The Deputy Assistant Secretary for West Africa and Economic & Regional Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, Peter Barlerin, was in Nigeria recently. He was interviewed at the U.S. Embassy by a select group […]
A former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has returned N100 million to the Nigerian government following his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Sources close to […]
Politicians continue to reap from the diminishing esteem of the judiciary as allegations of corruption and the self-inflicted culture of issuing conflicting orders continue to erode the integrity of the third arm of government, ADE […]
Festus Keyamo (A lawyer and human rights activist) The same abuse of women by Nigerian soldiers happened in Liberia many years ago during the Liberian Civil War. When it happened, the Nigerian authorities did not […]
Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church will keep its ban on women becoming priests forever. The Pontiff made the remarks on Tuesday after a reporter asked if he thought women would ever be ordained […]
ATHENS, Greece (RNS) Shah Malik ducks to enter a space that, from the street, looks like any other storefront in the central Omonia district. The neighborhood — with blocks of shops offering imported spices, halal […]
We must not borrow and throw the country into the hock for a bleeding $30 billion on the basis of whimsical emotions or political bias. We cannot sit idly and watch in languor while our […]
COMING GENERATION SCARES ME REAL HARD! While we have been busy talking about Nigeria of today, I wonder if we have spared a thought about how this country will be in the next TWENTY-FIVE years. […]
ON THE day that Jacob Zuma, South Africa’s president, was due to meet his Zimbabwean counterpart in Harare, an anti-corruption ombudsman back home released a report that may make his continued rule every bit as […]
After presenting its one-year scorecard for public appraisal and staging a conference on legislators’ role in the war against corruption in partnership with the National Assembly, the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) is introducing […]
The government of President Muhammadu Buhari is similar to a sprinter required to run the last leg of a relay race, for a Reform process which stared in 2005, with the passing of the ESPR […]
Whether young or old, Nigerians expect those who harbour the intention to preside over the affairs of this great country to set corporate development agenda by enunciating sustainable policies that will benefit all, not just […]
If the unseen hands of previous presidents could be spotted in previous amendments and therefore rejected, one wonders how far the Senate president and his co-travellers can go in arm-twisting Nigerians to accept amendments done […]
October is usually devoted to cancer issues. Therefore, I like to share some recent knowledge on the war on cancer. The global war on the disease has raged for over 80 years. The weapons of […]
On Tuesday, Prof. Niyi Akinnaso, a back page columnist on The PUNCH stable, authored his perspectives to the political crisis in Ondo State in a piece entitled, “Why Ondo State should not burn.” In that […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has vowed to resist the dismissal of the Ogun state Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Akeem Ambali, and his Vice-Chairman, Dare Ilekoya, who is also the state Chairman of the […]
The Senate has decried the abandonment of overtime cargoes worth billions of naira at the Ikorodu Lighter Terminal by the Nigeria Ports Authority for over 10 years. Senators on oversight visit to the ports had […]
What the stories of the Chibok girls and that of the converted suicide bomber point to is the certain defeat of Boko Haram insurgency and the waning resonance of its underpinning ideology. While we had […]
How do you get away with being the highest paid parliamentarians in the world who get to decide on a $30 billion dossier in a week? No debates. No research. No engagement. It is called […]
A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, has said Igbo people are better traders than politicians. Kalu said the lack of understanding of politics and the indiscipline of Igbo politicians were responsible for what […]
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