The Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday expressed its support the N145 proposed by th federal government as the new pump price of fuel. According to Premium Times, the senate came to the conclusion following the disclosure of the decision reached executive by an executive session. While announcing the decisions of the executive session, the deputy senate... Read More
“We have got the leaders of some fantastically corrupt countries coming to Britain … Nigeria and Afghanistan, possibly the two most corrupt countries in the world.” – Prime Minster David Cameron “I think he’s being honest about it… he’s talking about what he knows… I don’t think you can fault him.”- President Muhammadu Buhari... Read More
Nigerians are in for a bumpy ride as the country’s inflation rate rose up to 13.7 percent in the month of April as against the 12.8 percent it was in March. According to the just released April 2016 Consumer Price Index/Inflation (CPI) Report issued by the NBS in Abuja, the inflation rate in Nigeria is... Read More
If former President Olusegun Obasanjo has any regret, its the fact that he failed to privatize the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) throughout his eight years in office. Obasanjo stated this on Monday at the opening of a two-day maritime stakeholders’ conference hosted by the Ministry of Transportation and its agencies in Lagos. He called... Read More
History is to society what memory is to the individual – Ian C. Friedman Let me bore us a little with a personal story. As a young secondary school student in the North, I questioned the wisdom of my teachers when told I had to choose between one of History and Government as a subject... Read More
Lately it has become very difficult to give a candid opinion on the economic policies of the President Muhammadu Buhari APC led government without being categorised a ‘wailing wailer’ or branded a member of the opposition party, PDP. As much as many have tried to be politically correct and assume the unlikely position of observers,... Read More
Nyesom Wike, the governor of Rivers and bitter rival of the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi had a short private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 16 at the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock. According to Punch, Wike arrived the Presidential Villa around 2pm for the said meeting. Wike and Amaechi have... Read More
A new lease of hope has risen up for incarcerated leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu as former governor of Abia state, Orji Uzor Kalu has promised to negotiate his release with President Muhammadu Buhari. Nnamdi Kanu has been in the custody of the Federal Government and has been standing trial for charges... Read More
by Feyi Fawehinmi *This is the third of a 3-part series Let us first set out the marking scheme. Anti-corruption carries 15 marks. Security carries 15 marks. The Economy carries 70 marks. To pass this exam, you must score 40 marks at least. Yes, because a bad economy cannot reduce corruption or insecurity — it must necessarily... Read More
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed wants Nigerians to know that the recent deregulation of the price of petrol is the best policy the government can come up with to alleviate the suffering of the masses. Explaining that the hardship would not last long, the minister pleaded with the labour unions threatening to... Read More
An online news portal, SaharaReporters, tweeted this: It went viral, with many believing it and others questioning the veracity of the tweet. This particular question has been out there for a while now. Many have speculated and assumed but there’s little information to rely on. But because we are doubting Thomases, we decided to do... Read More
Cameroonian and Nigerian troops has captured a Boko Haram commander, Boukar Kaou, during a joint military operation that resulted in the death of 58 insurgents. According to a radio statement by Cameroon’s government spokesperson, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, Kaous and his fighters were captured during a fight in Madawaya forest, near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, on May... Read More
Nigerians should be set to witness another round of fuel scarcity as some sea vessels are stuck on the coast of Nigeria, unable to unload the products they are carrying due to lack of payment and difficulty in finding dollars. According to The Punch, about 75 ships carrying a combined total of two and a... Read More
Yet again, another casualty has been recorded on the global media scene. The Independent Newspapers in the United Kingdom is about going all digital, thereby burying its print edition forever. At its peak, The Independent was churning out half a million daily prints and then it went down to an abysmal low of 50, 000... Read More
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has urged investors in Africa to be mindful of the way they project Africa, or risk driving investors out. Dangote stated this at the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa in Kigali, Rwanda. “We have to get rid of perception risks,” he said. “The fragility of perception drives away investors.... Read More
In the wake of the increased vandalism of oil installations and pipelines by militant group, the Niger Delta Avengers, and the Presidency’s decision to quell the violence with more violence, the British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond, on Saturday, called on the Nigerian President to consider alternative actions. “The idea that your answer is by moving... Read More
The President of Association of Bureau de Change of Nigeria, Aminu Gwadabe, has declared that there is no better option for the government than to revert to the two official exchange codes in the face of the diminishing foreign reserves. Aminu revealed this to the Guardian today. He said an outright devaluation of the naira would effect... Read More
President of France, Francois Hollande upon arrival in Nigeria, was received by the President, Muhammadu Buhari today. Buhari, who just got back from the London anti-corruption summit is hosting a security summit, which the French president will be in attendance. President of Cameroon is also expected to be in attendance at the summit where security... Read More
Gianni Infantino– the new FIFA president will be visiting Nigeria soon, Goal reports. According to the football website, the new development is as a result of the meeting between the NFF president- Amaju Pinnick and Infantino at the ongoing FIFA congress in Mexico on Friday where the latter revealed his intentions to visit the country soon to know how... Read More
Nigerians are still talking about leak of a memo from Lai Mohammed to the NBC requesting for N13 million loan to travel to China for tourism promotion. Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture had sent a memo to the National Broadcasting Commission asking to be given the said funds for his journey- to... Read More
Cool Fm, OAP Daddy Freeze has shared his own take on the recent removal of fuel subsidy. Here is what he shared on his Instagram page on Friday, May 14 “The pain of the poor Nigerian at such a time as this is beyond unbearable. I have always supported this government so I took the slow... Read More
The Prime Minister of the Green Campus Initiative, Bankole Temitayo Samuel released a video titled “A Green Nigeria. Here is an excerpt from the 2-minute video: “Imagine a future where the people and the planet matters. Imagine a society where youth are at the forefront of decision making. Imagine an economy that is not dependent... Read More
A civil rights group, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), on Thursday, called for the resignation of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and the Chief Executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Ibe Kachikwu. The group made this known in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by its Chairman, Ibrahim Zikirullahi. The... Read More
Arguably, the most criticized institution since the emergence of the Buhari administration has been the National Assembly, specifically, the Senate, its upper chamber. A group, Citizens United for Peace and Stability (CUPS), has called on Nigerians to #OccupyNASS. Some more ambitious elements within this group went as far as calling for the scrapping of the... Read More
In a few weeks, precisely on the 31st day of May, 2016, the writer and political activist, Chido Onumah will present his latest book, “We are all Biafrans- A Participant-Observer’s Intervention in a Country Sleepwalking to Disaster”, to the public. The book is a deserved addition to his two previous books, “Time to Reclaim Nigeria”... Read More
A new wave of crisis has hit the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the founding members of the party have issued a communique for the sack of the interim National Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff as well as the National Working Committee. The founding fathers, under the aegis of Concerned Stakeholders of the PDP decided to relieve... Read More
Tosin is a friend of mine who’s down to earth, hardworking and full of laughter. She also has a keen mind and is well educated. I met her a few years ago while spending Christmas with a mutual friend in Enugu-Ukwu, Anambra State in South-eastern Nigeria. For the week we spent in Enugu-Ukwu,Tosin, myself and... Read More
Two Nigerian men have been allegedly arrested at the Buckingham palace on Thursday for staging a Biafra protest, according to BBC journalist, Will Ross. In a tweet posted recently, he shared a photo of one of the said protesters. 2 Nigerian men protesting for Independence for Biafra arrested close to Buckingham Palace pic.twitter.com/aM60kFP43N — will... Read More
Former social media aide to ex-president Goodluck Jonathan and founder of Mind of Christ Christian Center, Reno Omokri has attacked the #OccupyNigeria protests which erupted in January 2012 following the announcement of the removal of subsidy by the Federal Government on the first day of the year. Reno’s attack is a reaction to the recent... Read More
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