There are indications that the 2016 budget was actually withdrawn for a major amendment as two different versions of the budget are showing different figures and adjustments in expenditure heads. Also the new version has […]
Just before 5pm on 14 January, something strange happened to television channel Arise, a small African television network operating out of London – it suddenly vanished from the airwaves. The message beneath logo of the […]
History shone like a headlight. It did not happen alone in Lagos, where the life of Festus Samuel Okotie-Eboh, swam under searchlights. Samuel Akintola of the acerbic wit also roared from the grave. In the […]
LIKE most young Nigerians, I had a picture of being young and strong while white people were white and weak. I am sure that young white people also thought black people to be weak. No […]
In the last couple of weeks, I have had cause to be attracted to some of the experiences shared by victims of human trafficking. Going through such harrowing encounters that nearly led to the death […]
WITH only a few real steps taken to tackle the monster, the forces of corruption are pushing back and their counter attack is gathering momentum. From the accused persons and recipients of stolen funds to […]
How much has Nigeria changed since its first and perhaps most far-reaching military coup was carried out 50 years ago? It was a coup for change. But was it a coup of change? Could it […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has come under intense scrutiny in the past six months. This is not just because of its controversial restrictions on foreign exchange transactions but also as a result of allegations […]
Nigerian, you have by now seen a viral video of Nigeria’s interior Minister, Abdulrahman Dambazau, turning “a DSS officer” into a sobata during a public function. If you do not know who or what a […]
The PPPRA Executive Secretary, Farouk Ahmed reportedly announced, at a press briefing on December 29th 2015 in Abuja, that a revised template for fuel pricing had been approved by the Agency; the announcement was evidently […]
Last week in this column I said in there was no need to continue the sale of foreign exchange by the Central Bank of Nigeria to Bureau De Change in the country as it was […]
This year’s federal budget is witnessing a lot of inanities and frivolities. The first week of the National Assembly in 2016 was spent on the distraction of first, a “missing budget” and second, two versions […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the arrest and prosecution of Bayelsa State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Konbowei Friday Benson, for alleged refusal to vacate his seat, following the nullification of his […]
It’s an opportunity for the ambitious businessman or woman flush with cash. A tiny underground space that was once the site of a public toilet has gone on the market in one of London’s most […]
British lawmakers argued Monday over whether Donald Trump should be excluded from the U.K. for his anti-Muslim remarks, with one legislator cautioning that a ban would give the Republican presidential hopeful a “halo of victimhood.” […]
There is indeed every reason to believe that something is wrong with those who run government in our country as well as those who manage our huge resources. Our heroes past will be weeping in […]
Mr Jamie Drummond, Executive Director of an NGO, said that about 58,000 Nigerian infants were being infected with preventable and treatable diseases, including HIV, from their mothers yearly. Drummond said this on Monday in an […]
The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared as “fiction” and “fantasy” an online report in which he is quoted to have predicted that the Peoples Democratic Party […]
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which measures inflation, rose further to 9.6 per cent in December compared to 9.4 per cent in the previous month, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The 0.2 […]
An Akure High Court, yesterday, sentenced two domestic staff of former Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Professor Albert Ilemobade, to death by hanging. The convicts, Daniel Itah Effiong and Bamitale Olayemi, […]
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