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Former goalkeeper for Nigerian national team, the Green Eagles, Mr. Peter Fregene, also known as The Flying Cat, has passed away. He died on Sunday night at the age of 77 after a long battle with illness. His passing was announced on social media by his close friend and fellow ex-international, Segun Odegbami, in a […]
Continue ReadingAs Nigeria’s external debt climbs to $42.12 billion and as 62.9 per cent of Nigerians are multidimensionally poor, Official Development Assistance (ODA) is now viewed as a low-risk source for government to raise the much needed revenue for priority projects. ODA is not about commercial financing nor it is foreign direct investment. ODA is aid […]
Continue ReadingThe National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) held its 2024/2025 Legal Year ceremony yesterday in Abuja. With a retired Justice of Supreme Court, Ejembi Eko as Chairman, I was the guest speaker. Below is a slightly abridged version of my presentation that speaks not only to labour justice and public interest but also the rule […]
Continue ReadingIn the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings of 2025, Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, has once again, and for the third time, secured the topmost position among all the Universities in Nigeria. THE rankings, which surveyed 1,907 universities across 108 countries across the world, assessed the institutions based on 18 performance […]
Continue ReadingOn 7 June 1911, the High Court of Australia decided a very interesting case. It arose from a publication issued two months earlier, on 7 April 1911, by a newspaper called The Mercury, published from Hobart, in Tasmania. Under the title “A Modest Judge,” the newspaper took aim at Mr Justice Higgins, a senior judge of the […]
Continue ReadingNigerians and indeed, the world, watched aghast last week as a South African grisly movie reel began to roll. Full of all the elements of a movie, it was however a real story. The cast was two black women who, on August 17, were shot and fed to pigs by a white farmer. The victims, […]
Continue ReadingChairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee (PFPTRC), Taiwo Oyedele, has stated that Nigeria cannot become a wealthy country by continually taxing the most vulnerable people in society. He made the statement during a two-day Integrated National Financing Framework Core Working Group Retreat held at the Continental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, on […]
Continue ReadingThe Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS) in Nigeria is quite comprehensive. It’s divided into 17 grade levels, with salaries determined by qualifications, experience, and performance. According to Nigerian Tribune, the breakdown of the salary structure for civil servants following the new minimum wage signed by President Bola Tinubu-led administration, with key emphasis on 1, […]
Continue ReadingFollowing her confirmation by Nigerian Senate on 25 September 2024, President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Succeeding Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who assumed office on 27 June 2022 and bowed out on 22 August 2024, upon attaining the retirement age of 70 years, Justice […]
Continue ReadingThe self-immolating tendency for people to be indifferent to situations in which they are not directly involved seems to be playing out in the debacle in Rivers State. Curiously, there are people who are enjoying the political drama between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor-cum-godfather, Nyesom Wike, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. There […]
Continue ReadingSenator representing Borno South at Nigeria’s National Assembly, Ali Ndume, has decried the level of corruption in Nigeria, saying the trend is a major challenge facing the nation. Ndume stated this during an interactive session with journalists in Kano on Saturday, September 28, 2024. “Our major challenge in this country is corruption. Up till now, […]
Continue ReadingIn a statement, Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education has confirmed that the phone number of the Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has been hacked. Director of Press and Public Relations of the Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade, confirmed this on Friday. Before the official statement, Mamman himself had issued a disclaimer about the hacked […]
Continue ReadingAs the news unfolded about the Dangote Refinery and the counter-currents, I was stupefied. Specifically, I never knew that Nigeria’s oil policy would ever come to this sorry pass. Mind you, I am not innocent as far as oil and Nigeria are concerned. But I never thought for one moment that my country’s oil would […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian military Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Tuesday, took a critical look at the living condition of most Nigerians and concluded that “the hardship in the land is getting out of control.” Gen. Abdulsalami spoke in Minna, the Niger State capital, when he received the leadership of the Campaign for Democracy (CD), […]
Continue ReadingGunmen believed to be hired assassins have allegedly killed a woman, Mrs. Rose Eneojoh in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. The mother of five was brutally murdered last week Tuesday night, September 10, 2024 at Etikpolo Anyigba. A man who claimed to be a family member, Charles Ile Umoru, confirmed the incident […]
Continue ReadingSahara Reporters publisher and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 election, Omoyele Sowore, has been arrested as he arrived Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, around 9.43 am on Sunday. On Thursday, 12 September 2024, a DSS memo ordering the arrest of Sowore upon his arrival in […]
Continue ReadingPopular American rapper and songwriter, Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, widely known as Nicki Minaj, has humorously declared that Nigeria will not “end” her. The 41-year-old music icon made this playful remark during an online interaction on X.com (formerly Twitter). It all started when a Nigerian fan, @Eniturn, reacted to a line from Nicki’s response to a […]
Continue ReadingSince the advent of Nigeria’s 25-year democracy, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Assembly have reformed election laws and regulations before and after every general election. These amendments are designed to address the flaws experienced in previous elections. As more reforms are introduced into the electoral process, efforts by political actors to […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s super lifter, Folashade Oluwafemiayo has just broken her World Record in the Women’s over 86kg Para-Powerlifting, becoming the first female Para-athlete in history to lift 166kg. The lifting was an improvement from her existing World Record of 165kg. She also added a gold medal to the record. This was an incredible performance from Oluwafemiayo […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Super Eagles began their 2025 AFCON qualifiers in emphatic style on Saturday, beating the Cheetahs of Benin Republic 3-0 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The Super Eagles started as expected, on the front foot as they dominated most of the opening half but struggled to find a […]
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