Lagos state government Saturday morning commenced demolition of illegal structures and shanties at Obalende. Officials of the state stormed the area around 7:30am. Armed security agents are on ground to maintain law and order.
Political observers and social commentators say President Muhammadu Buhari’s persistent refusal to address Nigerians, but rather hosting some governors at breakfast and lunch meetings at the Abuja House in London, the United Kingdom, shows his […]
Restructuring is currently the buzzword in the country. But it is just an important-sounding but empty technical word, which means little other than to give false impression to ordinary folks that one holds the magic […]
The Senate has called for a review of Nigeria’s revenue sharing formula to give states and local government areas greater share than what they get in the current formula, which gives more to the federal […]
A freed Boko Haram ‘wife’ has returned to the husband who held her captive in Nigeria after hearing he was with another woman. Aisha Yerima was kidnapped by militants more than four years ago and […]
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun has explained the status of civil servants’ salaries in the state. Mr. Aregbesola said this on Wednesday in Osogbo at a symposium organised by the Osun Command of the Police […]
When Gen. Yakubu Gowon was asked what he thought was the solution to the crisis situation in the 1960s, he replied rather crisply that it was in “Willink”. The Willink Commission whose recommendations were published […]
The House of Representatives has rejected the 2017 budget proposals of the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS. The rejection may not be unconnected with the raging crisis over the suspension of the Executive Secretary of […]
Some senators had a tough time grasping the techniques of electronic voting used during the consideration of amendments to the 1999 constitution. The committee on the review of the constitution led by Ike Ekweremadu, deputy […]
The setting at the just concluded national inland waterways authority conference and exhibition (NIWA ICE) was perfect and deliberately driven to tell a true life story. For many years, Nigeria’s players and investors on our […]
Following directive from the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) in line with the Executive Orders issued by the federal government, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has ordered all its commands across the country to […]
Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan, two ministers-designate, have arrived the presidential villa, Aso Rock, Abuja, for their swearing-in. The duo, from Kogi and Gombe states, is to be sworn-in at the commencement of the weekly […]
The upper chamber of the national assembly has passed the Nigerian Peace Corps bill. The senators passed the bill based on an advice by the committee on judiciary, human rights and legal matters. Before passing […]
Whereas, today’s economic indicators call for serious sober reflection and introspection, asking for subsidy for pilgrimage, a religious-cum-spiritual exercise, at a time the government is seriously scouting for lifeline to revive the comatose economy, smacks […]
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will on Wednesday swear in the two ministers-designate who were screened and confirmed by the senate in April. Laolu Akande, spokesman of the acting president, disclosed this in a tweet on […]
The Federal Road Safety Corps Traffic Radio Station will go on air very soon, Corps Marshall Boboye Oyeyemi has said. Oyeyemi told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in New York that the […]
POLITICS is the survival of the fittest, and Nigeria is no exception. “The Hyenas and the Jackals will soon be sent out of the kingdom,” the first lady, Aisha Buhari, wrote on Facebook on July […]
What is federalism? To use the simplest definition at my disposal, federalism is a political system in which powers are shared between two “equal” levels of government: namely national and sub-national governments. Nigeria and Brazil […]
Yesterday, the report focused on the bizarre activities of Badoo boys in Ikorodu and the state Police command’s determination to contain the menace. In this concluding part, the report presents reactions of citizens as well […]
The minister said, “The need to keep our cattle in secured colonies will afford us the opportunity to curtail the incessant herdsmen/farmers’ clashes as well as embark on systematic and improved cattle-breeding”. He also said […]
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