In President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2000-word Independence Day address to Nigerians, he appeared determined to portray the image of a unifier. He used the word, together, 10 times.Together, he said, was adopted…
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr Augustine Alegeh (SAN), shares with TUNDE AJAJA his thoughts on some of the recent developments in the association in recent timesThe…
THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has injected his sectional politics into the National Pension Commission, further accentuating the leadership crisis bedevilling the commission. By nominating Aisha Umar from…
SIXTY years after independence, the abject condition of the Nigerian state is everywhere in evidence; rancour, distrust, fear of implosion and deprivation are the talking points. Hitherto sanguine believers in…
[email protected]Today is the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence. Given the sheer indifference to this date that the people have exuded, it is hard to claim this as a joyful occasion.…
Olalekan Adetayo, AbujaThe President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Monday, said his regime would not relent in its efforts to eradicate corruption in the country.He reiterated his position that…
Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaThe President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted the much awaited Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 to the National Assembly and has proposed the creation of the Nigerian…
Eniola Akinkuotu, AbujaThe President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted the much awaited Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 to the National Assembly and has proposed the creation of the Nigerian…
• Buhari, govs in last-minute talks to avert strike• FG orders workers to report for duty Monday• Ignore proposed strike, IPMAN tells oil marketers• Security agencies lack power to stop…
Toluwalope KareemMost Nigerians arguably already have to do everything for themselves― from providing their own means of transport and electricity, and building their own homes. This is why asking them…
courts to shut down as judiciary workers, others back strikeaviation unions to down tools, flights to be disrupted N1.3tn spent on electricity subsidy in two years –OsinbajoOur Correspondents Despite the two…
•85-year-old respondent petitions IGJesusegun AlagbeA Lebanese-owned real estate firm, M Elkhalil & Sons Properties Limited, has explained why it did not obey a Lagos State High Court ruling in vacating…
IT is utterly shameful that more than 10 years after the introduction of the Petroleum Industry Bill, its fate still hangs in the balance despite promises by successive governments to…
WHEN two police officers died recently in a road accident involving the convoy of a former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, which left two other persons critically injured, it again…
John Cardinal Onaiyekan, now Archbishop Emeritus, is a former Catholic Archbishop of Abuja Diocese. He speaks with FRIDAY OLOKOR on some controversial national issues, including the Southern Kaduna killings and…
Adelani Adepegba,Abuja The Federal Government has frowned on the statements issued by the United States and the United Kingdom on the governorship elections holding in Edo State on Saturday (today)…
INDIFFERENT to the enormous socioeconomic and political waves threatening Nigeria’s corporate existence, the Senate has embarked on another unprofitable jamboree to review the 1999 Constitution. An imprudent exercise, it is…
Serena Williams quest for an historic 24th Grand Slam singles title came to a stunning end against old foe Victoria Azarenka in the semi-finals of the US Open in the…
John Alechenu, AbujaThe Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by the opposition All Progressives Congress in Edo State, to scuttle the September 19, Governorship Election…
Jesusegun AlagbeEight years after graduating from one of the state-owned universities in the South-West without a job after several unsuccessful applications and interviews, Helen Omoniyi (not real name) decided to…
