Issues/Policy

Fulani herdsmen have reportedly invaded the farmland belonging to the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae. They allegedly destroyed his crops at Ilado in Akure North Local Government Area […]

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke will not be able to leave the United Kingdom (UK) until April, next year, The Nation learnt yesterday. That is when the investigations into allegations against her are expected […]

Corruption, which like voracious cankerworms, has eaten deep into the fabrics of our collective identity as a Nation became the most used word in our daily communications and  especially since the Famous BUHARI/IDIAGBON regime of […]

Some years ago, I visited Angola. On a sight-seeing tour around Luanda, my guide took me to an area of the city where the powers-that-be lived. The houses were obviously more elegant than those in […]

British and Swiss governments, yesterday, pledged to return looted Nigerian funds stashed away in various personal bank accounts in their countries. The two countries also promised to work with Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, […]

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole yesterday spoke on the arrest in London of former Petroleum Resources Minister Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke. Mrs. Alison-Madueke and her brothers, who are directors of Hadley Petroleum Solutions Limited, were arrested […]

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 […]