Health
The War On Pot Belly Azubuike Ishiekwene
She put it rather plainly: “Most men I saw at the airport today seem to have bulging stomachs. Have you noticed that seems to be a growing trend among Nigerian men?” That was my wife. […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Security
Boko Haram and the ‘harassment hypothesis’ By Steve Onyeiwu
ABOUT two weeks after the election of President Muhammadu Buhari, I wrote an article in The Guardian Newspapers titled: “Will Buhari #BringBackOurGirls?” (The Guardian, April 12, 2015). In that article, I highlighted the insinuation by […]
Issues/Policy
Ambode: pupils to eat meals in Lagos schools from Jan ……. NATION
Pupils in Lagos State will from January eat once a day on the government’s account, Governor. Akinwunmi Ambode said yesterday. Ambode announced the commencement of the “A-Meal-a-Day” programme in public primary schools, when he presented […]
Health
Alison-Madueke is alive ……. NATION
Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke is not dead, it was learnt last night. Sources close to the family denied the rumour of her death which was spread on the social media.
Economy
Mergers, acquisitions likely for banks ……. NATION
Six commercial banks are likely to seek mergers and acquisitions in the New Year – no thanks to the shock created in their assets and balance sheet sizes in the face of declining oil prices. […]
Economy
Nigerians Look to Surprise Treasurer to Fix Battered Economy ……. BLOOMBERG
Kemi Adeosun spent most of the past four years clamping down on corruption and turning around the finances of Ogun, a Nigerian state of five million people. Now she is tasked with doing the same […]
Economy
Panicky policy measures intensify on foreign exchange market ……. VANGUARD
LAGOS — There appears to be increasing tension and instability in the Nigeria’s foreign exchange market with depreciation of Naira accelerating as the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the banks push for more restrictions […]
CRIME
EFCC arrests Stallion Group chief over N1.3billion “gift” to Dasuki, Yuguda ……. PREMIUM TIMES
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Managing Director of Stallion Group, Harprrie Singh, for allegedly making N1.3billion ‘questionable payment’ to a former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda. The Nigerian conglomerate, […]
Economy
Lagos budgets N665.588bn for 2016 …… VANGUARD
Lagos—Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State yesterday presented the state’s 2016 budget proposal of N662.588 billion to the House of Assembly, with a pledge that his administration will not only implement the budget faithfully, but […]
Economy
Black presence on U.S. boards shrinks, hedge funds cited by some …… REUTERS
African-Americans have become a shrinking presence in the boardrooms of the biggest U.S. companies in recent years, setting back a push by pension funds for greater diversity. African-Americans, who make up about 13 percent of […]
Society
Dokpesi leaves jail after three days in Kuje prison ……. PUNCH
A businessman and founder of Daar Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, finally left detention on Wednesday after spending three days in Kuje prison in Abuja, where a Federal High Court in Abuja remanded him pending […]
Security
Nigeria accused of killing hundreds of Shia Muslims …….. AL JAZEERA
Police have killed at least three Shia Muslim protesters after opening fire in the northern city of Kaduna, the spokesman for the religious minority in Nigeria said, as activists accused soldiers of having killed hundreds […]
Politics
N31b loot: EFCC goes after Dasuki’s, Yuguda’s assets ….. NATION
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives yesterday began a massive search for more assets of suspects in the N31 billion arms funds probe. The agency sent a special team to Kaduna, Zaria and Sokoto […]
Society
Obama appoints 34-yr-old Nigerian, Adewale Adeyemo as deputy NSA …… VANGUARD
U S President Barack Obama has appointed a Nigerian, Adewale ‘Wally’ Adeyemo who served in top roles at the Treasury Department to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs. […]
Economy
Senate approves MTEF as oil prices, Naira crash further ……. VANGUARD
ABUJA — The Senate, yesterday, approved the Medium Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategy Paper, FSP, 2016-18 submitted by the Federal Government, basing the financial estimates on oil revenue at benchmark of $38 per barrel […]
Economy
Budget Blowout Risks Breaking Through Nigeria’s Naira Defenses …… BLOOMBERG
Nigeria has withstood mounting pressure to devalue the naira since March, defending the currency against events ranging from the crash in oil prices to being booted out of one of the world’s biggest emerging-market bond […]
Religion
CAN protests moves to list Nigeria among Arab nations to fight ISIS …….. VANGUARD
UMBRELLA body of Christians in Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, last night protested the attempt by the current All Progressives Congress, APC, government to subtly enlist Nigeria among Arab nations to fight ISIS. […]
Issues/Policy
The God of money and the Nigerian gods of corruption By Ogaga Ifowodo
THAT you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser on or about 17th April […]
Politics
Why (Not) Biafra?, By Okey Ndibe
I believe that a nation need not be a fixed, immutable entity, but a living organism, susceptible (in keeping with laid out procedures and according to the wish of its constituent elements) to growth or […]
Life Style