1. I can’t sleep because I know what to do! I have gone round the 36 States of the country like I have gone round 31 countries of the world, I know the problems of Nigeria and I know I can fix them easily! Because I can see them, I can fix them!*– Peter Obi*…
Twenty-year-old Frenchman, Damien Tarel has explained to the court the reason behind his decision to slap the country’s President, Emmanuel Macron. However, his explanation could not stop the court from handing him a four month jail for slapping his president. Despite the presence of security personnel, Tarel had attacked the French president when he (Macron)…
It was revealed that the nomination of a 40 year old Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa to head the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was singlehandedly influenced by the powerful Attorney General of the Federation and Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN. This paper gathered that Malami knew the young Abdulrasheed Bawa who is also an…
By Sunday Isuwa A disagreement has emerged between southern and northern senators on the push for Nigeria to revert to a regional governance model. This unfolded during a two-day retreat focused on amending the 1999 constitution, organised by the Senate Committee on Constitution Review in partnership with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) in…
By Dare Olawin Nigerian businessman, Tony Elumelu says the government and security agents in Nigeria should be able to tell Nigerians who steal the country’s crude oil, especially using vessels that move through the territorial waters. Elumelu stated this in an interview published by the Financial Times on Friday. Elumelu who dreads oil theft said…
By Louis Amoke He became governor of Enugu State in 2015 when Enugu’s purse grew leaner and Nigeria’s economy was in recession as federal allocations dwindled to an all-time low – a major setback his predecessor, Mr. Sullivan Chime acknowledged during a thanksgiving Mass to commemorate the end of his administration. His administration was receiving…
AN ECONOMIC REVOLUTIONIST AND AN ENIGMA WRAPPED IN A HUMAN PUZZLE ~By Enugu Concerned Citizens Initiative For Good Governance Life is Nature’s version of an African masquerade. And like the masquerade, it wears a mask behind which stands for the hidden truth. To many a great mind, life presents a reality that is no clearer…
The Speaker of Kaduna House of Assembly, Yusuf Zailani on Sunday cleared the air on a plan to impeach the state Governor, Nasir El-Rufai.According to Zailani, the alleged impeach move is the handiwork of the opposition and people who are not pleased with their relationship of El-Rufai with the lawmakers. An alleged plan to impeach El-Rufai…
By Henry Akubuiro, 5th November 2022. The Mamman Vatsa Writers’ Village, located just two kilometres as you ascend the Mpape rocky hill, is one of the major attractions that greets every visitor to one of Abuja’s middlebrow residential areas. It occupies a wide expanse of land, sandwiched between rocks. On a typical day, you would…
The United States Government says the Federal Government is expected to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft only in the northern part of the country where Boko Haram terrorists have engaged the Nigerian state in a decade-long insurgency killing thousands and displacing millions. This, therefore, precludes the possibility of the Federal Government deploying the security equipment…
