If Aso Rock knew in advance what Gates was going to say, it’s doubtful if the government would have organised an extraordinary meeting of the National Economic Council to hear it, however delicately expressed.
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It is an essential part of African tradition and culture that when people host you in their homes, treat you with courtesy, open their doors to you, even if the dinner they serve you is the worst you have ever had, you are still required to say nice words. Mr Gates’ recent visit to Nigeria was like a special treat
As a representative of my people in the Senate, I continue to push legislation that serves the interest of the majority — my constituents first and then the rest of the country.
In his address to the March 27 NEC meeting, President Buhari stated that talk of extension or elongation of the tenures of national and state party executive officers was improper. The President declared that any such moves would contravene both the national and party constitutions.
This crisis of transportation, having to go to Europe before accessing African countries, poses a major threat to trade, co-operation and integration among African countries. This time around, Lagos to Casablanca took no more than 4 hours.
On August 15, 2016, the EFCC declared Peters wanted without an order of Court and in the absence of a valid charge in a court of law. The declaration was published on the official website of the EFCC with his photograph placed
Sex and politics are agreeable bedfellows when you are not caught. But when you are caught with your pants down, it is a career destroyer.
Wal Wanne’s contributions to the success of the state cannot be distracted or swayed by naysayers. Advisably, they should find a new pastime and make effort to be part of the train of progress. Whether they like it or not, Borno State is on the path of affirmed success
The day the truth comes out about what really happened to the Chibok and Dapchi girls and those that were behind these two scams, Nigerians will be shocked and they will spit on the graves of Buhari and his collaborators.
According to the Punch of March 20 2018, which reported extensively on the report, the debt profiles of about 18 states exceeded their gross and net revenues by more than 200 per cent.
Buhari came close to this experience in a public way, lately. In December, his son, Yusuf – his only son – was involved in a bike accident that nearly claimed his life….Buhari and his wife, Aisha, visited the hospital a couple of times. On no occasion was the red carpet laid out for them like it happened during the President’s visit to Dapchi
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement is probably the most historic, epoch-making development since the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which later became the African Union (AU) in 2002. It is also probably the biggest trade agreement since the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and a concrete, provable culmination of the goals of African Renaissance and Afro-optimism. It should be noted that Nigeria was part of this process from the very beginning.
With that effect, Nigerians fell for the lure of the centre. That lure gifted us with the system of leadership where governors do not see themselves as answerable to the people, but to Buhari. It was such that even Buhari’s body language became an understandable summon to belong with the centre, and the All Progressives Congress, for developmental benefits.
I want a president who understands the importance of education. I’m tired of old men who simply purchase civilian attire, but wear their uniforms within. Let’s stop recycling these people. Yes talk may be cheap. But in the mouth of these ‘tested and trusted” politicians you speak of, it’s actually worthless. Durotoye represents a new wave of young, ambitious technocrats
Former Governor Olusegun Mimiko did his best for Ondo State with the best of intentions. However, when the economic meltdown unexpectedly hit Nigeria, Ondo State was one of the states gasping for breath to survive. This is one major reason that prevented Mimiko from initiating, executing or completing any new major project all through his second term of four years in office. Despite the fact that he couldn’t initiate new projects or programmes, he left behind huge debts in salaries, gratuities, pensions, loans and contractual settlements
The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Company Limited has sustained a trail it blazed several years ago, which has set it apart as a model, not only in Nigeria but in the African continent and beyond.
One local champion representing one local area of Niger State has opened wide his mouth and talked of opening up another barbaric chapter in the story of our nationhood. Adolph Hitler did it. Idi Amin did it. Sadam Hussein did it
That was how the biggest scam in the history of the downstream sector was unearthed. During this period, the government was unable to carry out any meaningful reform with a staggering deficit that stood at over 6 per cent, thus diminishing the hopes of performing budget for the following year.
Among the awardees was the man in charge of Hajj affairs in Nigeria, Abdullahi Mukhtar Muhammad, who received the award of the “most responsive CEO, corporate organization in the public sector”. He was also honoured by Manara Satellite TV/Radio station. Those who can sincerely attest to the transformational indices going on in Hajj management in Nigeria will laud these recognitions.
The world is moving, unstoppably, towards a more open system, one that is not a respecter of tin gods – or goddesses. Politicians who would last are not those who fiddle with their tenure or those who game the system: it’ll be those with a listening ear and a heart of flesh