The state of insecurity and incidents being recorded on a regular basis in the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) give cause for concern. On February 18, Wikki Tourists FC players escaped death as the team’s bus caught fire and got burnt completely on the Hawan Kibo Road, along Jos-Abuja Road. The incident happened on a […]
As usual, the step taken by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to put an end to operation of cryptocurrency bank accounts in the country has raised dusts among a number of Nigerians, who feel highly opposed to the idea. Even while the apex bank, for weeks now, has tried to sustain its reasons for […]
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State finally toed the path of honour on 8th February when he made a detour and swore in Justice Akon Ikpeme as the substantive Chief Judge of the state 10 months after she was rejected by the House of Assembly. We commend Ayade, who ensured that things were done […]
Last week, the Olympic Games qualifiers for the boxing event scheduled for Paris, France, were cancelled due to the effects of COVID-19 second wave in Europe and other parts of the world. It was a sad development for the Nigeria’s boxers warming up to be part of the qualifiers to enable them to pick […]
Recently, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), comprising governors of the 36 states of the federation, unanimously banned open, night and underage grazing in all parts of the country. The NGF expressed concern about the frequent clashes between the nomadic cattle herders and farmers across many communities and called for the introduction of modern systems […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has unveiled plans to establish more polling units across the country ahead of the 2023 general election. The current configuration of 119,973 polling units was established by the defunct National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (NECON) in 1996. Since then, every attempt to review or reconfigure the polling unit structure […]
Nigeria is at a crossroads, delicately on tenterhooks, as non-state actors spread fear, violence and terror across the land of over 205 million people of diverse tongues, cultures, religions and worldview. Emboldened by official silence, non-committal or encouragement, a gang of bandits, parading as herdsmen wielding AK47 rifles, roams the countrysides, from North to Middle […]
Last week, Nigeria’s mini Olympic Games, the National Sports Festival (NSF), was again postponed for the third time. There were mixed reactions as athletes who have been in camp were left in the cold to return home while the money spent by the states somehow was again a waste. We are aware that the government […]
As usual, the step taken by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to put an end to operation of cryptocurrency bank accounts in the country has raised dusts among a number of Nigerians, who feel highly opposed to the idea. Even while the apex bank, for weeks now, has tried to sustain its reasons […]
In the past one month, the atmosphere in the country has been charged to a melting point, following the activities of herdsmen and the orgy of violence from some criminal elements among them. From the South-West to the East, South- South to the North and even to the nation’s capital, Abuja, the activities of […]