POLITICAL NOTES Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, last week boasted that his predecessor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa does not interfere in the governance of the state. He added that unlike other former governors of some states,…
A Cameroonian comedian was recently lamenting Nigeria’s victory over Angola after Nigeria defeated Cameroon a few days earlier. However, what surprised the skit maker Mr. Ndze, was Ghanaians’ lamentation. He was surprised that Ghanaians were angrier…
By Emmanuel Addeh The national electricity power grid collapsed for the first time in 2024 Sunday, again throwing the entire country into total darkness. It was learnt that power generated on the grid slumped significantly…
By Simon Kolawole Nigeria is the world’s poverty capital. Most Nigerians live on less than $2 a day. Nigeria’s economy is powered by only 4,000MW of power. Even Republic of Benin has better road infrastructure…
By Chuks Okocha The presidential candidate in last year’s election under the Labour Party (LP) and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the federal government and the security agencies to…
Thisday Editorial Security agencies must do more to stem the scourge Kidnapping for ransom has assumed anarchic proportions in Nigeria. Hardly a day passes without chilling reports of abductions, sometimes of a whole family. But…
By Kingsley Jeremiah, Abuja OIL theft at the Oil Mining License (OML) 17 has dipped from 97 per cent in 2021 to 15 per cent in 2023, recording over 82 per cent drop, while pushing…
BY SIMON KOLAWOLE Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose. Pardon my French. I was saying: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” When the All Progressives Congress (APC) wowed Nigerians…
By NATHANIEL SHAIBU and ARMSTRONG BAKAM Ya’u Jatau, the husband of Rhoda, the Bauchi woman who was detained for 18 months in prison for alleged blasphemy, has expressed joy over the release of his wife….
By Adetutu Sobowale A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has asked the Federal Government to compensate the victims of military airstrikes in the past seven years. Falana, who is the chairman of Alliance on Surviving…
