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Sweet and sour …….. NATION
That might Brand Shonekan have been today, had Chief Ernest Shonekan, who just turned 80, not strayed into the quicksands of Nigerian politics, graveyard of too many a reputation?
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Security
Balance of Terror By Akin Osuntokun
“We want to pass this message to all the international oil companies operating in the Niger Delta that the Nigerian military can’t protect their facilities. They should talk to the federal government to meet our […]
Society
President Buhari, Cameron and corruption By Reuben Abati
“We have got the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain… Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world”, UK Prime Minister David Cameron was caught on tape telling […]
CRIME
EFCC and its premeditated actions By Bolaji Tunji
The Economics and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is an agency of government I admire greatly since its creation by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and when its pioneer chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu held sway. Those were […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria: A negotiable entity By Robert Obioha
When renowned novelist, Chinua Achebe, diagnosed that the trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership, most Nigerians believed him. Only a few Nigerians disagreed with him. But the failure of every […]
Issues/Policy
HIGH COST OF MARKET FIRES ……. THISDAY
It is time to enforce building codes and regulations The recent fire incident at the Sabon Gari Market in Kano reportedly was the worst market fire disaster in Nigeria, taking down with it some 3,800 […]
Society
My pains over missing Chibok schoolgirls, by Buhari …….. NATION
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that he gets so worried about the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, making it difficult to continue to meet with their parents. The 216 schoolgirls from Chibok secondary schools were […]
Politics
Court bars PDP from holding S’West congress ……… PUNCH
Justice Ibrahim Buba of a Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party from going ahead with its zonal congress in the South-West zone scheduled for May 14, 2016 (tomorrow). The PDP […]
Economy
London summit okays return of looted cash to Nigeria, others …….. NATION
Yesterday’s anti-corruption summit in London agreed to a plan to speed up international efforts on asset recovery. The Global Forum for Asset Recovery will bring together governments and law enforcement agencies to discuss returning assets […]
Politics
Senate to debate price …… NATION
The Senate is to debate fuel price increase next week. A source close to the leadership of the Senate said the debate “will afford senators to tell their constituents where they stand on the burning […]
Politics
New email release shows Clinton chose not to use secure phone line, acknowledged Blackberry risk …… CNN
A new set of State Department documents released Thursday by the watchdog group Judicial Watch reveal then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the choice not to use a secure phone line amid a technical problem […]
CRIME
EFCC searches Fani-Kayode’s house, arrests domestic worker …….. PUNCH
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday stormed the Abuja home of a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, and arrested a domestic servant, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt […]
Politics
Donald Trump disavows longtime butler after he called for Obama to be killed ……. CNN
Donald Trump’s campaign is disavowing the real estate mogul’s former butler, after he posted to Facebook Thursday that he wants President Barack Obama to be killed. Anthony Senecal, who served as Trump’s butler for 17 […]
Politics
Meet Donald Trump’s Chinese fans …… REUTERS
China is quite possibly Donald Trump’s favorite campaign-trail target. Earlier this month, the presumptive Republican nominee went as far as describing China’s trade relationship with the U.S. as “rape” and has repeatedly said China is […]
Politics
Exclusive: Trump surges in support, almost even with Clinton in national U.S. poll …… REUTERS
Donald Trump’s support has surged and he is now running nearly even with Democrat Hillary Clinton among likely U.S. voters, a dramatic turnaround since he became the Republican party’s presumptive presidential nominee, according to a […]
Politics
Exclusive: U.S. plans new wave of immigrant deportation raids …….. REUTERS
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has now told field offices nationwide to launch a 30-day “surge” of arrests focused on mothers and children who have already been told to leave the United States, the document […]
Politics
U.S. foreign policy veteran warns Trump would make world less stable ……. REUTERS
Donald Trump’s foreign policy proposals would make the world a less stable place, former Secretary of State James Baker told a U.S. Senate hearing on Thursday as the Republican presidential candidate met elsewhere with party […]
CRIME
N109m Pension Scam: Ex-Pension Accountant, Abisuga Bags 24months Jail Term
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 12, 2016 secured the conviction of Babatunde Abisuga, a former accountant of the Federal Civil Service Commission, who is being prosecuted on a 5-count charge […]
Issues/Policy
Buhari Agrees Nigeria Is Corrupt, But How Is He Tackling It? | TheGuardian
He has been in trouble for bad-mouthing his countrymen before, but Buhari, for all his faults, has a reputation for being scrupulously honest. And, speaking in London on Wednesday after the British prime minister’s embarrassing […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria is ‘fantastically corrupt’, what’s new? By Abimbola Adelakun
What point was the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, trying to make when he responded to the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, who had described Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt” and […]