• Woos aviation investors with tax holidays, other incentives • IATA ranks Nigeria highest in airport charges in Africa President Bola Tinubu, yesterday, directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to create a platform for quarterly reconciliatory meetings with foreign airlines, towards settling accumulated trapped funds. Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, disclosed […]
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Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has accused the Labour Party of attempting to deceive Nigerians about the outcome of the February 25 election outcome. He made this declaration on Wednesday, during an event titled, “The Lives of Wole Soyinka — A Dialogue”, organised by ‘Africa in the World’, in Stellenbosch, South Africa. He said the […]
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By Olusegun Adeniyi Fifteen of our 36 governors and three deputy governors traveled to Kigali, Rwanda last month for a three-day executive leadership retreat. We were told the trip was organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in partnership with the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). The retreat was reportedly designed to enable our governors […]
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The Federal Government on Wednesday conducted the second phase of the computer-based Confirmatory Promotional Examination (COMPRO II) for junior cadre officers in public service across the country. The examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), had a total of 9,618 candidates from paramilitary and junior officers from the core Ministries, Departments, and […]
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IGP Kayode Egbetokun Responding to recent questions regarding the indiscriminate checkpoints across the country that disrupt the flow of traffic and encourage extortion and other inappropriate behaviours by police officers, the acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, stated that the Nigeria Police Force cannot vacate the checkpoints. He added that checkpoints are vibrant parts of […]
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National Grid, Credit: TCN Web Barely six hours after throwing the country into darkness, Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed again at about 6:41 am today. While the system, managed by Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) initially collapsed at 12:40 am midnight and was in the process of restoration, the grid operated from Osogbo in Osun State […]
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By Sola Olatunji Exactly 10 years ago, he bade the world final Goodbye at a relatively tender age of 65. Dr Olusegun Kokumo Agagu may have gone to the world beyond but his legacies remain evergreen in the mind of his Ikale people of Ondo State and many Nigerians who saw him as a leading […]
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By Emmanuel Onwubiko About two decades ago, when I arrived in Abuja as a fresh reporter for The Guardian Newspapers, unarguably Nigeria’s largest circulating national daily then, I met a senior colleague who covers the politics beat. He would move on to become a Professor at a prestigious University in Nigeria. This colleague is Yoruba […]
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As primary and secondary schools in Nigeria open their doors for the first academic term after a lengthy (third term) break, parents and guardians across the country are groaning, with the weight of a harsh economy and increase in fees. The resumption of schools came at a time Nigerians are battling with the harsh realities […]
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Twenty-four years into civilian rule, extrajudicial killings are rising and undermining human rights and democracy in Nigeria. Last Thursday, police in the Federal Capital Territory put down a violent protest following a report that agents of the Department of State Services had killed a fashion designer and injured several other persons. Although it later emerged […]
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