Business
Dogecoin Soars Above 20%
Dogecoin on Wednesday surged 20% as the cryptocurrency continued to benefit from speculative trading. The digital coin based on a Shiba Inu meme was trading at about 67 cents, up about 21% for the day. […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
Baba Ijesha: Princess Is Also Culpable – Tony Ademiluyi
Michael Jackson was a legend in his lifetime and even a bigger one in death as he sold more records after he passed on than he did in his entire lifetime. He was a very […]
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Issues/Policy
Why Presidential Impeachment Is A Taboo In Nigeria By Azuka Onwuka
Between 1999 and 2007 (eight years), five Senate presidents emerged from the five South-East states: one from each of the states. It is a point used to ridicule the South-East geopolitical zone as incapable of […]
Issues/Policy
Worker’s Day or Workers’ Day? By Akeem Lasisi
I believe it is not too late to say a Happy Labour Day to all working classes. These are the great men who power our industries and corporations. And to those who keep the markets […]
Editorial
Punch: Hope Rises For Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough
THE world, especially countries with a high burden of malaria, received the news of a candidate vaccine with high hope. The novel vaccine demonstrated an unmatched 77 per cent efficacy in trials in Africa. The […]
Politics
Bode George Faults Lagos Anti-Graft Law, Says It’s Self-Serving
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olabode George, has decried the “corruption and nepotism that have bedevilled the country.” He also kicked against what he called the Lagos State’s “attempts to shield looters” from […]
Issues/Policy
Our Siamese Twins By Ray Ekpu
Nigeria is in turmoil and that is no exaggeration. Simply take a look at the daily newspapers and learn of our country’s daily diary of disaster. Nigerians are being slaughtered in large numbers in various […]
Issues/Policy
Limit of Press Freedom: Channels TV Experience By Ayoola Faseyi
All through the ages man has cried in earnest for the right to be free. All the Revolutions from the French Revolution in the 18th Century which spanned a decade to the American War for […]
Issues/Policy
The Future of Jobs Through Vocational Education By Isaac Oluyi
“I feel strongly that we have to have an education system that starts with preschool and goes through college. That’s why I want more technical education in high schools and in community colleges, real apprenticeships […]
Law
Citizens By Birth Versus Citizens By Plebiscite By Solomon Ukhuegbe
There is a bizarre matter (FHC/ABJ/CS/177) ongoing at the Federal High Court Abuja. The plaintiffs are challenging the eligibility of Atiku Abubakar for another presidential run. Their claim is that he is ineligible not been […]
Law
Conviction of Prof. Peter Ogban: Deterrence or Incentive for Electoral Offences
The recent conviction of Professor Peter Ogban by a High Court in Akwa Ibom State for electoral offences has been described as a landmark decision in the nation’s jurisprudence. Ogban, a professor of soil science, […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Late Idriss Déby and Insecurity In The Sahel
Nigeria should have more than a passing interest at events unfolding in Chad since the demise of Idriss Déby Itno. In his imperfection, Déby was a strategic ally that secured his flank against invaders and […]
News
Buhari Known For Overthrowing Elected Govts, PDP Slams Presidency
Opposition Peoples Democratic Party says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is known for overthrowing democratically elected governments. It also described the allegation by the Presidency that some Nigerians were plotting a forceful and […]
News
Reps To Probe e-Ticketing of Abuja-Kaduna Train Service
The House of Representatives is to investigate the efficiency of the Abuja-Kaduna rail line e-ticketing, less than four months after the launch of the platform. The lower chamber reached the resolution on Tuesday, following a […]
News
Assault: CCT Chairman Appears Before Senate Panel
The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Danladi Umar, appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, on Tuesday. This was in response to a petition submitted against him by […]
Government
Zainab Ahmed: FG Targets Payroll Review To Reduce Cost of Governance
The federal government says it has directed the National Salaries, Incomes & Wages Commission (NSIWC) to review salaries of civil servants and some federal agencies. Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, announced […]
Issues/Policy
Who Wants To Overthrow Buhari? By Fredrick Nwabufo
When there are murmurs and whispers of a putsch, someone somewhere may be fiddling with the sticks. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the hawks and vultures […]
Issues/Policy
The Implication Of Jaafar Jaafar, By Gimba Kakanda
Without him, we wouldn’t have unmasked the dollar-hoarding mobile vault occupying the seat of power in Kano state. But Governor Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, whose corruption was caught on tape in a sting operation by Jaafar-owned […]
Issues/Policy
Yinka Odumakin And The Unfinished Work Of Nation Building By Dr G. Boladei Igali
In William Shakespeare’s classic Julius Caesar, the chief protagonist, a Roman statesman and general boasted deafeningly to his wife Calpurnia and by extension to Cassius and Pompey, the other power brokers with whom he formed […]