One of the last bills to be assented to by former President Goodluck Jonathan was the much-awaited Tobacco Control Bill. Signed just barely 24 hours to his last day in office, the Act is the […]
As Nigeria marked its 55th Independence anniversary last week, my hope that things would one day get better was not dampened. But I have been asking myself for years: When will I see the Nigeria […]
This story was reprinted by PREMIUM TIMES with permission from NEXT which remains its appropriate copyright owner. By Peter Nkanga June 5, 2011 As she waits to be returned to her throne at the petroleum […]
An enterprise resource solution for accountability in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC’s business processes, turned a spin project for crooked top officials to steal billions, a report reveals. The project, which had 86 weeks […]
ABUJA—Strong indications have emerged that today’s plenary session, where the Senate would unveil the ministerial list sent by President Muhammadu Buhari, may be stormy as senators are saying the President must, in line with the constitution, […]
ABUJA—Determined to press its case of money laundering against former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the British government, yesterday, seized £27,000 from the embattled ex-minister, who was granted conditional bail by the National Crime Agency, NCA, […]
ABUJA—A British financial expert, Mr. Gerard Lyons, has urged the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to come up with a clear economic policy direction to enable international investors take investment decisions on Nigeria. Delivering the keynote […]
The British National Crime Agency has dispatched a team of detectives to Nigeria who are now working with the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to probe Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s former Petroleum Minister, […]
There were indications, yesterday, that a former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke, arrested and released in the United Kingdom, on Friday, on money laundering allegations, may be charged to court, this week. Sunday Vanguard learnt that […]
Not surprisingly, the reactions to the submission of the list of ministers to the Senate President have come in thick and fast – that is to be expected. For a contrived atmosphere of heightened anxiety […]
Fulani herdsmen now operate quite a distance from home—wherever that may be. Offspring of arid regions, a nomadic lifestyle is stamped on their nature, incensed by the perennial need for water both for themselves and […]
Shrill cries and wailings rent the air yesterday at the popular Ladipo automobile market in Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, as traders watched helplessly when bulldozers demolished their shops to pave way for […]
Operatives of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have raided the Abuja home of a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, few hours after she was arrested in London. EFCC […]
In few months, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu will be seen as a national boon or disaster. He will be hailed as a round peg in a round hole or tirelessly maligned as the fig that lets […]
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God […]
Over 8,000 ghost workers have been discovered on the payroll of the 23 local government councils of Benue State in the ongoing e-payment of local government staff. Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on Local […]
More than 1,000 pilgrims are still confined to a number of hospitals in Makkah for treatment of various ailments, Health Ministry’s spokesman Faisal Al-Zahrani said. He said the patients include some pilgrims who were injured in […]
The Civil Society Network against Corruption (CSNAC), a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organisations, has urged the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding […]
If the current gale of kidnapping around Nigeria is anything to by, then it is far from a hyperbole to state that we are back to the days of the jackals. Whereas some two decades […]
It was the humble submission of this column last week that if slavery, through which Africa was first integrated into the world economy succeeded in its set objectives of ‘controlling life, liberty and fortunes’ of […]
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