Government
Cross River To Establish Own Security Outfit
The Cross River State Government is set to establish its security outfit to complement existing federal security agencies in the country.
Issues/Policy
Economy
Deregulation: Petrol Consumption Falls By 30%, Says FG
The deregulation of the downstream oil sector and the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit from N86.5 per litre to N145 have led to the reduction in the consumption of the product […]
Issues/Policy
NDLEA Plots To Abduct Me, Kashamu Cries Out By Aderonke Adeyeri
The Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Prince Buruji Kashamu, has raised the alarm over a plot by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to abduct him as well as […]
Issues/Policy
Reality Check: Does There Have To Be A Second Referendum? | BBC
The claim: The referendum lock introduced by the coalition government in 2011 means that there will have to be a second referendum before the UK leaves the EU. Reality Check verdict: It’s far from clear […]
Issues/Policy
US And Britain Wrangled Over Iraq’s Oil In Aftermath Of War, Chilcot Shows
The US and British governments fought bitterly over control of Iraq’s oil following the toppling of Saddam Hussein, the Chilcot papers show. Tony Blair seemed more concerned than the Americans about any invasion being seen […]
Issues/Policy
Oscar Pistorius sentence: An Homage To Celebrity And White Privilege
Faced with the prospect of a 15-year prison sentence for murder, few people would opt to tell their life story in a lengthy interview with an international television station. Then again, most of us do […]
Issues/Policy
#Zimshutdown2016 And The New Protest Politics Taking Root In Zimbabwe
After a mass strike in Zimbabwe this week, the country’s 92-year-old president was forced to convene an emergency meeting as the nation came to a standstill. The strike, dubbed #Zimshutdown2016 on Twitter, was not only […]
Economy
Baru Unveils 12-point Agenda For NNPC
Maikanti Baru, the newly appointed group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has unveiled a 12-point agenda for his tenure at the corporation.
CRIME
EFCC’s Most Wanted Fugitives
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presently has at least 76 persons on its list of wanted individuals.
Government
Fiirst Time In 15 years, NNPC Reports Monthly Profit Of N274m
After ten months under the stewardship of Dr. Ibe Kachikwu as the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the state-run oil firm finally turned the corner, reporting an operating profit of […]
Issues/Policy
Holiday As New Opium For Recession By Louis Odion
Who or what misled the Federal Government into announcing a wrong date for the Sallah holiday that just ended? A rather disturbing account circulated midweek. It was whispered that the monumental embarrassment could have been […]
Issues/Policy
What Do The South-West Media Want? By Femi Abbas
So much for Objective Journalism! Don’t bother to look for it here—not under any byline I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there […]
Issues/Policy
Failure Indices And A Nations Development
I was having one of our “developing the nation” chats with some friends recently and we all as usual, wanting to be positive about things, focused on the positive intent of our leaders and sort […]
Government
Dear Jimi: Lagos Homs By JP
Morning Jimi. Lag Homs has failed to give keys after equity has been paid a year ago!Winners have paid 24 months installments and no keys,its propaganda as I don’t believe the governor is in favour […]
Issues/Policy
80 Special Prosecutors To Try Saraki’s Forgery Case, Others | Punch
The Federal Government has set up 20 teams of prosecutors, comprising 80 lawyers, who will handle a number of high profile criminal cases investigated by law enforcement agencies, including the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. […]
Government
FG Reschedules Meeting With PENGASSAN As Oil Workers Refuse To Call Off Strike | TheCable
The meeting between the ministers of labour and petroleum with the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has been rescheduled to Friday. Samuel Olowookere, deputy director (press) in the ministry of […]
Issues/Policy
Our Political Leaders At Some Point Were So Afraid … – Ooni By Charles Kumolu
Lagos—THE Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, yesterday examined the role of traditional institutions in Nigeria within the context of nation building and said the non-provision of defined duties for traditional rulers in the […]
Issues/Policy
We Must Know Those Who Refunded Money — Aborisade
HUMAN rights activist and lawyer, Comrade Femi Aborisade, was a leading figure in the pro-democracy movement in the early nineties and was the National Secretary of the Joint Action Committee of Nigeria (JACON), which organized […]
Issues/Policy
Italian Man Arrested For Beating Nigerian Asylum Seeker To Death | Vanguard
An Italian football hooligan has been arrested and charged with murder after beating to death a Nigerian asylum seeker, who reacted to racial insults against his partner, ANSA news agency reported yesterday.
Issues/Policy
Panic As Arms Panel Prepares To Submit Report; Dambazau, Ihejirika, Minimah Indicted | PremiumTimes
There is tension and frantic scheming among former army chiefs and other top officers of the Nigerian Army as the Presidential Committee on Defence Equipment Procurement in the Nigerian Armed Forces concludes its task and […]