‘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 […]
Abia and the slain police officer
THE event of July 19 in Abia State where a police officer, Corporal Umoru Mohammed attached to Government House Umuahia allegedly shot his colleague, Corporal Clement Amachi to death, calls for serious concern, thorough investigation and total overhauling of the country’s security apparati, especially the Police.
Boko Haram means terror
THERE is no let-off to the mindless and incessant attacks on innocent citizens by Boko Haram, a faceless group of blood-thirsty sadists marauding as new day Jihadists.
A Muslim’s thought on Christian banking in Nigeria
IT is rather unfortunate that every issue in Nigeria today is debated on the basis of ethnic or religious sentiments, while every action taken is politicised, becoming a weapon for further escalation of animosity among Nigeria’s citizens.
The lexicon of Boko Haram
SIMPLY put, a lexicon, among other meanings, connotes all the words and phrases used in a particular language or subject; all the words and phrases used and known by a particular person or group of people.
Anambra: Gender bill for what? (2)
AGAIN, infuriated by the composition of the defunct national conference on political reforms – 31 women out of 400 delegates-our women had resorted to court action, to compel the then President Olusegun Obasanjo to reconstitute the conference with at least 200 women.
Adieu Tosanwumi
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH once said: “Death be not proud”. It is based on the above poetics that I join numerous mourners, writers, fans and wordsmiths to express my grief over the death of Dr. Richard Tosanwumi.
Anambra: Gender bill for what?
RECENTLY, the National Coalition on Affirmative Action, NCAA, appealed to Governor Peter Obi of Anambra State to sign into law the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill reportedly passed in 2007 and 2010 by the Anambra State House of Assembly but not yet accented to by the Governor.
On the trail of Boko Haram
NO other issue is as topical in the country today as the Boko Haram. Not even the screening of the ministerial nominees in the National Assembly has enjoyed such attention.
Minimum wage brouhaha, salary payment punch-ups (2)
AND even in some states like Delta, thetake-home of the so-called elected class with their political appointees may well be anything five and 10 times that of the civil service.
The culture of political blackmail
MOHAMMED Haruna has used two successive editions of his People And Politics column to assail and denigrate the personality, integrity and professional competence of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (The Nation Wednesday July 6 & 14, 2011). He called the former and new Minister of Finance incompetent. He called her unpatriotic. He called her a saboteur.
