‘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 […]
Mba: Gov Uduaghan, please act now – a rejoinder
THE business of news gathering and dissemination, if left in the hands of the Patrick Omorodions of this world, will earn the practitioners an odious reputation, which is reminiscent of the infamous era of tokenism and unethical tirade. It should not be so, not in the 21st Century, as facts remain sacred.
INEC’s unguarded meddling
NIGERIANS’ wish and prayer is that the successful trend of the 2011 General elections should be sustained in such a way that our electoral headaches would be minimised if not completely eradicated.
My writings and Dr. Okonjo-Iweala
WHEN I wrote an open letter to the Coordinating Minister in Charge of the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over appointments to some top positions, it was, to me, simply the continuation of an age-old hobby that I developed since my student days in the university.
Boko Haram: Jonathan at crossroads
DATELINE : MAIDUGURI, MARCH 8, 2013. It was the second day of his two-day visit to Yobe and Borno states, the hotbed of Boko Haram insurgency in the country’s Northeast zone. President Goodluck Jonathan had, at a Town Hall meeting in Maiduguri, countered the elders gathered at the parley who were demanding the withdrawal of the military task force from the zone and amnesty for the Boko Haram insurgents.
PIB and the IOC’s final final
ON April 4, Vanguard reported that the IOCs – or International Oil Companies – have responded aggressively to the latest draft of Nigeria’s Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB. It is no surprise that they’ve been so critical.
