AT The Discourse (Past Editions)
AUDIO:Fela’friends,associates betrayed him,no comment on Egypt 80″…….Femi Kuti at THE DISCOURSE with JIMI DISU
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Politics
Tribunal overrules Wike on admissibility of election documents ….. VANGUARD
The Rivers State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, yesterday, overruled Governor Nyesom Wike on the admissibility of the election documents All Progressives Congress, APC, tendered through one of his witnesses. The said witness, […]
Issues/Policy
How NNPC officials stole billions using failed electronic management project… PremiumTimes
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 […]
Issues/Policy
Ministerial List: Buhari must be screened if he’s Petroleum Minister—SENATE …. Vanguard
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, […]
Issues/Policy
Why UK govt seized £27,000 from Diezani …. Vanguard
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, […]
Issues/Policy
Investors waiting for Buhari’s economic policy—British expert … Vanguard
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 […]
Economy
Towards achieving independence from darkness By Ikeogu Oke
Once, in the Second Republic, while the then President Shehu Shagari was delivering an Independence Day broadcast on national television, an unplanned power outage occurred, knocking off power supply nationwide, inevitably interrupting the broadcast and […]
Politics
Asking what Nigeria can do for us By Tolu Ogunlesi
There are centuries’ worth of theorising on the idea and meaning and implications of a “social contract”, or “compact”; the body of rules and obligations that is supposed to bind the members of a society […]
Politics
Rich country, poor citizens; paradox of a nation @55 By Eric Osagie
LAND of beauty. Land of the beautiful. Land of our fathers. Land of valiant men and women. Land of dreamers, who dreamt big dreams for our land and our people. Land of dreams that have […]
Security
On Boko Haram sponsors By Emeka Omeihe
Those awaiting the conclusion of the war against Boko Haram insurgency by the end of this year, have cause to be apprehensive of the reality of that deadline. Two events within the last one week […]
Politics
Buhari talking tough on corruption; motion, no movement By Omoh Gabriel
AYOBAMIBA wrote and said “If Buhari is keen and sincere about fighting corruption, he should stop this unnecessary media hype of motion without movement and develop a solid anti corruption framework and bill and send […]
Economy
MPC and the blind leading the blind By Henry Boyo
The Monetary Policy Committee is the ‘Think Tank’ that designs the blueprint for best practice strategies that should drive Nigeria’s economic growth and prosperity. Thus, if the MPC’s recommendations were appropriate, and progressive, inclusive economic […]
Politics
Buhari and other ministers: random musings By Ochereome Nnanna
ONE of the most brilliant lawyers in Nigeria, Chima Nnaji (you will see him from time to time on Channels and the African Independent Television discussing current affairs) once said: if you close your fist […]
Education
Nigeria launches mobile schools for displaced Boko Haram victims ….. PREMIUM TIMES
School-age children of Internally Displaced Persons in some parts of the North-East affected by the insurgency are back in school as the Federal Government launched Mobile Containerized schools last week in Maiduguri, Borno State. The […]
Society
We’ll present Ogunwusi for Ooni stool, if… – Giesi
The Giesi Ruling House of Ife has said the family will present Prince Adeyeye Ogunwusi, who is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission based on an allegation of fraud and forgery to […]
Politics
JONATHAN REPLIES EL-RUFAI: I spent N333m, not N64bn ….. VANGUARD
Immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has denied claims by Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State that his administration spent N64 billion to organize Nigeria’s independence celebrations for three years. However, Jonathan denied the claim, saying […]
Security
Military: no amount of distractions ‘ll deter us from ending terrorism by December ….. NATION
The military yesterday said no amount of distractions would deter it from ending terrorism by December. The Theatre Commander, Operation “Lafiya Dole”, Maj.-Gen. Yushau Abubakar, gave this assurance while speaking with the News Agency of […]
Economy
NNPC records N287.4bn loss from operations ….. PUNCH
Over N287.4bn loss is being recorded yearly by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from the operations of its subsidiaries across the country despite the fact that it is meant to be a profitable business venture. […]
Politics
NASS planning immunity laws for Senate President, Speaker, CJN ….. VANGUARD
The National Assembly is set to begin the process of constitution amendment towards ensuring immunity for heads of the three arms of government. To also benefit from the immunity, when the constitution is amended, are […]
Politics
Ambode and his dream team By Niyi Anibaba
At the time of the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, many Americans did not know how President John Kennedy would handle the challenge until they saw the composition of his war cabinet. The names […]