Taraba State’s alleged PVC impunity
The allegation that teachers and other workers in Taraba State were directed to present photocopies of their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) before receiving their salaries has rightly provoked outrage across the country. The Taraba State Universal Basic Education Board (TSUBEB) has denied making salary payment contingent on PVC submission, insisting that its chairperson, Christiana Binga, […]
Arrest, prosecute Hadi Sirika
We wonder what criteria the anti-graft agencies, especially the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, use to determine which suspected corrupt ex-political officeholders to go after when they leave public offices? Immediate past Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika’s name has been trending for about three weeks over the naked impunity of an alleged swindle […]
Expectations of the 10th National Assembly
THE 10th Session of the National Assembly will be inaugurated today, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. The inauguration by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will be preceded by the election of the President of the Senate and Deputy President of the Senate, as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Deputy Speaker as […]
Bleak outlook for Nigeria’s democracy
Today is the fifth edition of Nigeria’s new Democracy Day. Before June 2018, our Inauguration Day (May 29) was also the Democracy Day, as dictated by the military regime of General Abdulsalami Abubakar in its 1998/1999 transition to civil rule programme. Nigerians clamoured for, and finally got former President Muhammadu Buhari to grant June 12 […]
Raymond Dokpesi: Exit of a broadcast titan
The announcement of the demise of High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, marine engineer and broadcast mogul, came to many as a shock, typical of death news. Dokpesi, an ebullient personality, pioneering broadcast mogul, astute politician and colourful socialite, was one of the architects of the Nigerian project, particularly from the early 1990s till the end […]
Tinubu’s credit economy proposal
Nigeria’s economy has been struggling for years, and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s new administration is seeking novel ways to turn the situation around. One of his major proposals is the introduction of a credit culture in our economy.Credit culture refers to an economic environment where people have access to loans and credit facilities to support […]
