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Government
UK pressures Nigeria to help Home Office increase deportations…Guardian (UK)
Nigeria’s government is coming under pressure from the Home Office to help pave the way for the deportation of an estimated 29,000 Nigerians believed to be living in Britain illegally, according to one of its […]
Front Page News
LASG,FGN note by ONOBEN FRANCIS (Reaction to FPN)
Two news items caught my attention this morning and I wish to have a say on them. 1. Lagos State Govt #plans CCTV for public places. This is quite cherry ain’t it? Well I dare […]
Tribute
Travails of HID Awolowo …… VANGUARD
Peter, not Peter the Apostle, but Peter, the Hero of High Walpole’s Novel entitled ‘FORTITUDE’, said “It is not life that matters, but the courage you bring to it”. It was part of Chief Obafemi […]
Society
Ohanaeze disowns Nnamdi Kanu, Biafra …… PUNCH
The apex Igbo socio–cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the on Friday disowned the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, and his cohorts in their struggle for Biafra agitation. Addressing reporters in Awka, the Chairman, Forum of […]
Economy
Nigeria shouldn’t have problem with job creation –BoI MD …… PUNCH
The Managing Director, Bank of Industry, Mr. Rasheed Olaoluwa, says Nigeria should not be having problem with job creation because of the abundance of mineral resources and fertile land in the country. Olaoluwa, who was […]
Law
Saraki Vs AGF: Court adjourns till Dec. 2, for AGF’s counter motion ….. PREMIUM TIMES
A Federal High Court, Abuja, will hear the Attorney General of the Federation counter motion on Bukola Saraki’s Code of Conduct trial on Dec 2. Mr. Saraki, who is the President of Senate, is challenging […]
Society
Why Nigerian languages are disappearing – Linguists …… VANGUARD
LINGUISTS in Nigeria have called on the Federal Government to undertake language survey, documentation and analysis of oral legislature and lexicon to have a correct statistics of languages in the country and to prevent them […]
Politics
Presidential Fleet Gulps N2.3 billion in 5 Months ….. THISDAY
This is official. The federal government has spent “a little above N2.3 billion on maintenance of the presidential fleet between May 2015 and now.” At interbank rate, this is about $11.5 million. I repeat: 11.5 […]
Politics
Buhari leaves for Iran tomorrow …… VANGUARD
President Muhammadu Buhari would leave Abuja tomorrow for Tehran, Iranian capital to participate in the 3rd Gas Exporting Countries’ Forum, GECF, which opens on Monday. Apart from participating in other important meetings, President Buhari would […]
Business
NCC/MTN locked in meetings on fine ……. NATION
South African mobile network giant, MTN, is yet to pay up the 1.04 trillion naira (5.2billion dollars) fine imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) following its failure to disconnect over 5 million […]
Health
SHAME: Over 50m Nigerians defecate openly –UNICEF …… VANGUARD
THE United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has disclosed that over 50million Nigerians do not have access to toilets hence resort to open defecation. The world body also revealed that Nigeria ranks among the five countries […]
Society
OPC launches online radio, magazine ……. VANGUARD
LEADER of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams, has announced the launch of an Oodua Radio/Magazine, in honour of the matriarch of the Awolowo dynasty, late Hannah Idowu Dideolu Awolowo. He said that […]
Technology
ALCATEL ONETOUCH TO LAUNCH SLEEK, AFFORDABLE POP STAR SMARTPHONE ON KONGA.COM
ALCATEL ONETOUCH TO LAUNCH SLEEK, AFFORDABLE POP STAR SMARTPHONE ON KONGA.COM ALCATEL ONETOUCH, one of the world’s fastest growing smartphone manufacturers has announced the arrival of the new ALCATEL ONETOUCH POP STAR smartphone to […]
Society
Utomi and our surging ‘certified illiterates’ By Ayo Olukotun
Last week, Prof. Pat Utomi, the Founder, Centre for Values in Leadership, returned the subject of educational decay to the front burner of national conversation. Utomi, who spoke at an educational conference organised by FlipLearnCon, […]
Tribute
A virtuous woman goes home By Segun Gbadegesin
The Book of Proverbs is especially important for the wealth of knowledge and universal principles of life that it contains. Many, if not all, of the proverbs present readers with core knowledge about life and […]
Economy
Can a New Buharinomics Save Nigeria?, By Chukwuma Soludo
I gave my commitment to the management of RealNews magazine since late May to deliver this third anniversary lecture, and we agreed that given my tight schedule, I could just speak ex tempore or from […]
Issues/Policy
Avoiding another civil war By Anthony Akinola
One thing we must not deny ourselves is the right to know the history of our nation. History is such an important subject that only idiots or clowns will not appreciate its significance. Many young […]
Politics
Reimagining the PMB presidency By Steve Osuji
It has become apparent in this epoch that imagination is as lean as the president himself and ‘body language’ is fast becoming an effusion of body odour to the people. And just as ex-President Goodluck […]