By Punch Editorial Board Normally an occasion for celebration everywhere else, Nigeria marks its 61st Independence anniversary today amid a pervasive atmosphere of gloom and mass despair. Instead of grappling with the elevating issues of…
NIGERIAN POLITICIANS If you respectA Nigerian politicianYou have earnedMy full disrespect. If you honourA Nigerian politicianYou have earnedThe title of a dishonorable. If you promoteA Nigerian politicianYou have promotedYourself to a prostitute. If you trustA…
By Tribune Online A man who is from the Niger Republic has been arrested in Ghana after he was found at an airport in the country with 656 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards belonging to…
By E.E. Okpa According to a recent Economic Confidential study, Nigerian states plus the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja generated N1.3tn in Internally Generated Revenue. Or, an equivalent of about $2.5bn. The IGR is a statutory…
By Johnny Edward Super Eagles duo Kelechi Iheanacho and Alex Iwobi were both awarded the Man-of-The- Match and Most Valuable Player awards in Nigeria’s 2-0 win over Liberia in a Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying…
By Ata Ukuta When a Chinese firm demanded billions of shillings in pending bills that Kenya borrowed to build the so-called modern railway line from Mombasa to Nairobi recently before handing control of the infrastructure…
The security personnel in charge of the Irigwe communities in Plateaus State that were sacked by suspected Fulani herdsmen last week said they were not given orders to stop the attack. In other words, the…
By Femi Asu Nigeria is still importing petroleum products with high sulphur content as the ban imposed on the importation of such fuels by the Federal Government more than four years ago has not been…
Americans and Britons are becoming familiar with a phenomenon whereby Nigerians often excel to the top of any discipline they find themselves in. Basketball is the latest arena that is showcasing the great Nigerian spirit…
By Akin Osuntokun “By 1914, modern Nigeria came into being under an autocratic Governor, Sir Frederick Lugard, who succeeded in isolating one Nigerian group from the other….It was Charles Temple, the senior resident in the…
