today’s news round-up

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June 26, 2014

The beat goes on – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze File photo The good news, if such a thing is possible in such circumstances, is that what happened in Lagos, was one of our sadly routine tanker…

June 25, 2014

Can Papa Eagles beat Argentina today? – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwaze Permit me to fall of my chair for a bit in almost derisive laughter as this had the same impact as someone telling me that Papa Eagles…

June 24, 2014

Sliding down the slope – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ...this video of a so-called customer service person for Arik Air at the Calabar Airport tells us just how far we have to go in our service…

June 23, 2014

Stomach infrastructure – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ....kedaddling back to the party that was roundly beaten on Saturday, a gentle advice: Nigeria is full of poor people, and those poor people have the power…

June 20, 2014

Whitewashing the dead – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Arisekola Alao, was to run into trouble many times in the future, quite notably in 2011, when one of Nigeria's biggest banks, Guaranty Trust Bank…

June 19, 2014

End of an era – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Zara Mustapha The tax haven of Liechtenstein has had a change of heart. They will be returning to us, the cash that was carted to them in quite…

June 18, 2014

The boy who cried wolf – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze While people were dying in Damaturu, 1144 km from there, almost 500 others are still singing hymns at a military dungeon in Aba. In order to justify…

June 16, 2014

Emotions taking me over – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ....we must point out that NEPA's inability to supply power during a critical time such as the World Cup is symptomatic of the lack of what I…

June 14, 2014

Will they be coming home? – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ....people like Gaby feel more at home in Abuja because Abuja has amenities, such as primary schools, that they have pointedly denied their people back in the…

June 14, 2014

Let’s attend a burning – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze The Amis sadly, have a long history of failing to take into consideration the cultural nuances of places that they interact with, and Nigeria's West has a…

June 9, 2014

Church taxes – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ....our boys in khaki have been returning us back to the dark days of the dark goggled one. Consignments of newspapers are being withheld from the populace…

June 6, 2014

The need for higher learning – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Nigeria does not have nearly enough people with technical skills. I daresay it as gotten worse in the last year, being that those who get the vocational…

June 5, 2014

Stockfish and cement – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Truth is that different grades of cement have different uses, same way, stockfish was caught fresh, and there are no chemical additives. So if cod caught in…

June 4, 2014

Why Aunty Oby is a different breed – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ....Doyin Okupe was left reeling in shock yesterday, when Aunt Oby refused to shake his hand. He took his complaints to Twitter, here and here. I beg…

June 2, 2014

Federal allocations – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze A leading candidate for the pie, Umana Okon Umana has promised to repeal "offensive portions" of the new governor's pension Act which was signed last week. One…

May 30, 2014

Losing the plot – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze To be realistic, I can't think of too many other ways to end this madness given that we hear all sorts of stories from the military side of…

May 27, 2014

Celebrating our children – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze In the same year, we managed to generate just 1.2 million jobs, down from 1.6 million the year before, with 54% of these "jobs" created in the…

May 26, 2014

Wasting talent – and more, in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Yes, 43 days after the Chibok babes were ushered away, and 22 days after they were told to come and sit, the Chibok Babes Committee has returned…

May 22, 2014

Inadequate military funding – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Speaking of funding, the number of reports I've been reading in recent times about how #BokoHaram get their funding leaves me in some kind of envy over…

May 21, 2014

LASU’s ill-advised strike – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Speaking of dogs in mangers, the eggheads at LASU are firmly positioning themselves in that column. Rather than insisting on standards, they are attempting to sell an…

May 19, 2014

The difference between stealing and corruption – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze When a Nigerian tells you I dey come, he is not walking towards you. He actually means to tell you that you in an Arnold Schwarzenegger kind of…

May 16, 2014

The hard road – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Kashim Shettima, while his state is on fire, has proven that Roman emperor Nero has nothing on him. You see, Uncle Shettima tends to favour spending his…

May 15, 2014

The end of the beginning – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Yesterday, Major-General Abubakar Mohammed, General Officer Commanding, 7 Division, Nigerian Army, was shot at by troops under his command. The grievance of the troops apparently stemmed from…

May 12, 2014

Look at all these rumours – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze To be honest, we must take a long, hard, look at ourselves. The virus which afflicts our journos, is the same virus that afflicts our policemen…

May 8, 2014

Claiming the NPF’s N50 million reward – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Forgive my cynicism, but if a probable rapist, who spent N2000 as was reported in some quarters, to have "free" sex for 22 days decides that N50…

May 7, 2014

No more pride – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze ....you form a group and terrorise citizens; kill a few of them, nothing happens; kill you a few security officers, nothing happens; security agency "forgives" you, and…

May 5, 2014

Abuja’s new, improved security arrangements – and more in today’s news round-up with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze File photo ....it isn't at all easy to be your brother's keeper when you know for a fact that three weeks after you are kidnapped, the authorities…

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