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• Government taking us for granted • How can N5,000 help anyone in this country? • Use the money to repair roads, fix refineries, revamp power sector Nigerians have described as fraudulent and an insult to their sensibilities, the proposal by the Federal Government to disburse N5,000 monthly to 40 million poor citizens to assist them cushion the impact of fuel subsidy …

Voting buying has become a disturbing feature in elections in Nigeria, as observed most recently in the November 6 Anambra governorship election. However, speaking with PREMIUM TIMES a few weeks before that election, the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers State, Obo Effanga, says the phenomenon also indicates an improvement in the electoral process. Follow his argument and other observations in …

The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, yesterday dismissed an appeal by the embattled former Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, challenging the forfeiture of her $40 million worth of jewellery to the Federal Government. The appellate court held that there was no substance in Alison-Madueke’s bid to overturn the lower court’s order. It affirmed the 2019 judgment of Justice Nicholas …

Inaugurates N2b Solar Power Project Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, urged the Federal Government to tackle the epileptic power supply in the country by generating electricity from renewable energy and clean carbon-free sources. He gave the advice at the inauguration of a 2MW solar power project at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. The former …

*Buhari’s past 19 orders *Insecurity claims 23,134 lives in 31 months, 84,648 in 10 years President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, ordered security chiefs to go after bandits and terrorists in the country. This is the 21st time the President is issuing such orders to heads of security agencies in the last 31 months. And this time, President Buhari said they …

One of life’s most endearing sights is seeing two children of diverse backgrounds and even skin colour who have never seen or met before, reach out in affection and expectation to each other. I have seen this so many times in different circumstances – parties, hospitals, offices etc. But it is very obvious at the airports where people of different …

It is encouraging to see that President Muhammadu Buhari is in touch with elders and leaders of the Igbo nation in efforts to resolve the crisis of confidence between the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, and the Federal Government over the latest detention of IPOB’s leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB secessionist leader was recaptured by security agents in Kenya …

Graduates with Higher National Diploma (HND) certificates have urged President Muhammadu Buhari to give his assent to the bill seeking to abolish the dichotomy between Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders in the country.  They noted that the president’s assent would ensure the growth of polytechnic education in Nigeria.The dichotomy between B.Sc and HND holders in …

*Malami: Judgement will embolden Nigerian government to crush bandits A Federal High Court in Abuja under trial Justice Taiwo Taiwo has ruled that activities of bandits, as well as other similar groups, by whatever names they are called, in any part of the country, amounted to acts of terrorism and subsequently declared them terrorists. Justice Taiwo further held that the …

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the Federal Government to consider the option of upgrading the country’s oil refineries to functional levels while rejecting the planned fuel price increase. NANS President, Comrade Asefon Sunday Adedayo, who made the call while briefing journalists in Abuja, on Friday, described as “strange economics” the promise of the government to …