By Aare Afe Babalola FOLLOWING decades of military rule in Nigeria together with its attendant socio-political consequences, Nigeria reverted to constitutional democracy in 1999 which saw the advent of politically elected democratic regime. However, democracy in Nigeria has not always been a true reflection of the words of Abraham Lincoln during his popular Gettysburg Address […]

. ……As NCAC hails lawmakers, FCT, EFCC for recovering N9.8bn govt land in Abuja By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja House of Representatives Committee on Culture and Tourism on Thursday put on hold the budget defence of the national theatre, Lagos to conduct oversight on the facility to ascertain part of premises alleged being illegally sold. This came […]

By Elizabeth Adegbesan  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday called on Nigerians to embrace e-naira, the   nation’s digital currency.  The   Director Corporate Communications Department, CBN, Osita Nwanisobi, made this call at the CBN special day at the ongoing Lagos International Trade Fair.  Highlighting the benefits of the digital currency, Osita   said, “The e-Naira is […]

As you read this piece, President Muhammadu Buhari and his team are in the French capital, attending the Paris Peace Forum, a gathering of about 30 Presidents and head of governments from around the world. The Nigerian leader is among the few that were asked to deliver a speech.

By Asikason Jonathan ACCORDING to Maitama Sule, “Behind every crisis anywhere in the world is injustice.” And the antidote to any crisis anywhere in the world, the late scion of the conservative northern political oligarchy noted, just few days before his transition to the yonder realm, is “justice.” Sule’s gush over justice and enthronement of […]

The Enugu State government has raised the alarm over series of illegal connections of Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) lines feeding government establishments to private offices and homes by unscrupulous individuals. 

Chief Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion, former governor of Edo State, is currently being grilled by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over what a source described as alleged criminal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.6bn.

Janet Babalola, is a nursing mother.On Monday, she woke up to experience an empty cooking cylinder. Her hope was dashed as she couldn’t even boil some water  to bath her baby

Sen Annie Okonkwo has congratulated Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the just concluded November 6 Anambra governorship election.

•As Bonny Light price hovers at $83.78 per barrel By Udeme Akpan Nigeria’s oil output, yesterday, dropped by 9 per cent, to 1.2 million barrels per day, mb/d in October 2021, from 1.3 mb/d, recorded in the corresponding period of 2020. The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC disclosed this in its November 2021 Oil […]

Clan Amo loses their team lead Emmanuel Nnebe after a disappointing performance on the task ground.

After facing their second loss in a row, Clan Amo lost Iniabasi as their number dwindled to three members.

Prof Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, current Vice- Chancellor of Lagos State University, LASU and  the institution’s first woman to hold that office; as well  as the significance  of Tunji Bello, the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos State; had until her recent appointment been a typically obscure academic

By Egufe Yafugborhi LATE Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)of Emediong Nigeria Limited, Mr Victor Bassey, will in coming days be bestowed with a posthumous Nigerian National Legacy Awards (NNLA) in recognition of his enduring contribution to national development and statesmanship. Hinting on the development yesterday at the 2021 NNLA inaugural symposium in Abuja, […]

By Donu Kogbara This Wednesday was the 26th  anniversary of Ken Saro Wiwa’s execution by the Abacha regime. Saro Wiwa, an environmental activist, was hanged for inciting the murders of four Ogoni chiefs; but he is widely celebrated as a hero and his supporters are demanding that he be exonerated by President Muhammadu Buhari. In […]