By Leonard Karshima Shilgba, Lagos Our Nigerian way of life is the way of plenty of rituals of religion and very little of deeds to match our religious professions. It is public conduct and confessions that are divorced from personal responsibility and rather attached to “faith”. It does not matter what the outcome of our […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi The Boko Haram menace has certainly become a national calamity that deserves a more serious attention, not only from the security agencies but every Nigerian and more importantly the royal fathers, who are at a vantage position to nip the problem in the bud. This call became more imperative in view of […]
News Analysis by African Examiner’s Ignatius Okpara in Owerri Despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s recent speech in Owerri, the Imo state capital, calling on the people of the area to embrace the ruling peoples Democratic party PDP, Imolites have insisted that the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) remains their party in 2015. They maintained that APC, […]
By Josephine Babatunde These days, it is common to glean in the newspapers and on the social media stories that look like President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is persecuting the suspended Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. It is true that Sanusi did not help matters with the way he was going about his […]
AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. PRESIDENT, AGF, SENATE, HOUSE OF REPS, EFCC, ICPC, SSS, POLICE, SGF, COS INTRODUCTION Expectedly, since the suspension from office of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), a lot of reactions have greeted the action – some in support of the step taken by […]
The horrendous massacre of little children by Boko Haram insurgents and the cluelessness of the security agencies are scary. Since Boko Haram began its frenzied, indiscriminate and callous murder of innocent citizens, our government at the centre has always been caught flatfooted. Initially, the nauseating refrain from its officials was that they were on top […]
By Kareem Saheed Availability and Affordability of kerosene and its numerous woes seem to be the topic of 8 in 10 discussions in recent times. A statement of fact is that in an ideal situation, Kerosene should be cheap and readily available for fueling homes in a country with vast petroleum resources and its Governments […]
The suspension of MALLAM SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria is nothing but a fight back by the powerful forces of corruption in the structure of the Nigerian State. It is sad that a regime that seeks to be perceived as fighting corruption can have the effrontery to suspend a […]
By Chika Amadi Sooner than predicted, Orji Kalu’s hackneyed subterfuge with his self-confessed apolitical Njiko Igbo Project has pitiably exhausted its elastic limit. Like a pack of cards with no trail of finesse and sophistication, the political show business has shamefully identified its level. Madness is indeed not a disease for children! All those cosmetic […]
Matthew Adejoh Nothing has been more gratifying in recent times to many Nigerians than the dethronement of the man who went about as if he were the ‘Emir’ of the Nigerian financial instituions, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. As Mr Adebayo Adeleke, General Secretary, Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), said in a report filed by the […]
By Ahmed Mohammed The picture one naturally has of Mallam Sanusi Lamido, the current Central Bank Governor is that he is pious spotless and saintly. One always thinks that he does not live in a glass house so he is capable of throwing stones fearlessly without looking behind. It has however been revealed that Holy […]
By Hamisu Abubakar Is there something wrong with elders these days that they think with their anus? Everywhere we turn these days in Nigeria, our elders are spewing forth what is less than elderly. If it is not from Niger Delta region where an elder has run riot with his tongue, then it is from the […]
By Josephine Babatunde As soon as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) released the timetable for the 2015 elections, political pundits and ordinary Nigerians alike began querying the chances of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan to be re-elected for a second four-year term. Even with the much talked-about National Transformation Agenda of the President, some political […]
Dr. Audu Obanta Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, would go down in history as the most controversial Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). From his actions and words these past five years since his appointment as the boss of the apex bank, he comes as someone who revels in controversy. No doubt his love […]
By Adewale Kupoluyi Since President Goodluck Jonathan announced the plan to convene a National Dialogue during his last Independence Anniversary address, many Nigerians have been apprehensive on what is likely to be the outcome of the exercise that has been engulfed with so-much controversy due to a crisis of leadership and trust. While receiving the […]
Every Industry be it oil, telecoms, information technology, banking and the host of others are governed by Laws, providing room for an efficient, stable and properly regulated sector on behalf of the companies that are into the business of such. It pays to know that the activities of Shell, Globacom, Fedex, Procter & Gamble, Unilever […]
By Chuks Nwanne I was in far away Ajaokuta Steel Company in Kogi State that day; my phones kept ringing like hell. Since we were in the middle of a guided tour of the abandoned multi-million dollars steel company, I switched them to vibration mode. Yet minute-by-minute, the phones kept buzzing, forcing one to attend […]
When Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was appointed the CBN Governor, he hit the ground running on a very good footing. However his recent self-righteous outrage against the NNPC in a careless and incoherent manner is beginning to raise questions about the true motive of his recent tirade. It is certainly worrying that the agency charged with […]
Good day and compliment of the season to you sons and daughters of Oyo State. Precisely on the 3rd of February, 1976, thirty-eight years ago, our state, Oyo State was created by the then military government led by Late General Murtala Mohammed, the then old western state was divided into Ogun, Ondo and Oyo states […]
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The effort being made all over the world by governments and multinational corporations to end the dominance of oil as the main source of energy is a wake-up call to states whose economies largely depend on oil. While countries, like Nigeria, have done little to prepare for the end of the oil […]
