• ‘Africa loses $50b to corruption yearly’• Presidency, Sani differ on border closure Nigeria’s judiciary has fallen so low that not even saints may salvage it, according to a Senate panel. The panel lamented that the judiciary came to this sorry pass with the attendant high level of corruption because of a paucity of funds. […]
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The fact that the President’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, now travels to faraway London to present memos and bills to President Muhammadu Buhari shows that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is practically out of Buhari’s government. This is the position of Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, which said on Tuesday through its spokesman, Mr Yinka Odumakin, that […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in London signed the amended Deep Offshore Act. “Today I signed into law the amended Deep Offshore Act. Nigeria will now receive its fair, rightful and equitable share of income from our own natural resources for the first time since 2003,” Buhari said in a statement signed by his spokesman […]
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By Victor Emmanuel Uwah Be not envious of the workers of iniquity Who abound everywhere, both in country and city, For the Lord won’t make them abide too long in the land, But will scatter them and destroy all that they had planned. Don’t ever be afraid when threatened with what they have, Nor be […]
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By Malcolm Little Black Piqued by the turn of events he drank a cup of vitriolAnd joined his ancestors His life was a woody perennial plant,With its share of rosesAnd kindred of thorns“And death, the key To the gate of freedom”He thought… But alas,Life holds the padlock Beloved; Abortion is not always a sinEspecially when spurred bythe […]
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By Malcolm Little Black I see the light that is in you As you see the lustre that is mine; My soul deep in its lushness Honours the taste of your wine I know the colour of your kindness; On the bowl of truth i chose to dine, And the subtle sound of the universe […]
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Global anti-corruption group, Transparency International, has advised the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to take the petition against All Progressives Congress leader, Senator Bola Tinubu, seriously. Speaking on Monday, the Head, Transparency International Nigeria and Executive Director of Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, Auwal Musa, popularly known as Rafsanjani, said the EFCC must prove […]
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The legal team of Sahara Reporters publisher, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has rejected a possible offer by President, Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleman, to stand surety for the detained activist. Suleman had in a tweet on Monday expressed concerns that though Sowore had hurt many people in the past — including Suleman himself — he […]
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court on Monday again, ordered the police to maintain status quo in respect of the interim order issued against the recruitment of 10, 000 officers. The Police Service Commission (PSC) had taken the Nigeria Police Force to court over the recruitment of 10,000 constable. On October 23, Justice […]
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The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has nullified the election of the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Alhassan Doguwa, and ordered fresh election into Tudunwada/Doguwa Federal constituency, Kano state seat. Doguwa’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as the winner of the February 23rd election into constituency seat was […]
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