PERSPECTIVE – Where is Akinwunmi Ambode?
By Fred Ohwahwa Is the former Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, in Nigeria? If he is, what is he up to? He has been pretty quiet for some time now. That is since 2019,…
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PERSPECTIVE – The President’s grazing routes
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN The zeal with which the President has been pursuing the establishment of grazing routes can only mean that he is working in line with a hidden agenda which he has not…
Court rejects FIRS’s request to stop Rivers Govt from collecting VAT
Justice Stephen Dalyop Pam of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Monday refused an application by the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), seeking to stop the Rivers State Government from collecting…
Guinea coup leader promises national government as politicians arrested
By Saliou Samb CONAKRY, Sept 6 (Reuters) - The leaders of a military coup in Guinea promised on Monday to set up a transitional government of national unity after ousting President Alpha Conde and dissolving…
Phone blackout imposed on Zamfara State amid crackdown on kidnappers
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Mobile telephone networks were shut down in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara, residents said on Monday, after authorities ordered a telecoms blackout to help armed forces tackle…
Okowa, at 2021 Sam Epelle Lecture identifies the leader Nigeria needs
Delta Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, said Nigeria was in need of good leadership that would entrench desired unity, sustainable growth and development currently lacking in the nation. Okowa made this known at the…
PERSPECTIVE – Edo people and Nigerians’ attitude to COVID vaccines
By Ehichioya Ezomon In the name of protecting the citizens' right to freedom of choice, concerned Nigerians watched the other day, in awe, a protest against COVID-19 vaccination in Benin City, Edo State. Led by…
PERSPECTIVE – Sketching Nigeria’s tomorrow with JAMB
By Owei Lakemfa. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, examination is an annual train that runs candidates to tertiary institutions; once it is missed, the candidate has to wait for another year to…
Int’L Day of Charity: Illah community in ecstasy as Dame Okowa gives solace
Untold joy was on Sunday, September 5, 2021 brought to the residents of Obioma Camp, Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area when they received food items and household essentials from the wife of Delta…
INSIGHT – NSIP: Recharged to Tackle Poverty in the Land
The Federal Government in 2019, established the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to serve as the government’s arrowhead in the fight to tame the monster of poverty in the land.…