As the Dollar Sells for N500… An objective evaluation and analysis of Nigeria’s economic collapse points directly to President Muhammadu Buhari and his unprecedented inaction and monumental blunder in failing to appoint his ministers and form a government until 6 months after he was sworn into office. Furthermore, the delay in having a budget passed […]
By Tochukwu Ezukanma | Lagos, Nigeria | October 27, 2016 – One of the legacies of colonialism in Nigeria is the inferiority complex of the Nigerian society. The justification for colonialism (an unjustifiable usurpation) demanded myth–making that extolled the superiority of the colonial master and his ways of life and denigrated everything about the indigenous people: their culture, […]
Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili Chukwudi Akasike A Rivers State High Court has adjourned till November 29, 2016 the N6bn defamation suit brought before it by a former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili, against the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 election, Dr. Dakuku Peterside. Odili had […]
Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun The Federal Government says that within the next three years, it plans to borrow $29.96bn from the World Bank, African Development Bank, and Japan International Co-operation Agency. The other international financial agencies it plans to borrow the money from are Islamic Development Bank and China EximBank. The Minister of Finance, […]
*Lawmakers limit CCB membership to five-year tenure Leke Baiyewu, Abuja In a tensed atmosphere on Thursday, the Senate passed a bill amending the Code of Conduct and Tribunal Act, which transfers the controlling powers over the bureau and the tribunal from the President to the National Assembly. As part of the amendment, the CCT shall be […]
Condemnation on Tuesday greeted the comments by former President Goodluck Jonathan that a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd,), did not steal $2.1bn contrary to the accusation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, currently prosecuting the ex-NSA.Jonathan had stated that it was inconceivable to say that Dasuki stole $2.2bn, contending that his […]
Wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha Umar Muhammed, Yola The Adamawa League of Women Empowerment has said that Aisha Buhari’s recent BBC Hausa Service interview “breached the norms and values of a decent housewife of a serving president.” They also described it as “ill-timed and counter-productive,” saying it was critical of President Muhammadu Buhari’s approach to governance. […]
Mmesoma Ani Samson Folarin A 12-year-old girl, Mmesoma Ani, has been admitted to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, after she was allegedly tortured by her aunt, Mrs. Ogechi Iruwane. PUNCH Metro learnt that the mother of three allegedly used her bare hands to pinch off the victim’s chest, and inflicted injuries on her back. […]
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 60-year-old man, Highsent Nwogu, for allegedly producing dollars worth N3m and defrauding residents of the Ogba area. Nwogu, a father of five children and grandfather of three, told PUNCH Metro that he ventured into the “washing” of fake dollars to make ends meet. Our correspondent learnt that Nwogu, who […]
Africans are laughing at the US elections on Twitter. Allegations of sexual assault, high-level corruption and vote rigging are normally found in less stable countries, but this year’s presidential race is testing the resilience of America’s electoral system. Nigerians in particular have found the irony of the world’s foremost democracy slipping into embarrassing feuds and […]
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