I borrowed this title from the British thriller writer, Jeffery Archer, but I am in no mood to discuss that disgraced man’s book. Nigeria is in dire straits, and I cannot in good conscience be tackling the trashy fiction written…
Tinubunomics: Time to sell the petroleum refineries — Magnus Onyibe
The universal dictum: government has no business being in business, is instructive in the resolution of the current energy bind in which our country’s leadership and follower-ship find themselves. It is needless rehashing the fact that government is inefficient owing…
Hilda Baci completes cook-a-thon at 100 hours 40 minutes for Guinness World Record
Nigerian chef, Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, just finalised her attempt to break the Guinness world record for the longest cooking time by an individual. Hilda Baci, initially set out to cook for 96 hours, to significantly…
No money was missing in NPA, Bala Usman declares in newly released memoir
The former Managing Director, Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Hadiza Bala Usman, has said that contrary to accusations by the former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, no money was missing from the NPA during her tenure. In her newly released…
Tinubu’s low-hanging fruit — Ehi Braimah
After receiving his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is now looking forward to his inauguration on May 29 in Abuja. The intervening period is the second phase of Asiwaju Tinubu’s…
Lagos residents share ordeal after accepting old notes from banks
Some Lagos residents have expressed regrets for collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from commercial banks, after the Supreme Court judgement validating it as legal tender till December 31. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in separate…
Steal the election and let them go to court — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
Any ruling party can make even a goat win an election. The only exception to this great truism is Goodluck Jonathan who lost his baton. Nigeria had a much-ballyhooed presidential election on February 25, and there is not much to…
Old naira notes remain valid till December 31 – Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has ordered the circulation of the old naira notes alongside the new ones until December 31. In a unanimous judgement, a seven-member panel of justices presided by Justice Inyang Okoro on Friday held that the directive by…