Abacha Loot: “I AM happy to confirm that the Federal Government of Nigeria on May 4, 2020 received $311,797, 866.11 of the Abacha assets repatriated from the United States and Bailiwick of New Jersey”. That was the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on his verified Twitter account at 6:32pm […]

By Yinka Odumakin TOTALITARIAN and arbitrary rule became part of the fight against COVID-19 on Saturday with lawyer-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State pulling down hotels in the state. In a clear military-style, an order was issued on Saturday and the governor was personally on duty to supervise the demolition of two hotels in Rivers […]

By Eric Teniola THE Council of State shall have power – (a) to advise the President in the exercise of his powers with respect to the National Population Census and compilation, publication and keeping of records and other information concerning the same, Prerogative of Mercy, Award of National Honours, the Federal Electoral Commission (including the […]

By Chinedu Bosah NIGERIA shouldn’t have been a port of call for you, COVID-19; we have more than enough problems hanging on our neck. There is massive poverty in the land, the global capital or headquarters to extremely poor people in a single country having voraciously harnessed about 87 million out of the global population […]

By Obadiah Mailafia LAST week, a Citizen Dialogue event was hosted by the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Budget to examine the fallouts from COVID-19 and the implications for management of the economy. First, it was agreed that our GDP is likely to contract by 3.5 per cent year-on-year for 2020, even as oil earnings […]