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For those who say Nigeria is a country where wonders shall never end, the callous and sycophantic campaign posters flooding cities across the nation, featuring potential candidates in hypothetical 2023 presidential election matchups is a shameful phenomenon that graphically retells the odious rat race, ideological vacuity and mundane craving that typify Nigeria’s political elite. Lacking […]

Journalists read the memoirs of prominent government officials, seeking startling revelations and insights into how and why certain policy decisions were made. Amid the re-litigated debates and the recounting of episodes that are either already defined by history or too recent to judge, scoops are rare. But Susan Rice is different. In “Tough Love: My […]

Christian Obodo, a former Super Eagles player, was kidnapped on Sunday evening in Delta State by unidentified gunmen, who also promptly freed him.   Obodo was kidnapped along Refinery road in Effurun, Uvwie council area around 5 pm.   Confirming his release, Monday morning, a friend of the football star, Engr. Big Sam, said:   […]

The National Examinations Council  has released the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination results, with the national cut off mark put at 142.   The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Godswill Obioma, while presenting the results to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, Monday, in Abuja, said a total of 70,580 candidates sat […]

As calls for restricting get louder in Nigeria, Wole Olanipekun, a prominent lawyer, has declared that what the country needs is a only a brand new constitution that can address the multitude of challenges facing the nation.   The lawyer said that the 1999 constitution is unable to address  Nigeria’s peculiarities, explaining that what the […]

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to sell Geregu, Omotosho and Calabar power plants for N434 billion next year, according to plans by the Bureau of Public Enterprises.   The government has also concluded plans to concession the National Stadium, Lagos, Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abuja, Jos International Stadium and Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt, […]

The government of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced grant all doctors and infectious disease experts living in the country a 10-year Golden Residency visa.   The Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, disclosed this in a tweet, which listed other categories of beneficiaries of the UAE Golden Residency visa to include specialists […]

The Auditor General of the Federation has queried the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and the Central Bank of Nigeria for not remitting about N3.235 trillion from the sale of domestic crude oil to the Federations Account in 2014.   The Auditor General said in one of the numerous audit queries pending against the NNPC before […]

Access Bank Plc has sympathized with #EndSARS protesters for freezing their accounts, following an online campaign for customers to boycott it for the role it played in the saga.   Access Bank froze the accounts of at least eight persons involved in the #EndSARS campaign based on the orders of the Central Bank of Nigeria. […]