Issues/Policy

I was very angry on Friday, 23rd of October, 2015. One of my Twitter followers had tweeted a photo of an advertisement for a room to let.  What was disturbing about this to let sign […]

When an investigator sounds like he needs to be investigated, it calls into question the integrity of his investigation.  Chris Omeben, a former Deputy Inspector-General of Police who investigated the murder of Dele Giwa, the […]

Now the guns are out and blazing again. Two of Yorubaland’s – and Africa’s – most respected sons, have been feverishly loading and firing and re-loading their guns. Obasanjo, in his latest book – a […]

Help, Hardball is confronted with a chicken and egg dilemma here! In the matter of his Royal Majesty, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, one is at a loss as to what gives […]

Following the voluntary retirement of five Deputy Comptrollers-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, and 35 other officers last week, there are indications that another 400 officers will soon leave the service for various reasons […]

It cannot be said of a man who has vowed that his watch would witness the rule and execution of brilliant ideas that the state he is governing is no longer vibrant; that that state […]

As the October 31st deadline for the enrolment for the Bank Verification Number (BVN) ended yesterday, many banks across the federation were swarmed with customers on Friday to complete their BVN just as many closed […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal has fixed November 9 for the arraignment of a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsdey Orubebe, on a four-count charge bordering on breach of the Code of Conduct Bureau […]

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has ordered all its serving officers to declare their assets, The Nation has learnt. The directive came just as the service retired 29 senior officers in addition to five others […]

A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clark, has alleged that Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, sabotaged the former president by failing to promote his image […]

Documents obtained by PREMIUM TIMES have shown how the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Lamorde, wrote to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, seeking the disqualification of […]

The appeal court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the appeal of Senate President Bukola Saraki against his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The court on Friday dismissed the argument of Saraki that […]

A former Federal Commissioner for Information, Edwin Clark, has alleged that Reuben Abati, the Special Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Media and Publicity, sabotaged the former president by failing to promote his image […]

THE United Nations marks its 70th birthday today with the world facing severe, concurrent and interconnected crises. A resurgence in armed conflicts and terrorism is taking root in places with weak, exclusionary, and corrupt governance. […]

In what appears a protest against the leadership style of the newly appointed Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hamid Ali, all five Deputy Comptroller-Generals of the Nigerian Customs have resigned. In an unprecedented move […]

Barely 24 hours to the deadline for Bank Verification Number, BVN, less than half of the 52 million bank customers have been registered, a development that may have caused discomfort in the banking industry. About 26 […]

The clamour for secession of the Eastern territory out of Nigeria has suddenly become strident once again. After strident campaign in parts of the South East zone by some activists on the platform of the […]

My heart was really burdened this past week by the news from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) that Ghana has overtaken Nigeria as the world’s largest exporter of yams. Nigeria has a larger […]