A former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on Wednesday, expressed delight at the verdict of the Commercial Court of England which ruled out any fraud in the Oil Processing Licence 245 transaction between Nigeria…
2023: Muhammad Abacha wins Kano PDP governorship primaries
Alhaji Muhammad Abacha, son of former military leader, Sani Abacha has emerged governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 general election in Kano State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Abacha polled 736 votes…
Petrol Subsidy Retention: President Buhari kicks the can down the road – Magnus Onyibe
Before going into the nitty-gritty of the implications of the continuous retention of fuel subsidy in our national budgets successively in the past four or so decades, and which by implication indicates that the welfare of Nigerians is in jeopardy…
As democracy enters a slippery slope in Nigeria -Magnus Onyibe
In Nigeria, democracy is in turmoil. Although it has been long in coming, the exodus of governors from the main opposition party, PDP to the ruling party, APC which has been steering the ship of state at a time that…
See how CACOVID is about to do what govt couldn’t do to provide security and harness youth demography in Nigeria – Magnus Onyibe
Policing in Nigeria is about to receive a boost through the injection of N100 billion investment into the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) to improve its fledgling services. And the gesture is not courtesy of government. But it is out of…
Abacha family have sympathisers in Buhari govt –Adoke (Punch)
Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, says he believes the late ex-Head of State Sani Abacha’s family have sympathisers in the Muhammadu Buhari government. General Abacha, who ruled Nigeria between 1993 and 1998, stole…
$267m Abacha loot recovered from British Virgin Islands bank (Guardian)
More than $267 million traced to the family of late Nigerian despot General Sani Abacha has been seized from a British Virgin Islands bank and paid into government coffers in an American state of Jersey. The money was a part…
New directions in a time of decision – Wole Soyinka
The nation has been brought to her knees. Internally, the blaring media testimony needs no augmentation. Beyond her borders, Nigeria is the tale of citizens designated pariahs of the global community for whom special dossiers are opened, and units of…
Nduka Obaigbena and the miracle called ThisDay -Uzor Maxim Uzoatu
I have seen many miracles happen before my very eyes. Back in 1986, the guru who brought me into journalism, Sonala Olumhense, resigned from his job as the Editorial Page Editor of The Guardian to take up the almost unfathomable…