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‘Ghost’ beneficiaries beneficiaries of N33/7bn cash transfer

• Doubts over whether billions in benefits reached poor Nigerians By Dele Sobowale The N33.75 billion transfer controversy, now rocking the nation, is neither new, nor did the massive fraud stop in 2026. The well-oiled and entrenched mechanisms for transferring public funds, meant for poverty alleviation, into the bottomless pockets of public servants, continues till today […]
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Why the Vice President would refuse to sit on the President’s seat ..

This is about Stephen Nyitse, the young man who on the day of the coronation of the new Tor Tiv managed to beat security and went straight to where the king’s coronation seat, stool, throne had been placed and sat on it. We are told this caused a stir, and not a few in the crowd must have shouted: “abomination!”, Even the President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Benue branch, Bishop Mike Angou considered Nyitse’s action sacrilegious.

Where is Nigeria’s Paul Revere (2)

The anti-climax of the Acting President’s admonition of Christians was for him to have openly blamed the victims, rather than the perpetrators

FGN Savings Bond: Promoting Savings Culture

It is very much unlikely that there is an adult person, man or woman, who has never borrowed money at one time or the other. It could be from an individual such as parents, brother or sister, friends or from a lending institution.

That Women’s Day celebration in Ekiti

There is this time honoured saying that behind every successful man is a woman. No man can honestly lay a claim to success without the support of women; whether here at home or abroad, we have seen the important role that women play in the life of their men. It must be for this reason, among others, that the International Day for Women has become well-recognised all over the world. Women must be celebrated as mothers; they must be celebrated as wives; and they must be celebrated as helpmates that God has made them to be for the men. Above all, today’s global village necessitates that women must also be celebrated for their contributions to world civilization and development.

RivEthics: Rebuilding Rivers fallen walls

RIVETHICS is a character-building and public enlightenment radio programme of Justice Suzzette Eberechi Wike, wife of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. It runs on five radio stations across the Niger Delta.. Mrs. Wike’s RivEthics, launched on May 27, 2016, is similar in intention to President Muhammadu Buhari’s national re-orientation programme”Change Begins With Me”. Her Excellency is seemingly worried about the state of affairs and desires to reposition the moral consciousness, operational philosophy and work attitude of the people to promote a better rivers state. She desires that Rivers State be known for good behaviour and work attitude that guarantee material prosperity, mutual respect and peaceful co-existence. Yes, she desires a way of life – honesty in business, faithfulness in service, character in relationships.

Scientific discovery and its enemies(2)

Meanwhile, no philosopher of science or epistemologist has done more than Karl Popper to provide an epistemological rationale for the falsification of theories in science. Popper argued that although the quest for truth is the cardinal aim of science, no scientific hypothesis or theory can be conclusively proved to be true because none is completely immune from falsification.

Our Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Controversy

What we have in the US or anywhere else are not viable foreign missions but some proliferated structures here and there described as embassies, consulates and high commissions

Our Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Controversy

What we have in the US or anywhere else are not viable foreign missions but some proliferated structures here and there described as embassies, consulates and high commissions

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