On Tuesday September 15, a factional chairman of the Football Federation in Delta State emerged after months of crisis which led to the setting up of a normalization committee by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF). In an election conducted in Asaba on Tuesday, Ken Nwamucha defeated Michael Anemeka to emerge as factional chairman of […]
The recent increase in the pump price of fuel not only shocked but dismayed many Nigerians. Coinciding with hike in electricity tariff meant double jeopardy for longsuffering citizens. The Federal Government raised the ex-depot price of petrol from N138 to NN151.56 per litre. The announcement had scarcely been made when marketers increased the pump […]
The Edo State governorship election holding on Saturday, September 19, 2020, provides the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and especially the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), another opportunity to prove their professionalism, redeem their sagging image and chart a new cause regarding commitment to election integrity. It also challenges the leading political parties, the All Progressives […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was at it again last week. At a function in Abuja, Obasanjo took the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to the cleaners, over the state of the economy, the general insecurity in the country and the obvious cracks in the unity of the country. The former president, who has assumed the […]
The scary crisis that recently engulfed the University of Lagos (UNILAG) started as a power play between the university management and the Governing Council. It has, however, taken a worrisome dimension, causing ripples and disruption to peace of the ivory tower in the last two years. The crisis has culminated in the controversial removal of […]
At the weekend, the League Management Committee (LMC) rolled out financial regulation conditions for the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) teams to submit season licensing applications which will be verified before a decision will be taken. We recall that the elite domestic football league in Nigeria was officially transformed from amateur to professional cadre […]
It is sad and shameful that after over two decades of uninterrupted democracy, the electoral process is in the news again, for the wrong reasons. Though there had been much hue and cry over electoral violence, we shall not stop to sound notes of warning, for as long as the drumbeats of war are […]
President Muhammadu Buhari recently expressed concerns about proliferation of small arms in the country during a virtual meeting with state governors and security chiefs. Disturbed with the development, the President queried the security and intelligence chiefs on how terrorists and bandits still have access to small weapons to carry out their nefarious activities despite the […]
It is sad and shameful that after over two decades of uninterrupted democracy, the electoral process is in the news again, for the wrong reasons. Though there had been much hue and cry over electoral violence, we shall not stop to sound notes of warning, for as long as the drumbeats of war are reverberating. […]
Nigeria and Ghana are two independent, friendly nations that have maintained diplomatic relations in the last 60 years. Although both countries are not immediate neighbours, the fact that they were both colonies of Great Britain, they passed through similar political and economic developments and gained their independence about the same time, have kept them as […]