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National Assembly leadership moves to gag press with new reporting guidelines

The management of the National Assembly has released stringent guidelines for accreditation of media organizations, journalists and correspondents covering the parliament from June 1, 2019 when the 9th assembly is expected to be inaugurated. What this means: According to the...

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Countdown to May 29: Gov. Okorocha on EFCC’s radar

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is investigating the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha and has frozen N5 billion belonging to the state government, according to the chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu. Magu accused the governor of spending...

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As humiliated Amaechi tries to play God on Igbo presidency

Rotimi Amaechi’s recent declaration that the Igbo should forget about the presidency in 2023 “for refusing to support the APC…” is both self-adulating and hypocritical, and must be treated as the rant of a drowning and diminished political gladiator.  Such asinine...

Politics

Tambuwal won with the slimmest margin. Now he says they want to stop his inauguration

Of all the governors-elect in the country, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, was the one who won his election in March with the slimmest margin. Just 341 votes was all that separated Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)...

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Wike accuses Army of involvement in oil bunkering

Governor Nyesom Wike has accused the Nigerian Army of running an illegal oil bunkering racket in Rivers State. Backstory: Wike particularly mentioned Jamil Sarham, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) the Army’s 6th Division in Port Harcourt, accusing him of leading...

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Obasanjo warns that Nigeria is self destructing. It’s consequential

“We are heading to self-destruction”, Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo warned over the weekend. According to him, the failure of government to deliver the dividends of democracy (“security, safety, freedoms and general enhancement of livelihood” ) to the people could...

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What Nigerian students told us about transactional sex on campus

Transactional sex among female undergraduates in Nigeria is a social reality. The practice has been reported on regularly in the mainstream media and explored in various research papers. This cross generational relationship is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa, and across the...

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Analysing Nigeria’s new minimum wage: What it means for workers, govt and businesses

First a short background: In 2018, the Nigerian Labor Congress (NLC) embarked on a nationwide strike to pressurize governments at all levels to increase the minimum wage from N18,000 to N56,000. The Federal Government subsequently set up a committee to...

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Buhari borrows away our future, but does little to reduce govt expenditure

According to the Director-General of the Debt Management Office (DMO), Patience Oniha, Nigeria’s debt profile as at December 31st 2018 was N24.387 trillion. That’s an increase of almost N3 trillion from the N21.725 trillion official figure of 2017. Outside all...

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How using the military in Nigeria is causing, not solving problems

Governments have a responsibility to protect their citizens against external aggression and internal violence. The first is usually the responsibility of the military. The second duty falls on the police. But in Nigeria, the government often deploys the military to...

Politics

Supreme Court fixes Judgement Day for Zamfara APC

On May 24, the Supreme Court will deliver judgment on two appeals seeking to ascertain the authentic candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara state. Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, led other justices to fix...

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What the law says about Justice Bulkachuwa on the presidential election tribunal

Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, who is married to the All Progressives Congress’ Senator-Elect for Bauchi North, Adamu Bulkachuwa, is chairing the presidential election petition tribunal hearing the petition filed by PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, against President Muhammadu Buhari. I have...

Politics

PDP blasts Gov. Fayemi over sack of public workers – but they should be ignored

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has reacted to Governor Kayode Fayemi’s decision to dismiss over 2,000 workers, describing it as an act of wickedness against humanity. Backstory: Fayemi, on Wednesday, nullified all appointments made after the governorship...

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Saraki, Dogara escape the hammer as High Court dismisses defection suit

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to declare vacant the seats of 54 national assembly lawmakers who defected from the political parties under which they contested and won the 2015 general polls. Backstory: Among those...

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Senate calls for emergency declaration on unemployment crisis. These charts highlight it

The Nigerian Senate last week called for an emergency declaration on the issue of unemployment across the country. The Senate admitted that it has become a crisis that must be addressed to prevent a breakdown of law and order. The...

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Ondo govt wants to get into the marijuana business – why it matters

The governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu, is looking to diversify the economy of the state by tapping into the marijuana market. Backstory: In a tweet on Monday, Akeredolu explained that with an estimated value of $145 billion in 2025,...

Politics

INEC withdraws return certificate from Buhari’s former SSA and gives to Interior Minister’s son

Illegal actions carried out by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) unraveled in court last month when a Federal High Court disqualified the winner of the House of Representatives election in Sumaila/Takai Federal Constituency of Kano state, Hon. Kawu Sumaila....

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Kill that silence, or that silence will kill you

2A, Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Lagos, is an address that holds great childhood significance for me. Between 1995 and 1999, my after-school routine consisted of reading Enid Blyton books and playing with imaginary friends, surrounded by hundreds of cooking gas...

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Pres. Buhari (sort of) admits his failure in education

President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that members of the “Nigerian elite” are failing the country on education. The president made the statement in reference to the Almajiri situation in the country while hosting the Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, and other...

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If Leah Sharibu was Zahra Buhari, would she still be in captivity?

A man, with bloodied “babariga” and with head cocked down, perched emotionlessly in the driver’s seat of a Land Cruiser jeep at Kurmin Kare village along Kaduna-Abuja express way in the searing afternoon of April 29. He was the driver...