By Law Mefor The Nigerian nation is a confused state. The protection of people’s lives and property as well as their welfare are the two main reasons that governments are in place everywhere in the globe. Any additional justification is incidental rather than central. This implies that any nation with a government that is unable…
I have had the privilege of high office and can state without equivocation that the office of the Nigerian president is one of the most powerful presidencies in the world with enormous powers, coercive and otherwise. The President is the Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces. He has ultimate control of the activities of the armed…
A Royal Court in Jersey, United States, ordered the return of looted funds totaling $8.9 million to Nigeria. Government officials diverted the funds that were earmarked for the purchase of arms for the military to prosecute the fight against Boko Haram insurgents during ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in 2014. Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration prosecuted former…
By Bashir Bello Former governor of Kano State and the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, on Friday, said that the issue of Kano emirates will surely be revisited. Recall that former governor of the state, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, split the Kano emirate into five. He also dethroned the then Emir of Kano,…
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations Council has raised concerns regarding the recent Plateau Massacre on Christmas, where 200 Nigerian Christians were reportedly killed by Jihadists.
By Chibuzo Ukaibe Elder statesman and leader of the Southern and Middlebelt Leaders Forum (SMLF), Chief Edwin Clark, said the eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari administration plunged Nigeria and Nigerians, five decades backwards. Clark, who described the administration as unjust, biased, and nepotistic, added that Buhari failed abysmally as president as his administration was…
A few days after the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, announced plans to permanently relocate some key departments from Abuja Headquarters to Lagos, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, will be following suit. According to an internal memo dated January 15, 2024, and signed by the managing director and chief executive of FAA, Olubunmi…
By Oluyemi Ogunseyin Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Emir of Kano, His Highness Khaleefa Muhammad Sanusi II has been selected as the Co-Chair of the newly-inaugurated Abia State Global Economic Advisory Council (AGEAC). Former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is also one of the Honourary Advisors…
BY JESUPEMI ARE Ola Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the quest for bribes by the agency’s investigators has become “too embarrassing”. In his New Year address to the staff of the commission on Thursday, Olukoyede said the “major objective” of the war against corruption and financial crimes globally is…
Muhammadu Buhari, the former President of Nigeria, has explained the reason behind his decision not to sack Godwin Emefiele, the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, despite widespread speculations about Emefiele’s potential presidential candidacy in 2023. Buhari said that Emefiele never discussed it with him.This revelation and others were made public in a…
