Nasir Mamman (2 July 1929 – 13 April 2019)
Justice Mamman Nasir, a leading light of the Nigerian judiciary, has died out. He passed on Saturday April 13 after taking ill and was admitted to the Federal Medical Centre in Katsina. He was buried the same day in his hometown, Malumfashi. Justice Nasir’s death, at the ripe age of 90, came 27 years after he retired as President of the Nigerian Court More...
People’s will against sit-tight African leaders
Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Algeria’s president for two decades, has been forced out of office. Aged 82, he is the second octogenarian African leader to have been compelled to give up by people power. Zimbabwe’s Robert More...
Obasanjo’s tongue-in-cheek advice
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, in his first public remarks after the Nigerian general elections, has told young rising political stars that they could wrest power successfully from “ageing leaders” only More...
FG’s macroeconomic initiatives
To ordinary citizens of this country, the days of recession was painful in the sense that both the haves and the have-nots experienced excruciating economic squeeze largely blamed on either the “inefficiency” More...
CBN’s interventions on economy
To ordinary citizens of this country, the days of recession was painful in the sense that both the haves and the have-nots experienced excruciating economic squeeze largely blamed on either the “inefficiency” More...
Hold corrupt agencies accountable
President Muhammadu Buhari revealed recently that some federal agencies were still diverting government funds, carrying on as they were doing before he came to power in 2015. He spoke during the inauguration of More...
Let our food be safe
Nothing artificial is ever enduring. It goes with consequencies, sometimes small and sometimes enormous but because of the prospensity of man for experimentations mostly for commercial gains, negatives are often More...
Delta monarchs congratulate Okowa on reelection
From Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Traditional rulers in Delta State have congratulated Governor Ifeanyi Okowa for his re-election victory. This is just as the governor attributed the success story of his administration to More...
Window to diversified economy
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently did its duty of examining the facets of the economy that needs attention in order to de-emphasise overdependence on petroleum. The appraisal reawakened consciousness on More...
Those curious INEC fires: May we know the saboteurs
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) came under criticism and cynicism, from across party lines, following the curious fires that gutted the commission’s offices in some states just days before More...