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Yakubu And The Business Of Inconclusive Elections, By Azu Ishiekwene
Since the Independent National Electoral Commission declared the Bayelsa governorship election inconclusive on Monday, I’ve been wondering what would have happened if the chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, had been the one who conducted the last […]
Politics
Rethinking Buhari and Osinbajo’s pitiful life-boat By Olatunji Ololade
How many hearts filled with grief will balance an offshore account? How many homes – cold, poverty-stricken, scam-activated, shall balance ill-acquired “executive estacode” and “constituency allowance?” How do we measure progress on the watch of […]
Issues/Policy
A note for Pa Audu Ogbeh
This column had been distracted from its original plan last week. One had quickly had to change course when a fellow columnist with The Punch, Abimbola Adelakun, came out on the back page of her […]
Economy
Buhari should ignore World Bank on subsidy removal By Enwegbara
Recently, the World Bank spent a lot of time organising media briefings on what it called the wrongs of fuel subsidy in Nigeria. To drive this message home to Nigerians, the World Bank handed journalists […]
Politics
Is Donald Trump a fascist?……. CNN
(CNN)Is Donald Trump a fascist? To answer that question it is helpful to examine three interrelated phenomena: the history of European fascism, the rise of far-right nationalist parties around the West today and what historian […]
Politics
Reps pass 130 bills for first reading in one day …… PUNCH
A total of 130 bills passed first reading at the House of Representatives on Thursday, a development the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, described as “unprecedented.” The Clerk, Mr. Mohammed Sani-Omolori, almost got tired reading out […]
Economy
CBN to banks: fund SMEs or lose CRR refunds …… NATION
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele yesterday mandated commercial banks to lower their risk rating for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) or lose Cash Reserves Ratio (CRR) refunds. He issued the warning in […]
Issues/Policy
Nigerian youths wasting away, says research …… NATION
A study by General Electric has established that Nigeria’s young population can be put to better use. The study, dubbed: Skills White Paper, is targeted at improving the capacity of Nigeria to harness the potential […]
Sport
Keshi loses wife to cancer ….. PUNCH
Former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi has lost his wife Kate. The 54-year-old died in the United States on Wednesday night after a battle with cancer for three years. “Mrs Kate Keshi died in the […]
Economy
Naira slides to 257 against dollar ….. PUNCH
The naira fell to 257 against the dollar at the parallel market on Thursday. The local currency had traded against the greenback at between 251 and 252 on Wednesday. The naira has been falling since […]
Politics
PDP, Reps, Anenih, Ayu, others named in N30b ‘loot’ …… NATION
Jonathan’s ex-aide ‘on the run’ The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will today begin the trial of a former National Security Adviser (NSA), Mr. Sambo Dasuki, ex-Minister of Finance Bashir Yuguda and a former […]
Politics
APC spokesman: Oyegun, Frank clash ….. VANGUARD
ABUJA – National chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun and Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Comrade Timi Frank have locked horns over who speaks for the party as the […]
CRIME
Govt investigating Dokpesi for another N8b fraud allegation …… NATION
The Federal Government is investigating businessman Raymond Dokpesi for his alleged involvement in another fraud involving about N8billion, the government’s lawyer, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), yesterday told a Federal High Court in Abuja. Jacobs said the […]
CRIME
ALLEGED $2bn arms deal PROBE: EFCC to summon Okonjo-Iweala ……. VANGUARD
ABUJA— Indications emerged last night that the Federal Government would extend its dragnet towards apprehending and prosecuting more individuals and groups which allegedly helped themselves with huge funds meant for the acquisition of arms for […]
Issues/Policy
Arms Scandal: Jonathan’s govt spent billions, abused trust – Buhari ….PremiumTimes
The former administration of Goodluck Jonathan spent billions of naira and millions of dollars on efforts to equip the Nigerian military against Boko Haram, but there was rampant “abuse of trust”, President Muhammadu Buhari has […]
CRIME
How Jonathan, Okonjo-Iweala illegally diverted N61.4 billion Abacha loot to NSA, Sambo Dasuki….PremiumTimes
The immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, illegally approved the transfer of at least N61.4 billion ($300 million and £5.5 million) from funds recovered from late dictator, Sani Abacha, to the Office of the […]
Issues/Policy
How to tackle agitation for Biafra — Northern, Southern leaders ….PremiumTimes
Some prominent Nigerians on Wednesday called for restraint and dialogue in tackling the ongoing secessionist agitation for a breakaway Biafra republic from Nigeria. The elders said dialogue, rather than violence, remained the best way to […]
Politics
Biafra: Surprises from the North By Ochereome Nnanna
When the current agitations for Biafra by Igbo youth started under the platform of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, most people did not take them serious. This was probably because of the tepid, non-violent […]
Politics
Social media and its Senate malcontents By By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
LAST week, a very controversial bill passed second reading in the Nigerian Senate. The bill titled: “Act to Prohibit Frivolous Petitions”, is sponsored by Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, a member of the ruling All Progressives […]