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Pope Francis’s attempt to wrest himself from the grasp of an ardent follower this week have left some asking – where was the pontiff’s security detail? Often dubbed the “People’s Pope,” Francis’s ability to engage with crowds – and his apparent relish in doing so – puts him in close proximity with the throngs who […]

The travel measures taken against Nigeria by the United States last year are starting to have a clear and, potentially, long-term effect.   Data from the US travel and tourism office shows Nigeria recorded the largest global drop-off in visitors to the US. As of October 2019, 34,000 fewer Nigerians traveled to the US compared […]

One of the major indications of the dysfunctional nature of the Nigerian social and political ecosystem is what can be best summarized in pidgin English as the “Na my brother dey there” syndrome. It is the politics of proximity by another name, the thinking by an average Nigerian that he or she is much safer, […]

  In this reflection I am using the phrase welcoming a ‘new decade’ very cautiously as I am mindful of the controversy over whether January 1 2020 should be regarded as the beginning of a new decade or the end of the last decade.  For those who argue that 2020 is the last year of […]

We are aware that a customer service executive assigned to us by one of our vendors is helping the police with their investigations into the attempted robbery that happened last week in one of our branches in Abuja.    We remain grateful that none of our staff or customers lost their lives during the incident.  […]

The Federal Government has assured Nigerians that there is no cause for alarm over the country’s debt profile both domestic and external as being speculated by scaremongers. Former president Olusegun Obasanjo had claimed Nigeria’s external debts have grown to N24.947 trillion or $81.274 billion in the last four years. Obasanjo, last Friday in Lagos at […]

The Nigeria Christian Graduate Fellowship (NCGF) yesterday said the alleged lopsided appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari were more threatening to the unity of the country than the activities of the Boko Haram Islamic sect in parts of the federation. Reacting to the execution of 11 Christians on Christmas Day by ISWAP insurgents in Borno through […]

Former governor of Oyo State and the Osi Olubadan of Ibadan, Chief Rashidi Ladoja, has read the riot act to 21 Ibadan chiefs; warning the 21 monarchs sacked by a high court to desist from parading themselves as kings or risk jail. In a statement signed on his behalf by former Commissioner for Justice and […]

The Federal Government said the nation’s non-oil exports doubled from about N1 trillion to N2 trillion between 2018 and 2019. Information and Culture Minister, Alhadji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a media briefing in Lagos on Monday where he presented the major achievements of the Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for the outgoing year Mohammed said while […]

The federal government, Monday reacted to the change of name of the UEMOA, Communaute Financiers d’Afique (CFA) currency to ECO by eight French-speaking West African countries, saying it was studying the situation and would respond in due course. A statement issued by Yunusa Tanko Abdullahi on behalf of the Minister of Finance, Budget and National […]

The Joint Task Force (JFT), code named Operation Delta Safe, and the Nigerian Navy on Monday visited former President Goodluck Jonathan’s residence in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The visit was to ascertain the level of damage following attack on the former president’s residence by unknown gunmen on Christmas Eve. They said the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met with Pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare at the presidential villa, Abuja. No official reason was given for the meeting and the Lagos pastor also did not speak to newsmen on the outcome. Pastor Bakare ran as running mate to President Buhari in the 2011 presidential election […]