When we examine the approach to governance in Nigeria, we would realise that a lot of things have gone wrong in the system and are in urgent need of repairs. For those who knew little or nothing about police brutality in Nigeria, the #EndSARS protest was more of an eye-opener to the rot in the police... Read More

August 23, 2019

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5 Things that Should Matter Today: 80 Nigerians charged with massive fraud in the U.S. Can it get any worse?

Nigeria’s global identity, for so long, has been associated with internet scams and while nothing has seemingly been done to fix this smeared image, more cases of Nigerians committing fraudulent acts keep springing up. Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice released a statement announcing that 80 defendants, most of whom are Nigerians, have been... Read More

Rankings

80 Nigerians, Buhari, Coming to America, Davido, FBI, Fraud, Internet scams, Power, rotimi

May 31, 2017

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Album Review: Skales’ The Never Say Never Guy album is an easily forgettable body of work

Raoul John Njeng-Njeng also known as Skales released a sophomore album with twenty tracks, a bit too much if you ask me. This album gets a C score at most with its best showings in the features. While Skales in his own right is not a horrible musician, he lacks a particular spark; this spark... Read More

Reviews

album, collaboration, Davido, rotimi, Skales, The Never say Never Guy, Timaya

April 26, 2017

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The Thread: Hilarious nicknames for FEC WhatsApp group now Buhari is working from home

President Buhari announced that he will be working from home henceforth. Bear in mind that the president has been missing from his Federal Executive Council meetings for 3 weeks. He’s been only seen in public when he goes to the Mosque on Friday. No better time than now to begin a Whatsapp group, yea? See... Read More

Opinion

Buhari's ill health, Federal Executive Council, Ibe Kachikwu, Kemi, nigeria, Politics, rotimi, The Thread, work from home, Yemi Osinbajo

January 8, 2014

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Opinion: Rotimi Amaechi needs to stop talking

by Wilfred Okiche By the end of the week, the ebullient governor of Rivers state Rotimi Amaechi is likely to have fired another verbal salvo at any one- or all- of the following; president Goodluck Jonathan, the federal government, the ruling PDP (of which he was once a member) and a cabinet minister that catches... Read More

December 3, 2013

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‘They’re not taking their jobs seriously’: Rivers gov’t threaten to sack erring teachers

by Akintomiwa Agbaje Recent threats have been issued to newly employed teachers in Rivers State by the government over absenteeism from their duty posts. Mr. Ali Oruitemeka, The Chairman of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB), said this while addressing head teachers of primary and secondary schools in Port Harcourt. The Nation reports: He said... Read More