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Nigeria: Senate Summons Finance Minister, EFCC Boss, Others Over Revenue Leakages
Abuja — The Senate has summoned the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed; Governor of Central Bank…
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With a streak of stepped-up enforcement policy on immigration reduction for 15 years, the United States has deported about 3,019…
Read MoreNigeria: On Black Market Injunctions
FLASHBACK, SEPTEMBER 2002: I have not confirmed this report but we know that in Nigeria today anything is possible. The…
Read MoreNigeria: ‘As the People’s Parliament, We Keep a Finger On the Pulse of the Nation’
The Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Media and Publicity, Hon. Benjamin Kalu holds a discussion with Udora Orizu on…
Read MoreNigeria: On the Flip Side, Kaduna Child Flip-Flop Hawkers Work Longer Hours Over COVID-19
Kaduna — With schools in the country closed over the coronavirus pandemic, children who peddle flip-flops on Kaduna’s busy streets…
Read MoreNigeria: Fear Grips Commissioners, Others, As Akeredolu Tests Positive for COVID-19
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, tested positive for the coronavirus. The governor’s COVID-19 status, however, sent fears down…
Read MoreNigeria: APC – Tinubu, Amaechi, El-Rufai Dig in for 2023
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s intervention, some founders and pillars of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have returned to the trenches…
Read MoreNigeria: National Assembly, Keyamo Fight Over Employment of 774,000 Nigerians
Abuja — Caution was thrown to the winds yesterday as members of the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Employment, Labour…
Read MoreNigeria: Legislature, a Misunderstood Institution in Nigeria – Saraki
The Nigerian parliament remains a misunderstood institution because many Nigerians, especially the youth, have little knowledge about it, a former…
Read MoreNigeria: COVID-19 – Days Before Testing Positive, Akeredolu Seen in Public Sneezing Without Mask
About two weeks before Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu tested positive for COVID-19, he attended a political event without wearing…
Read MoreNigeria: Outrage As Statues Allegedly Looted From Nigeria Sold in Paris
A pair of Nigerian Igbo statues that were allegedly looted during Nigeria’s Biafra War in the 1960s were sold in…
Read MoreNigeria: Lagos CJ Frees 18 Inmates of Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre
As part of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, the Chief Judge of Lagos, Kazeem Alogba, on Tuesday, granted…
Read MoreNigeria: Why Legislature Remains a Misunderstood Institution – Saraki
Lagos — A former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday, said the parliament remains a “misunderstood institution” because people, especially youths,…
Read MoreNigeria: ‘Electricity Tariff Hike Postponed to Mitigate Customers’ Hardship’
Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) have denied claims that they initiated the suspension of the electricity hike slated to begin July…
Read MoreNigeria Transparency Undermined By Late Budgets, NNPC’s ‘Opaque’ Records – U.S. Report
Despite making progress, some factors still undermine Nigeria’s fiscal transparency, says a report from the United States authorities. These factors…
Read MoreNigeria: Cyber Criminals – Confronting the Few Who Dent Many
In recent times, there has been an alarming increase in the number of reported cases of Nigerians alleged to have…
Read MoreNigeria’s Slave Descendants Hope Race Protests Help End Discrimination
Abuja — When Barack Obama was elected the first Black U.S. president in 2008, Anthony Uzoije noticed less contempt towards…
Read MoreNigeria: The Politics of Ajimobi’s Death
Except something else occurs that grabs the headlines and dominates Nigerian social media, the big news of the past week…
Read MoreNigeria: Don’t Cry for Bola Tinubu!
Will the Jagaban of Borgu ever learn? Unfortunately for him, he has taken a route without a plan B. The…
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