Issues/Policy
Wabba Emerges New NLC President …….DAILY TIMES
A former president of the Medical and Health Workers Union of Nigeria, (MHWUN), Aliyu Wabba, has been elected president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).
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Government
Lawmakers summon Lagos HOMS contractors………PUNCH
The Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Housing has summoned 28 out of 30 contractors handling the Lagos Homs projects in the Ajara, Badagry area of the state. The Chairman of the committee, Olanrewaju […]
Nigeria
Sheriff still under N300bn Borno allocation probe –EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff, is still under investigation for alleged corruption. Sheriff was arrested by the commission in June last year […]
Government
Buhari in Saudi, lodges in King Saudi Guest Palace……..VANGUARD
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday arrived Riyadh to commence a week-long visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The President’s plane landed at the Royal Terminal of King Abdel International Airport, Riyadh at about 8 p.m. […]
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Economy
Buhari and the Solution To The Nigerian Currency Quagmire By Femi Pedro
Our nation is currently submerged in a currency crisis. The value of our national currency is tumbling against the dollar on a daily basis, and our foreign exchange reserves continue to dwindle as a result […]
Issues/Policy
WHO STOLE PDP’s THINKING CAP? By Olalekan Waheed Adigun
When many thought the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is ticking the right boxes for 2019, the party leadership came up with something unique. There appear to be a drama series which never in want of […]
Technology
Alcatel Unveils IDOL 4 Smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona
• The Boom Key delivers an innovative user experience by offering custom-made features for taking photos, listening to music, the user interface and gaming • The IDOL 4 series offers a stunning display and […]
Economy
The Need for an Inland Container Terminal in Onitsha by Abang Dove
Due to the dwindling economy, the Federal Government of Nigeria, the National Assembly, and many well-meaning Nigerians have suddenly come to a moment of self realization. We have reached that point in our lives where […]
Issues/Policy
Corruption cuts across tribe, religion in Nigeria – VP Osinbajo By Levinus Nwabughiogu
ABUJA—Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said corrupt people pervades the social, economic, political and religious spheres of the country. He alleged that the people appeared to be united in corruption and would protect the identity […]
Issues/Policy
Lagos and nuisance of Danfo drivers By Samuel Omojoye
IT was such a horrendous scene that I couldn’t get over for some time. I left home for work that fateful day, looking forward to an eventful day. But alas, the whole of the day […]
Business
Grain Millers Oppose South African Corn-Import Tariff Review…..BLOOMBERG
South Africa’s grain-milling body is opposing a request by the nation’s biggest corn-farmers’ lobby to review a tariff on imports of the country’s staple food as this will lead to higher prices that will burden […]
World
Between East and West: The Cold War’s legacy in Africa…….ALJAZEERA
Though often absent from retellings of the Cold War, the interventions and alliances conceived in Southern Africa between the 1960s and 1980s, had a profound and sometimes devastating impact. Newly independent nations such as Angola, […]
Economy
Latent wealth with debt seeking mindset By Henry Boyo
The 2016 Appropriation Bill has probably generated wider public interest and debate than any other annual budget in recent time. The projected spending of over N6 trillion is by far the highest ever, but we […]
Society
The slaughter of kings By Sam Omatseye
Thank God for democracy. Thank God for kings. It is a contradiction that works well here. No matter how avidly we proclaim our republican virtues, we are, at heart, all royalists. The earlier we admit […]
Law
Tarfa Vs EFCC …… NATION
Remember Paul Tarfa? He was the famous colonel, at the height of military rule, who had a rather infamous koboko theory. No, the good colonel (as he then was) was no sadist. He was just […]
Economy
Another state level fiscal bailout? By Eze Onyekpere
As a country, we have wasted many opportunities of dialogue, reasoning and acting in accordance with the dictates of empirical evidence. We had sufficient oil rents, which encouraged the muddle through approach to policy and […]
Issues/Policy
Foreign Fulani herdsmen By Emeke Omeihe
During his interaction with farmers in Akure, Ondo State on the recurring attacks by Fulani herdsmen, the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Solomon Arase dropped a lead that should not be allowed to pass unnoticed. For, […]
Law
Temple of buyers and sellers By Femi Macualay
THERE justice can be bought and sold cannot be called the temple of justice. It may be more appropriately labelled as the market of justice. A temple is not a place for buying and selling, […]
Politics
Pope Francis’ Bridge of Mercy And Donald Trump’s Wall In A Lenten Season, By Adeolu Ademoyo
“…And then, a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel… I say only that this man is not […]