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Daily Digest with Jimi Disu, Wednesday, 6/01/2021
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
The Harm Buhari Has Done To Fulani By Azuka Onwuka
About two weeks ago, The PUNCH published the interview of the National Secretary of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen group, Mr. Saleh Alhassan. One sentence Alhassan made was instructive. He said: “Buhari has not done […]
Editorial
Tribune Online: The One Man, One Gun Proposal
If there is any tribe of the Nigerian elite that is not at its wits end as a result of the pervasive and grave level of insecurity in the land, such must belong in the […]
News
Herders’ Crisis: Afenifere, ACF, MBF, PANDEF Back Soyinka, Ask Buhari To Avert Civil War
”We may enter a phase of serious skirmishes which get more and more violent and may develop into civil war and a very untidy mercy one. That’s my biggest fear,” the nobel laureate had told […]
News
Lekki Tollgate: Bloody Clash Looms As Youths Plan Counter-Protest
A bloody clash looms on Saturday, February 13, as another team of youths announced plans to organise a counter-protest at the Lekki tollgate. The counter-protest was announced yesterday, shortly after some youths who rejected the […]
Banking
Naira Weakens As Dollar Scarcity Hits Market
By Chijioke Ohuocha The Naira fell on Monday and bid-ask spreads widened as the local spot currency market struggled with a scarcity of U.S. dollars, traders said. One dealer at a top-tier Nigerian bank quoted […]
Issues/Policy
Impeachment Trial: The Smoking Gun Evidence Against Donald Trump
By Professor Allan Lichtman While the House impeachment managers have focused on events leading up to the Capitol breach, it was the real time response from Donald Trump to the rioters which yields smoking gun […]
#COVIDUPDATE
PTF: Travellers Who Violate COVID-19 Protocol Risk Imprisonment
By Mary Ugbodaga The presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 says international travellers, who violate the guidelines on preventing the spread of the virus, risk imprisonment. Mukhtar Muhammad, national incident manager (NIM) of PTF, disclosed […]
Business
Tesla Pushes Bitcoin To Record High With $1.5bn Investment
Bitcoin has jumped to a record high above $44,000 per coin after Tesla, an electric carmaker, invested $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency. The digital currency hit $44,795.20 around 1325 GMT, before reducing to $44,207.95. Recently, […]
News
Pantami: FG May Replace BVN With NIN
By Taiwo Adebulu Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, says there are plans to replace the bank verification numbers (BVN) with the national identity numbers (NIN). The BVN was launched in 2014 (BVN) […]
Issues/Policy
Ogun State: The Legacy of a Great Future – Part 2 By Tunji Olaopa
The urgency of the issues involved becomes clearly defined when we examine the impact of our “unitary federalism” on the prospect of fiscal federalism for internal development of the federating units. If it is correct […]
Issues/Policy
Buhari: Before Nigeria Comes To Harm By Akin Fadeyi
And with over $400 billion frittered away in oil revenue and poverty staring down citizens and now compounded by clear bias in the management of herdsmen crisis, it is heartbreaking to spot Nigeria amongst the […]
Issues/Policy
Fayemi: The Fifty-Sixth Step of A Soldier of Peace By Yinka Oyebode
In one of the most recent interviews he granted a national daily, Governor Kayode Fayemi was asked to state for the record, who between former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former Governor […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Beyond The South-West-Herders’ Peace Talk
The commonsense approach to stem the crisis of inter-ethnic proportion brewing from frequent perpetration of crimes by killer herdsmen across the country may be necessary, but it is not sufficient to tackle a more determined […]
Law
Obaseki Unveils Plans To Establish Revenue Court To Drive State’s IGR
By Joseph Onyekwere Hands over new High Court Complex to judiciary The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has revealed plans to collaborate with the state judiciary on the establishment of a revenue court to […]
Politics
Our Vision For Ekiti As A Place To Live, Work, Play Is Being Fulfilled, Says Fayemi
By Muyiwa Adeyemi • ‘I’m not an advocate of self-help in security matters’ For Ekiti State Governor and Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, who turns 56 today, self-help cannot solve security challenges […]
News
Federal Government Moves To Give Nigerians NIN Via BVN
By Nkechi Onyedika-Ugoeze, Abuja The Federal Ministry of Communications and the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) are working with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure that all Nigerians who have Bank Verification Number […]
Law
Removal of Traditional Rulers By Governors: Only Law Should Determine What Is Gross Misconduct, Say Lawyers
By Bridget Chiedu Onochie, Abuja Nigeria has witnessed removal or dethronement of traditional rulers for alleged offences, ranging from lack of respect for the governor or often put, “gross misconduct.” These were once revered traditional […]
Issues/Policy
On Crypto Ban And The Nigerian Youth
BY AGBAJE AYOMIDE On February 5, 2021, Nigeria’s apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria, announced to deposit-money banks, non-bank financial institutions, other financial institutions and the general public the ban on accounts dealing in payments […]
Issues/Policy
As Nigeria Borrows To Finance Waste By Sola Akinyede
Nigeria is in dire economic straits and in one of its worst economic crises in its history as recently warned by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund last December. It is so bad […]