Pendulum By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, what a dramatic week in our Federal Capital, Abuja! We suddenly woke up to the most unusual headline: BUHARI TESTS NEGATIVE, ABBA KYARI TESTS POSITIVE. Whaaat, I screamed. My initial reaction was that of incredulity. I did not think of the possibility of these two gentlemen being exposed to […]
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By Dare Babarinsa We are all learning science now. The Coronavirus pandemic, also known as Covid-19, is teaching humanity the lesson of a lifetime. Almost all the countries of the world are affected. On Sunday, Cuba, a small country in the Caribbean, was dispatching the first set of medical doctors to Italy to help that afflicted […]
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Despite the remarkable impact of the made-in-China Coronavirus on ‘glocal’ economy and politics and the self-inflected political virus ravaging the ruling party in Nigeria, which was expected to get to some head last night at the instance of Governors on the platform of the APC, I would like to conclude my sermon to all members […]
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There can be no doubt whatsoever that Nigeria as a country is currently passing through its most traumatised periods in her history since the end of the civil war in 1970. The cause of this socio- political trauma and instability as we all know is none other than the criminal activities of terrorists, bandits and […]
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We have been inundated with stories about how we need to borrow money for infrastructure. The story is that the money will be used for ‘critical’ infrastructure. Now we hear that part of the loan, USD500m will be used to ‘upgrade’ NTA.If this is the kind of ‘critical infrastructure’ being referred to, for which we […]
Continue ReadingAgain, they forgot Abuja at 44 last Monday January 3, (1976-2020). They don’t respect any sense of history. Why don’t we celebrate achievers and thinkers? They forgot February 3, again as the most important birthday of the nation’s capital, Abuja. It is the Founders’ Day they always forget. The military powers that created Abuja are […]
Continue ReadingBy Martins Oloja It is still relevant to avoid reading from the ‘book of lamentation’ concerning Nigeria at this time as I pledged here the other day. It is still a time to point the way forward to our leaders even if they often seek to arrest us when they interpret our intervention as bad […]
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By Yinka Fabowale The Fourth Estate of the Realm: Editors, reporters and colleagues, please what guides our definition of what we report? Dollars, Naira, political and ethnic allegiance; OR sanctity of the facts, in the consciousness of our social responsibility? A thing or person (s) is distinguished and named by the character, nature and activity […]
Continue Readingimplementation of the new Finance Law 2020 has started with the Value-Added Tax increase set to kick-off next month. The Federal Government had ignored suggestions by informed analysts to reconsider some of its provisions. We now address the necessary palliative measures that should be taken to reduce its negative impacts on the people. The lead […]
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The dust raised over the federal government’s declaration of the South West governors’ new security outfit, code named Operation Amotekun, as illegal and unconstitutional seems to be settling down with a recent truce between the parties. Governors of the region through the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), had on January 9, 2020 launched Amotekun, […]
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