US President Barack Obama has said that international leaders “have good reason to be rattled” by pronouncements made by the Republican White House contender, Donald Trump. Speaking on the sidelines of the G7 summit in […]
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria has appealed to Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, to relax the ban on herdsmen and their grazing cattle. Baba Ngelzerma, the secretary general of the association, […]
Niger Delta Avengers base not in Egbema—Ukori As group asks Buhari to forget Tompolo and develop Niger Delta By Emma Amaize & Perez Brisibe WARRI—THERE is anxiety in the Niger Delta as the two-week ultimatum […]
I think it is a great pity that the Buhari presidency, which started with a promise of change and hope for Nigeria, is now letting itself be defined by the most primitive development that this […]
The Kogi State government says the state chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Onuh Edoka, is a “ghost worker”, and has fired him. Mr. Edoka was one of about 9000 people sacked following a screening […]
Surely, the ripple effect of the recent reckless comment made by David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, who described Nigeria as “fantastically corrupt”, is still smouldering. Like I said last week, Cameron’s comment was not […]
It may remain contentious for some time whether President Muhammadu Buhari was right agreeing with the liberal wing of his government that wanted removal of fuel subsidy. The government was billed to pay at least […]
NIGERIA’S labour movement is surely in a state of intellectual crisis. The leadership of the leading associations of workers in the country needs both moral and intellectual revival. Even if one is inclined to think […]
A former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Abubakar Lawal Yar’Adua, bought a posh home worth £890,000 in London using a secret offshore company he registered in the British Virgin Island. […]
The Minister for Information and Culture with the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, Monday, said the Federal Government is considering opening a robust dialogue with the Niger-Delta militants on the need to […]
Caveat Emptor: Ripples believes in the Buhari Presidency; and feels structural pains are inevitable to wean us from the degeneracy of the Obasanjo-Jonathan Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) era. So, this is no “wailing wailer”, bleating […]
In spite of the huge national outcry in the wake of the Ese Oruru saga, it appears that Nigeria is still unable to deal with the patently criminal offence of abducting young girls, holding them […]
Nigeria’s employment crisis worsened in the first quarter of 2016, with unemployment rate rising to 12.1 per cent, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said on Friday. The bureau said in its latest Unemployment Watch […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday suspended its nationwide strike called to protest the government’s decision to increase pump price of petrol and hike in electricity tariffs. The NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, said the […]
Nigeria is currently buffeted by all manner of crisis. The crisis spans from the political, social, economic, religious, and developmental to the intellectual. But its manifestation in the economic sphere is the most threatening and […]
Inherent contradictions in some of the issues relating to the current increase in fuel price from N86.50kobo to N145 were last week, brought to the fore by frontline rights activist, Senator Shehu Sani. In a […]
In 2012, the Federal government of Nigeria under the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan announced plans to end the regime of fuel subsidies in Nigeria. It led to public protests and an organized action led […]
On Thursday October 4, 2012, the Taraba State House of Assembly impeached the then Deputy Governor of the state, Sani Abubakar Danladi. His unproven misconduct which was serious enough to the legislators to warrant his […]
A sizeable percentage of Buharimaniacs who swallowed lock, stock and barrel the dizzying propaganda of change from the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2015 elections, especially the presidential contest, now regret that they voted […]
“A journalist should be pursuing a fair rendition of truth without regard to popular moods; the journalist should not be swayed by public opinion, only by the pursuit of truth, as close as he or […]
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