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25 Years After Ken Saro-Wiwa: Ogoni Still Waiting for Justice by Fegalo Nsuke

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News Monday, August 31st, 2020

There are very many reasons to celebrate our country just as there are also very many awful things we wish our country would have addressed or never have done. I would have been happy to see an end to the Boko Haram menace, an end to the killings ascribed to Fulani Herders, the exoneration of […]

Etim Esin decries preference for dumped players of Nigerian descent

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Sunday, August 30th, 2020

Former international, Etim Esin, has expressed concern over the sudden shift in confidence on players with Nigerian descent, who were left out of their countries of birth teams and seeking a second choice, saying that such policy will destroy the spirit of the homegrown players and also efforts at discovering more talent at the grassroots. […]

Riot in Sweden after anti-Muslim Danish leader banned

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, August 30th, 2020

Around 300 people were on the streets of Malmo, with violence escalating as the evening wore onAt least 10 people were arrested in southern Sweden and several police officers were injured in violence which broke out after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally, police said Saturday. Protesters threw stones at […]

Egypt arrests new suspect in gang rape case

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, August 30th, 2020

Egypt arrests new suspect in gang rape case By AFP 30 August 2020 | 1:25 pm James sombre after losing Black Panther and Black Mamba in 2020 7 hours ago Hezbollah says will kill an Israeli soldier for each combattant slain 2 hours ago Belarus police arrest protesters in opposition march 2 hours ago […]

Adesina: When Integrity, Merit Trump Subterfuge

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines, Latest Politics, National Politics, Top Stories Sunday, August 30th, 2020

A quirky script to scupper the second tenure of the President of African Development Bank Group, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, by the US Department of Treasury and a coterie of shadowy forces gets deservedly snookered, writes Louis Achi It was indeed a remarkable and teachable moment on the first day of the AfDB’s annual general meetings […]

Fixing FFK’s Short Fuse

Posted by admin Headlines Sunday, August 30th, 2020

Fani-Kayode Former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, last week, bit more than he could chew, when he called a journalist stupid for daring to ask how his current tour of some PDP states in the South-south for peer review was being financed. For over two minutes, FFK as he is otherwise called, took the […]

How CAMA 2020 touches the raw nerve of CAN

Posted by admin Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Headlines Sunday, August 30th, 2020

The initial commendations and applause that followed the signing of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari are now being dwarfed by resentments from the Christian community under the Christian Association of Nigeria leadership, writes Davidson Iriekpen, while dissecting the controversies Anew twist was last Thursday added to the commendations President […]

Nigeria’s Vanishing Diplomatic Clout

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Sunday, August 30th, 2020

The attacks on Nigerian traders in Ghana, which followed similar ones in South Africa and the demolition of the nation’s embassy in June, in Accra, are indications that gone are the days when African countries ‘feared’ Nigeria. Shola Oyeyipo writes On June 21 this year, the staff quarters of the Nigerian embassy in Accra, Ghana’s […]

Report: Despite gulping N243bn in four years, amnesty yet to achieve mandate

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta Sunday, August 30th, 2020

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja Even though the federal government spent a whopping N243 billion on the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the Niger Delta from 2010 to 2014, the programme has yet to achieve its objectives, a report by an international development firm has said. The report by Nextier Security, Peace and Development (SPD) described […]

CBN’s Battle to Safeguard the Naira

Posted by admin CBN (Central Bank of Nigeria), Economy, Headlines, Naira (Currency) Sunday, August 30th, 2020

CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele Going by the present volatility in the macroeconomy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) cannot afford to allow saboteurs ruin its current efforts to maintain price stability as well as support the recovery of the economy, writes James Emejo Undoubtedly, these are not the best of times for the Nigerian […]