Opinion Corner

By Douglas Ogbankwa Esq. The Nigerian Judiciary is still acting like we are in the 1960s in this Gen Z Age. Most of the components of the Judiciary have been lethargic in applying technology in churning out the endless possibilities in this regard. The Nigerian Judiciary must embrace technology in the following manners: 1. Embrace the E-filing concept. CAC and …

By Tony Akeni, Global Coordinator Nigeria Cannot Continue Like This (NCC-LIT) “It is not the law that is an ass; it is the law entrepreneur – the truth dissembling lawyer and corruption benighted judge – that are an ass.” ~ Tony Akeni Le Moin. The Head of National Publicity, Contact and Mobilization Team of Labour Party Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council …

By Douglas Ogbankwa Esq A Forensic Audit of Your Office Staff or Domestic Staff May Shock You Who they talk to. Who do they text? Whose number do they have? You may have to do a background check before you employ sensitive staff. It is expensive, but cheaper in the long run. You do not want to employ your enemy! …

By Erasmus Ikhide President Tinubu, the Nigeria’s economic vandals and profiteers must perish the thought that they will continue to take Nigerians for a ride. In the quest for a New Nigeria, requiring intervention to jumpstart a battered business climate and place it on the pedestal of prosperity for all, a self-aggrandized mafia don like Aliko Dangote cannot be considered …

By Erasmus Ikhide As the tallies tumble in wrong places for Alhaji Aliko Dangote’s business empire, the dormant Nigeria State and its docile citizens who shut their eyes to his business profligacy, are surely learning to relive its horrors. Like the rise and fall of empires, the shylock businessman is now grappling with an end to his carnival-like business gaiety, …

By Erasmus Ikhide “ENERGY TIMES reliably gathered from top Presidency sources that the imported fuel would be discharged at Dangote barge and pumped into tanks and would sell at market dictated price to marketers while work progresses at the refinery,” according to part of the story. Though the NNPCL spokesperson said it was not the regulatory agency in charge of …

By Igbotako Nowinta During the Presidential Election on February 25, 2023, Wike and his co-traitors abandoned the course of progress and national interest, and through a combination of trickery and gangsterism groveled before Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the APC. While hiding under the pretext of democracy they became insidious and ruthless enemies of our country. They simply reduced themselves to …

By Erasmus Ikhide It is common knowledge that between 1993 and 2016, successive Nigerian regimes have spent through the NNPC, about $6.065 billon on the so-called Turn Around Maintenance (TAN), and rehabilitation of the four refineries at various times. It is in the public domain that the Turn Around Maintenance of the refineries was not carried out, yet APC/Buhari’s government …

By Erasmus Ikhide A cursory inquiry into the opaque Dangote Refinery revealed that the Nigeria stock exchange does not have any record of share sales in the Refinery, other than the NNPC alleged 20 per cent investment. That has put further lies to the claims of Godwin Emefiele, even though Nigerians are already aware that Dangote Refinery was built with …

By Erasmus Ikhide We’re all living witnesses to how town criers were deployed to the streets of Lagos, warning foreigners to remain indoors on the days of elections, to avoid the raw wrath of Eyo festival and all the other dreaded masquerades in the state. In totality, conservative analyses showed how 109 hapless citizens paid the ultimate price for no …