The Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, is currently embroiled in crisis as staffs of the agency are calling on Governor Babatunde Fashola to remove the Chairman of the organization, Tunde Fowler. Fowler was said to have resigned last week to pursue his governorship ambition, but he has denied his resignation through series of paid adverts […]
By Prince ‘Tosin Jegede Without doubt, this is one pertinent question with several answers on the minds of a larger percentage of Ekiti people as we match toward the June 21 Governorship elections. Now that political parties flag bearer are emerging, finding answers to this question and fast is imperative. Every politically active Ekiti is […]
By wale Oyewale The trial of Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto by International Court of Justice for crime against humanity after the duo accused of pitting their communities against each other in campaigns of ethnic cleansing and murder in early 2008 that left a good 1,300 people dead. Although, many international […]
By Olawale Rasheed The urgency of energy crisis facing the nation is raising awareness and actions on the parts of governments at all levels. The drive is to access alternative energy sources considered sustainable and cheaper compared with conventional energy source. Nigeria with her multiple challenges in the power sector has embraced this line with […]
By Oyewale Oyelola President Goodluck Jonathan earlier this week declared open National Conference in Abuja with aim of discussing challenges facing Nigeria and recommend solutions to the problems. 490 delegates across strata of Nigeria society will be discussing Nigeria challenges except issue relating to the country’s unity for tentative period of three months. Some Nigerians […]
Adewale Kupoluyi The just-concluded 20th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja offered practical solutions on how the nation’s ailing education sector can be revamped and better repositioned to bring about the much-desired development. It was, no doubt, a rich platform for brainstorming, frank talk, exchange of ideas and passing of resolution to really make a difference […]
By Uche Igwe I am outraged as many citizens of Nigeria by the avoidable deaths of young people as a result of the stampede during the immigration recruitment exercise last Saturday. I join many patriots to call for the sack and possible prosecution of the Comptroller General of Immigration, the Minister of Interior and all […]
Dr. Goodluck E. Jonathan President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Federal Capital Territory, Garki, Abuja Ref: CB.7000/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.104/556 Ref: CB.7000/IGP.SEC/ABJ/VOL.171/571 Your Excellency, Please accept greetings from our families. While we appeal to you and all Nigerians of goodwill not to be fed up with our continued plea for help at this very challenging time, kindly permit […]
By Chukwudi Nwokoye On the 17th day of March, the leadership baton was passed from Governor Peter Obi to Chief Willie Maduaburochukwu Obiano. By the way, I use the baton analogy to stress the fact that the governance of the great state of Anambra is a relay race and not a sprint. One does a […]
By Charles Ajunwa On Sunday March 9, 2014, the South East Governors’ Forum (SEGF) reached another milestone in its existence as a rallying point for the governors of the five states that constitute the South-east geo-political zone. A thunderous ovation had greeted the announcement of Governor T.A. Orji of Abia State as the new chairman […]
By Muhammad Ajah Coming from the most neglected, dejected, suppressed, denied, relegated, mocked, downtrodden and unwanted minorities of the Nigerian nation, I should have been convinced by a reluctant conscience that this effort of writing a memo to a Nigerian National Dialogue Conference (NNDC) would be a trash. Maybe, as irrelevant as I and my […]
Obinna Akukwe 2015 presidential elections is going to be an epic battle as President Goodluck Jonathan and his Ijaw brothers are set to teach the entire northern establishment especially the Hausa Fulani a bitter lesson. I have heard my northern friends and associates opine that come 2015, the opposition All Progressive Alliance (APC), will drive […]
By Chukwudi Nwokoye ‘He made friends and dined with tax collectors, harlots and sinners. John The Baptist’s disciples fasted but His disciples did not observe the sabbath day and did not fast. He said that he would destroy the temple and rebuild it in 3 days…. He blasphemed God by saying that he was the […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo As far as public money is concerned in Nigeria, the word MISSING has taken on a whole new sinister meaning. Every day, it is one massive amount (usually in billions, soon to graduate into trillions) of money missing from the coffers of one government ministry/department/agency or the other. The states are not […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Suspended Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is a man that can put a canary to shame. Even when he has nothing new or meaningful to say, he must seek out a journalist somewhere and sing his heart out. As such, it surprises nobody that he has been rehashing some […]
By Leonard Karshima Shilgba My attention has been drawn to a letter sent to President Jonathan by the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) on 24 February, 2014, titled, “MR. PRESIDENT, CALL GOVERNOR SUSWAM TO ORDER NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” As much as the title of the letter is threatening enough, […]
By Matthew Adejoh These days, some news in the media elicit so much angst that you cannot help but laugh at the ineptitude that passes off as ministerial duties. On the other hand, one wonders why some public officers think that some of us are so daft we have to be fed a daily dose of annoying materials. Even […]
By Uche Igwe As I perused the final delegates’ list released by the Federal government, it evoked several feelings within me about the entity called Nigeria. First, I was torn between surprise, laughter and surprisingly, commendation. We are an unserious nation, otherwise how can we endure the torture of the pretension of these so- called […]
By Obinna Akukwe Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, the suspended and victimized Nigeria’s apex bank chief is already my man of the year for 2013- he has oscillated from my enemy to my friend, my whistle-blower and my hero. In Nigeria where religious and tribal sentiments have beclouded our reasoning that we do not see anything good […]
Akintokunbo A Adejumo This article is not meant to hold brief or a rejoinder for Prof Wole Soyinka – I am most confident he, and others, can do this for himself more effectively than me; rather it is to seek to protect Nigerians from the insult and onslaught of the spectre of brazen and barefaced […]
