By Felix Oboagwina “Lai Mohammed just entered!” someone in our group whispered, as the lone figure sauntered into the departure lounge of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in the nation’s capital Abuja, that fateful day around 2014. That fateful encounter at the airport unveiled something significant about the man and his method.
Read More »Jack Dorsey’s ditched Twitter for bitcoin. Has the social media bubble burst?
With major platforms struggling to make a profit, Dorsey is following the money. Cryptocurrency may be about to go mainstream By Richard Seymour Jack Dorsey is resigning from Twitter to spend more time with his other company, Square. In some ways, the choice between Twitter and Square is a straight choice between political clout and profit. Square, a payments platform …
Read More »TB Joshua’s widow and the battle for his church
By Nduka Orjinmo BBC News, Abuja Evelyn Joshua has become the head of one of Africa’s most influential evangelical churches, but the 52-year-old is faced with the challenge of maintaining her late husband’s legacy.
Read More »Yakubu’s New Voting Units Of The Absurd
By Felix Oboagwina The other day, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, announced additional polling units newly created nationwide. For a Nigerian demography with a rapidly shifting shoreline, the exercise met a germane need. However, it is the regional distribution and its future implications that trigger some interest here.
Read More »‘When I lose it, I lose it in a dangerous way’: Arsène Wenger on sweat, suffering and selfishness
The former Arsenal manager has lived the best and worst of football. He discusses self-destruction, single-mindedness and the toll his job took on his life Arsène Wenger knows that his love for the beautiful game is actually an all-consuming addiction. For the 34 years he spent managing football teams – 22 of them at his beloved Arsenal – he …
Read More »Nigeria now Africa’s vast crime scene under corrupt, lazy Buhari: Economist
“When violence erupts, the government does nothing or cracks heads almost indiscriminately,” the paper said. Nigeria under President Muhammadu Buhari has become a crime scene of destructive magnitude on the African continent, The Economist said in its latest issue.
Read More »There is no ‘insecurity’ in Nigeria
By Tony Ogunlowo Nigeria has recently been voted for as one of the safest countries in the world to live in. It has a zero-crime rate and you’re a lot safer walking the streets of Lagos than you are in London or New York.
Read More »Full text of President Buhari’s 2022 Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability
Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability By Muhammadu Buhari 1. It is my great pleasure to be here once again to present the 2022 Federal Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint Session of the National Assembly. 2. Distinguished and Honourable leaders, and members of the National Assembly, let me start by commending you for the expeditious consideration and passage of …
Read More »Entrench equity, fairness and justice to enhance security
By Andrew A. Erakhrumen Today, it appears that there is more than meets the eye concerning the unceasingly growing insecurity in every part of Nigeria. This is particularly disheartening because of the speculations, and/or striking naked facts, flying around, in the public domain.
Read More »NIGERIA AT 61 - A call for focus on industrialisation
Dr. Samson Osagie October 1, 2021, marks Nigeria’s 61st Independence Anniversary with a never-ending quest for a direction that gives the citizenry a definite and tangible value for their collective investment in the Nigerian State.
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