BDCs: With one stone Emefiele has shot at corruption, money laundering, terrorism
Chidiebere Nwobodo explains CBN’s move to stop act of robbing Peter to pay Paul In a bid to streamline the nation’s forex market and bring sanity in the foreign exchange system, the regulatory watchdog of Nigeria’s monetary system, the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, displayed uncommon supervisory courage with the recent embargo placed on weekly […]
Why we honoured Quincy Peter Patrick with award of excellence – CIPRMP
Chartered Institute of Public Resources Management and Politics (CIPRMP), Ghana has bestowed an Excellence award to Quincy Patrick, the founder of Nippon Group LTD.
Uniuyo, A’ Ibom govt express sadness over death of prospective corps members
By Chioma Onuegbu Uyo THE University of Uyo, UNIUYO, community and Akwa Ibom State government have expressed sadness over the death of the five prospective corps members who lost their lives to a ghastly motor accident on Wednesday July, 28, 2021 along Abaji-Kwali expressway, Abuja en route Katsina State. They met their untimely death when […]
The Mistake of 1914
By Eric Teniola I HAVE just finished reading a book: What Britain Did To Nigeria by Max Siollun, who is an authority on issues that affect Nigeria. Mr Siollun has written several books on Nigeria, including Soldiers Of Fortune, Nigeria Politics from Buhari to Babangida and Nigeria’s Soldiers of Fortune-The Abacha and Obasanjo Years. Expectedly […]
How Wande Coal, Olamide others influenced my career, says Klent Maidas
Nigerian artiste, Clement-Ebere P also known as Klent Maidas has sited Lil Wayne, Olamide, Wande Coal, Ty Dolla sign, Tekno amongst others as his biggest influence as a musician.
Democracy is not just a game of numbers
By Tonnie Iredia Two repressive systems of old which heightened the advent of ‘Democracy’ in many societies were a) Monarchy, which was premised on the ‘Divine Rights of Kings’ and b) Colonialism by which imperialists exploited conquered territories. It was thus with ample ease that freedom from oppression – the sermon of democracy facilitated its […]
APC ward congress: Osun to adopt consensus
Mr Gboyega Famodun, the Caretaker Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Osun, on Friday, said the party would be adopting a consensus system at the party ward congress on Saturday. Famodun made this known at the “Osun APC Congress Committee Stakeholders’ Meeting on Ward Congress” at the Government House in Osogbo. The party […]
Enugu State July sanitation exercise to hold on 31, says ESWAMA
Enugu State Waste Management Authority (ESWAMA) has confirmed that the monthly sanitation exercise in the state will hold on Saturday, July 31, 2021. This is contained in a statement signed by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ESWAMA, Mrs Amaka Anajemba in Enugu on Friday. The statement said that the exercise would hold […]
COVID-19: Nigeria records 1,683 cases in 3 days as infections surge again
Nigeria has recorded more than 500 COVID-19 cases in daily figures for the third time on Friday as the government struggles to deal with a new and more infectious variant of the virus. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said figures on Saturday morning showed another 590 cases were reported. The News Agency of Nigeria […]
Abba Kyari and the Maggots in Hushpuppi’s Phone
By Dr. Ugoji Egbujo Abba Kyari is an enigma. A detective who craves the limelight. A replica of James Bond with the guns and guts, but without the women and drinks, perhaps. Someone said Abba would have solved Funso Williams and Bola Ige. When a hard nut falls on our head, we look to Abba […]
COVID-19 deaths increase by 80% in Africa, driven by Delta variant — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says COVID-19 deaths have increased by 80 per cent in the past one month in Africa, mostly driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant. The Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday at his regular COVID-19 briefing that the Delta variant had been detected in at least 132 countries. Ghebreyesus said […]
Delta govt proposes N425bn for 2022 budget ― Commissioner
Delta Government on Friday said it has proposed a total sum of N425 billion as the appropriation for year 2022, indicating that the budget would soon be transmitted to the State House of Assembly. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, flanked by his counterparts in Economic Planning, Mr Barry Gbe, and Housing, Mr […]
Go out, crush all drug cartels — Marwa charges NDLEA officers
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has charged all the newly promoted officers and men of the anti-narcotic agency to go all out and crush drug cartels across Nigeria.
169 killed, 191 hospitalised as Cholera ravages Kano LGAs
The death toll of persons who lost their lives to the Cholera outbreak that ravages 41 out of 44 Local Government areas of Kano State has risen to 169.
Drey Spencer ‘Influencer Baby’ visuals to drop August
Hot on demand singer, Drey Spencer is set to drop the visuals for his recent ‘Influencer baby’ that has enjoyed massive acceptance and airplay time since the release of the audio version. The song which is a mix of the popular South African genre Amapiano and afrobeats was released in May of 2021. ALSO READ: […]
At last, Senate steals INEC’s independence
By Tonnie Iredia Last week, this column warned Nigerians to expect our legislators to manoeuver and scuttle the introduction of technology into Nigeria’s voting system. The reasoning for the warning was that it would almost amount to suicide for politicians to welcome reforms that can eliminate rigging which is a strategy many of them depend […]
