control and Other Related Matters Working Group, Prof. Oluwatoyin Odeku, has raised the alarm over the widespread abuse of codeine and other controlled medicines in many parts of the country. […]
News
Emir Sanusi Gets New Appointment | PremiumTimes
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to chair the newly inaugurated Kano Investment Advisory Committee. The committee is saddled with the task of identifying strategies for […]
Business
37 Per Cent of Privatised Nigerian Firms Are Failing – BPE
About two in five companies privatised by the Bureau for Public Enterprises since inception are not performing, the agency has stated. The agency said it has privatised 142 enterprises since inception in 2004 with 37 […]
Government
SABOTAGE! Lagos Arrests PSP Operators For Dumping Refuse On The Streets
The Lagos state government says it has arrested four officials of a private sector participant (PSP) operator in waste management for dumping refuse on the streets. This, the government said, is confirmation that the increasing […]
Issues/Policy
Banters in Lagos, poverty and disease in the Niger Delta
BY JEROME UTOMI The Eko Convention Centre, Lagos, venue of the meeting was lavishly decorated to impress, and it did impressed. The participants were corporately kitted; men and women alike. All seated in such a […]
Lagos Talk91.3; Morning Digest
Sade Akintoye At Morning Digest With Jimi Disu
Sade Akintoye At Morning Digest With Jimi Disu
Education
VC Salaries: Sign of What’s Wrong With Universities
The recent furore over the United Kingdom’s highest-paid vice-chancellor, Bath University’s Dame Glynis Breakwell, exposes much that is wrong with higher education. The case has drawn public attention to the inflated salaries of vice-chancellors and […]