At the last count, the debt owed by Nigerian state governments to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) was in excess of N600 billion. The dire state of most state governments’ finances was evidenced by their inability […]
I GOT this rather pathetic text message from a friend of mine, Chris, who, hitherto now, was a proud member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South East. It was a lamentation, which could […]
The authorities should give urgent attention to the training of teachers Two years ago, the then Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Mohammed Modibbo, revealed that more than 50 per cent of […]
I have not quite found a way to manage my mobile phone, that ubiquitous affliction of the modern age. I used to leave the damned thing on with the volume at full blast round the […]
It is amazing how very close pals could turn into formidable enemies. When two people are close and work together to get to greater heights, you expect success to cement their relationship. You expect them […]
SO soon, 100 days have wheezed by since President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) was sworn into office to lead the Federal Republic of Nigeria over the next four years. One hundred days out of four years […]
Change was the magic word that attracted Nigerians to the All Progressives Congress (APC) train and to its presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari. They wanted change from the direction the country had been pushed in […]
Three persons were feared dead yesterday when fire razed the second floor of a six-storey building at Balogun Market on Lagos Island. The fire, which started at 10am, was caused by an electrical surge. It […]
The former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Gordon Obua, is affected in the latest mass purge at the State Security Service (SSS), reliable security sources have told PREMIUM TIMES. An investigation […]
Aso Rock on Thursday formally announced President Buhari’s approval of the appointment of Rahman Adeola Ipaye as Deputy Chief of Staff and Laolu Akande as Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity) in the Presidency. The […]
The immediate past Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has said some Nigerians prefer ‘stomach infrastructure’ to good governance, insisting that people must be enlightened for them to know their role in providing good governance. […]
Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram elements yesterday killed five villagers on a raid in Borno state village Mainari. A military counter attack followed which lasted about an hour. Six people were injured while fleeing […]
Fourteen persons died and many others were injured at Ogunmakin on the Lagos – Ibadan expressway in two crashes. The crash on Wednesday night, involved a trailer carrying 27 people as well as cows and another […]
Tanks have credited three more states with the bailout loans they applied for to enable them to pay workers’ outstanding salaries. Sources at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), which guaranteed the loans, told our […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has given a 90 days ultimatum to the Management of the Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company, WRPC, to commence full production at the facility. Speaking at the end of […]
Port harcourt—A media rights group, Committee to Protect Journalists, CPJ, and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, have called for the immediate release of Vanguard newspaper columnist, Donu Kogbara, who was kidnapped […]
In its bid to ensure free flow of traffic across the metropolis, officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have been directed to adopt the system of booking traffic offenders, rather than apprehending […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, finally, disclosed details of their declared assets Thursday, bowing to growing public pressure for the new government to do so within its first 100 days. Mr. Buhari […]
FOLLOWING the death of three persons, when a trailer fell off Ojuelegba bridge last Wednesday, Lagos residents have called on the relevant authorities to regulate the movement of heavy duty trucks in Lagos State, saying […]
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, African statesman, President Julius Kambarage Nyerere of Tanzania strongly advocated what he called “Nation building” for fragile post-Colonial African states. The fragility of these states soon became obvious […]
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