Stay the course
R-L; The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof Bolaji Owasanoye with other members, after their swearing-in at the Council Chambers, State House, yesterday in Abuja. Photo: State House President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, revealed that some federal agencies were still diverting government funds, More...
A bold, courageous step
President Muhammadu Buhari, Saturday Feb. 2, freed himself from his re-election campaign to flag off a search for crude oil in the Gongola basin in the North. It was the start of drilling at Kolmani River 11 well More...
Let the elections be peaceful
Campaigning for the 2019 elections has been so lackluster that one cannot but be nostalgic about the robustness, dynamism and clarity of the campaigns in the first, second and probably third republics. In contrast, More...
Stop beating the war drum
Campaigning for the 2019 elections has been so lackluster that one cannot but be nostalgic about the robustness, dynamism and clarity of the campaigns in the first, second and probably third republics. In contrast, More...
No to socio-political meddling
Ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections, the United States of America, France and the United Kingdom have curiously threatened to punish anyone found guilty of either instigating violence or plotting to rig More...
Negativism isn’t helping us
Nigeria’s rating by Transparency International on its latest Corruption Perceptions Index has improved considerably. It moved to position 144th in 2018 from 148th in 2017. The 4 places jump, however, did not alter More...
The telecoms sector burden
The mobile telecoms service industry in Nigeria is growing by leaps and bounds. One proof of this quantum leap is the number of mobile phone subscribers. This has hit 160 million and still rising. However, there More...
TETFUND: Between Baffa and Adamu
The removal from office of the erstwhile Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Dr Abdullahi Baffa Bichi has raised controversy so much not just because of the personalities involved More...
TETFUND: Beyond the sack of Baffa
The removal from office of the erstwhile Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Dr Abdullahi Baffa Bichi has raised controversy so much not just because of the personalities involved More...
Sustain the peace accord by all means
On Dec. 11 2018, the presidential candidates of the motley bunch of political parties in the February general elections signed up to a “peace accord”, committing themselves to keep violence out of the electoral More...