Life Style
Nigeria, This Is Your Life! By Yinka Odumakin
THERE were a few memories of my secondary school days that I recall when I want to have a hearty laugh in my solitary hours. One was about a guy called Lucky Friday who was […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Security
Beyond The Lie Detector Tests For Police Cadets | Vanguard
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) plans to subject aspiring recruits to a polygraph (lie detector) test in addition to the general background checks, biometrics, medical, physical, aptitude, oral and psychological tests. The Inspector General of […]
Health
WHO Confirms Third Polio Case In Nigeria
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has confirmed a third case of polio in Nigeria. Aminu Muhammad, Rotary Club’s field coordinator, disclosed this to AP on Monday, saying a crippled toddler found in Monguno local government […]
Government
$20m Accounts: Should FG Probe Jonathan, Patience? | Punch
Of course, the government can probe anybody. For me, probing the former president, Goodluck Jonathan, and his wife, Patience, is not a big deal. If they are able to defend themselves, it is okay. Otherwise, […]
Issues/Policy
Sad Story of Akpan And Lagos Task Force By Bayo Olupohunda
The story you are about to read is not a fiction. The protagonist is not a character in a novella with the setting in Lagos. Akpan is not the figment of my imagination. This piece […]
Economy
More Trouble For Nigeria As Crude Glut Persists | Tribune
Hopes for early rise in the price of crude to buoy a depressed Nigerian economy may have been dashed as Organisation of Petroleum Producing Countries (OPEC) announced that rather than decrease, oil output from nonmember […]
Politics
Ex-British Prime Minister David Cameron Decides To End Political Career
Former Prime Minister David Cameron, who has stayed out of the public eye since leaving Downing Street in July, has decided to step down from his position in Parliament and put an end to his […]
Technology
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Is Now a Complete Disaster: Can the Brand Recover?
After news started circulating recently that dozens of Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7s were catching fire and exploding from overheated batteries, the South Korean company was already looking at a damaged-goods situation for its brand. Then […]
Health
Tropical Fruit ‘Helps To Prevent Obesity And Type 2 Diabetes’ – Daily Mail
Dieters have long sworn that grapefruit and even pineapple can magically help people lose weight. Now scientists have added another fruit to the mix, claiming mangoes may also help to stop obesity and type 2 […]
Health
Amanpour On Clinton Health: ‘Can’t A Girl Have A Sick Day?’ | CNN
(CNN)”Can’t a girl have a sick day or two?” CNN’s Christiane Amanpour posed that very question after Hillary Clinton’s health was thrust into the spotlight after her wobbling departure Sunday at ground zero. Video of […]
Technology
Solar-Powered Tuk-Tuk Reaches UK After Road Trip From India | TheGuardian
An engineer and his solar-powered tuk-tuk have arrived in Britain at the end of a seven-month, 6,200-mile overland adventure – despite a last-minute mishap. Naveen Rabelli, 35, who set off from India in February, reached […]
Issues/Policy
$20m Accounts: Patience Jonathan May Forfeit N10bn Hotel To FG
Dame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, may forfeit to the Federal Government, a N10bn hotel allegedly belonging to her if she fails to explain how she came about some funds allegedly […]
Economy
Fuel Sales: NNPC, Tinubu, Adenuga, Otedola, Others Owe Nigerian Govt N86.4 Billion | Punch
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) subsidiary, NNPC Retail, along with 22 major and independent petroleum products marketing firms owed the federal government at least N86.4 billion by July 21, 2016, PREMIUM TIMES can report […]
Economy
How We’ll Restore Nigerian Economy After PDP Ruined It — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is doing its best to get Nigeria out of the current challenges. Mr. Buhari gave the assurance on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, after the Eid […]
Health
The High Costs of Drugs | Tribune
T HE current economic recession in Nigeria is taking a frightening toll on the polity. Almost on a daily basis, Nigerians are waking up to the reality of the continuously biting pangs of the economy. […]
Issues/Policy
Saraki: My Trial, Mere Distraction | Tribune
SENATE President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has described his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) and others as mere distractions that will soon come to an end. Speaking at a town hall meeting in […]
Government
Tinubu: Our Predicament Is A Necessary Phase — It Came Not By Invitation | TheCable
Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says Nigeria’s economic recession is a phase that “virtually all nations” have gone through. The former Lagos governor, in his eid-el-kabir message, noted that the […]
Life Style
N10, 500 Can’t Buy Quality Kits For Corp Members, Says NYSC Spokesperson
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is in dire need of funds and resorces, Bose Aderebigbe, director of media and publicity, has revealed. Aderibigbe said N10, 500, budgeted by the government, is no longer enough […]
Government
Buhari And The Search For Redemptive Courage By Steve Orji
The post-military era of 1979-85 was only the beginning of Nigeria’s deepening social and economic woes. Nigerians barely survived the Shehu Shagari’ “Austerity measure”, the signature byword to that era of hunger and spontaneous decline […]
Economy
Inflation: The Quiet Plague By Henry Boyo
Nigerians know too well that sinking feeling when the standard household shopping list cannot be covered by the regular budget. The options are either to cut down or do without some basic items, or alternatively, […]