What Will Determine Your Choice In 2023?
By Simon Kolawole It has now become a tradition for me to analyse the psychology of the Nigerian voter ahead of every general election. Why? I am sitting in my balcony watching people pass by…
POLITY
Obi Cautions Supporters, LP Candidates Against Insulting Others
By Sharon Osaji The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has cautioned his supporters, popularly called ‘Obidients’, and candidates contesting under the party at all levels, to desist from insulting others during the…
EFCC, Naira Redesign And Fuel Scarcity
By Okey Ikechukwu The Economic and Financial crimes Commission (EFCC) has just announced that some state governments are poised to pay workers’ salaries in cash. Why? Are these states breakaway fraternities from the Nigerian brotherhood,…
Can ‘Japa’ Land Nigeria in Japan?
By Simon Kolawole If you spend too much time on social media, you would swear that emigration, also known as “japa”, is new and peculiar to Nigeria. No, it isn’t. “Japa”, a Yoruba slang that…
Bandits Unleash Terror Across North
By Ishola Michael Murderous bandits have swept through a number of communities in Benue, Kebbi and Bauchi states in a wave of terror that claimed several lives. In Benue State, suspected herders invaded four communities…
Reactions Trail UAE Visa Ban On Nigerians
By Lilian Ukagwu United Arab Emirates has said it will no longer issue visa to Nigerian and 20 other African countries, although it did not give reasons for the ban. The PUNCH reported that 542…
Defend Your Votes, Yourselves, CAN Youths Tell Nigerians
By Friday Olokor A coalition of Christian youths under the aegis of Christian Association of Nigeria Youth Wing, on Sunday, called on Nigerians to avoid being used as political thugs in the 2023 general election…
A Tale Of Two Floods
Postscript by Waziri Adio In 2012, a great flood literally grounded the country. By the time the unwanted waters receded in November that year, 30 states had been affected, over two million people had been…
Another Pipeline Of Stolen 400,000bpd Crude Discovered
NNPCL visits site By Ebenezer Adurokiya Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), a company owned by High Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo, has discovered another allegedly illegal crude oil pipeline attached to Trans Forcados Export…
Economists Raise Concern Over FG’s 2023 Spending Plan
By Festus Akanbi, Gboyega Akinsanmi, Dike Onwuamaeze and James Emejo Following the presentation of a N20.51 trillion appropriation bill for 2023 to a joint session of the National Assembly in Abuja on Friday, some economists…