Remembering the fallen heroes
The 2020 Armed Forces Remembrance Day was marked on Jan. 15. The highlights included a wreaths-laying, pigeon releases and a gun salute at the National Arcade in Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari, himself a hero of the Nigerian civil war (1966-1970), led the wreaths-laying near the cenotaph marking the grave of the Unknown Soldier. Historically, the More...
This must not die
Just recently, the Federal Government directed all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to publish summaries of their financial inflows and outflows every day. President Muhammadu Buhari gave the directive More...
This latest JAMB bungling
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has suspended the use of the National Identification Number as a requirement for registration for this year’s 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). More...
A fair decision
The Nigerian federal government has prohibited exclusivity rights in broadcasting overseas sports in this country. Until now it was South Africa’s Pay TV company, Multichoice, that had the exclusive rights over More...
Ex governors can’t eat their cake and have it
Corruption in political high places, in Nigeria, takes place at several levels. It can be outright theft of public funds or it may come by way of using the law to take from the public treasury money that you have More...
Still on Amotekun
A security platform, codenamed “Operation Amotekun” (Yoruba for leopard), will be launched today in the South-west states. Their governors had before now held a security summit, under the auspices of Development More...
Softly, softly on Amotekun
A security platform, codenamed “Operation Amotekun” (Yoruba for leopard), will be launched today in the South-west states. Their governors had before now held a security summit, under the auspices of Development More...
As 2020 opens…
We are already into the New Year of 2020. Undoubtedly, it is with a huge sigh of relief that Nigerians are transiting to the New Year. Their hope is that it will be, indeed, a “happy and prosperous” 2020. We More...
The electricity tariff raise
The Federal Government has asked the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to effect an “immediate (upward) review” of electricity tariffs across board. The NERC announced the new power charges in More...
This is uncalled for
Gunmen reportedly, last week, attacked the home of former President Goodluck Jonathan in Otuoke, Bayelsa state. They managed to kill a soldier on sentry at a nearby military check point, but were stopped from reaching More...