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Swap Option | TheNation
This is not a bad idea provided, however, that the government does its homework properly not to short-change the country on the Chibok girls The video footage released by the Boko Haram high command has […]
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Lagos, The Black Megalopolis By Tatalo Alamuon
There is always something magical and enchanting about great cities. They seem to have a character of their own. You feel them and you feel for them, as if they are living entities. Their pulse […]
Business
Nigerians To Pay 9% Tax On Calls, SMS, MMS, Data, Others By Naomi Uzor
Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, LCCI, on CST bill which seeks to levy nine per cent on subscribers for the use of the various communication services, […]
Government
OIL PIPELINES’ BOMBINGS: Avengers Bow To N-Delta Leaders’ Plea By Emma Amaize
Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, last night, in deference to Niger Delta monarchs and leaders, who asked them, on Friday, in Warri, Delta State, to stop blowing up oil pipelines, said it would cease hostilities in […]
Government
Jonathan, Buhari And Resurrection Of Cluelessness | TheNation
EACTING to the latest Boko Haram video which showed her abducted daughter in the midst of 49 others, Esther Yakubu, the mother, groaned about the Muhammadu Buhari presidency’s helplessness in rescuing the over 200 Chibok […]
Business
The Change I Have Noticed By Olalekan Adetayo
The present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari came with a promise of change which is the slogan of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress. Over one year after coming on board, there have […]
Government
Nigeria Police Recruitment: Over 100,000 Candidates Successful At First Screening
The Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday said it shortlisted 110,469 applicants out of the 338, 250 applicants invited for the just concluded screening at the states and FCT Police Commands. The chairman of the […]
Government
I And Others Brought Buhari To Salvage Nigeria – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he and four other eminent Nigerians brought President Muhammadu Buhari to salvage Nigeria from its current challenges. He said they took the decision when they felt that the […]
CRIME
Chibok Girls: FG Begins Swop Moves | Punch
There are indications that the Federal Government has begun moves to exchange the Chibok girls with some Boko Haram detainees. Saturday PUNCH gathered that as part of the moves, security agencies had started conducting a […]
Government
It’s Good Night For The PDP – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the recent crisis in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has shown that the party’s era had come to an end. Mr. Obasanjo disclosed this while fielding questions from […]
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Jonathan’s Government Can’t Account For N33tn – APC By Eniola Akinkuotu
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, says at least N33tn was unaccounted for under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. He, therefore, asked the Peoples Democratic Party to keep […]
Government
In Abia Governorship Ruling, Appeal Court Sternly Rebukes Justice Abang | PremiumTimes
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday delivered a stringent rebuke of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court for his ruling annulling the election of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia, accusing the […]
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Buhari Feeling Nigerians’ Pains — Osinbajo
Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is feeling the current pains and sufferings that Nigerians are going through, saying this is the result of the years of mismanagement of the […]
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Nigeria And The Silly Blame Game By Fola Ojo
About Nigeria, the following are facts we need not belabor: Oil prices have crashed; oil is leaking into strange barrels of thievery; gas is gasping for breath; money is scarce; food is unavailable; befitting living […]
Government
No qualms, we can limp to 2019 By Tunji Ajibade
We lost a major election but the leader of our party did not blink. What he did instead was to climb a podium to effusively thank the electoral commission for organising a successful election. President […]
Government
Why the Desperation to Rope in Dr. Goodluck Jonathan? By By Reno Omokri
The coordinated attack on the integrity and credibility of former President Goodluck Jonathan is unfortunate. That the same hastily cooked up lies were reported simultaneously and almost word for word by some known client media […]
Government
Oil Producing States: FG Okays 13% Derivation Fund For Lagos | Vanguard
LAGOS—The Federal Government, yesterday, announced the approval of four of the five Aje Oil wells, discovered in Lagos State and disclosed plans to commence disbursement of 13 per cent derivation fund to the state as […]
Government
What’s In A Padded Budget? By JOSEF OMOROTIONMWAN
Here and everywhere, every occupation or profession has its unique language. Since understanding is a main essence of communication, it is imperative that professionals make themselves understood by the relevant public. When the legislative and […]
Government
June 12’s Enemy Judges By Muhammed Adamu
Like one writhing from the pangs of judicial guilt, in a valedictory about a decade ago marking his retirement from judicial service, Justice Abdullahi Mustapha –one of a few infamous Federal High Court judges who […]
Government
Escaped Chibok Girl: I Miss My Boko Haram Husband | CNN
Abuja, Nigeria (CNN)Escaped Chibok girl Amina Ali Nkeki says she misses her Boko Haram fighter husband and is still thinking about him three months after escaping the militants’ camp. Amina Ali, who was held hostage […]