Category: Columnist
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Recapitalization: Banks in last lap to meet deadline – By Etim Etim
With only 15 months left for banks to meet the deadline for the new share capital benchmarks, the Central Bank has warned that the March 2026 deadline will not be shifted. Speaking to this writer, a CBN director said, ‘’the idea of extension or shift of the deadline does not arise.
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2024 end-of-year tragedies – By Francis Ewherido
The Year 2024 is ending on a mixed note. For at least 45 years now, I have heard people lament that Christmas items were more expensive than they were the previous year. The lamentation this year is louder and rightly so.
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Kemi Badenoch’s bad knocks on Nigeria – By Hope Eghagha
One of the interesting proverbs I picked up in our General African Studies (GAS 201) course with the late Professor Jabez Olowo Ojoade in the University of Jos in 1979 was ‘it is a bastard child that points at his homestead with his left hand!
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A lost pride and self worth – By Pius Mordi
Rich or poor, the average Nigerian took immense pride in his sense of independence. Hunger was an unknown deprivation. Even when he respects and honours his rich kinsman or leader, he had a red line that must never be crossed. He must never be insulted by the well-to-do neighbour, friend or leader.
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Back story of Tinubu interview – By Azu Ishiekwene
Apart from General Sani Abacha, I have met one-on-one with every Nigerian leader since 1992, from General Ibrahim Babangida. However, I have only participated in one televised live group media chat with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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Tinubu’s first media interview – By Etim Etim
President Tinubu’s engagement with the media Monday night was his first since his inauguration last year and it was quite telling in a few ways. For a man of his age, he showed a keen mental alertness that belies his obvious physical frailties.
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Not a good story for telecoms as year ends – By Okoh Aihe
I have had the unenviable opportunity of living in two states and the Federal Capital Territory in the past three months. All the time, my phone is my most prized item because it connects me to my base and my family.
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The law, even in Nigeria, is not an ass – By Owei Lakemfa
Olamide Abiodun Thomas is a nurse. She went out with some protesters in October, 2024 to commemorate the ‘EndSARS’ mass protest against police brutality in which a yet- unverified-number of young people were murdered.
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Isi-Ewu for Christmas – By Sonnie Ekwowusi
Despite the excruciating economic hardship, grinding poverty, and strangulating hunger in the land, the hearts of men and women are still encumbered by the spirit and allure of Christmas.
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Okpebholo’s tussle with council chairmen needless distraction – By Ehichioya Ezomon
During a congratulatory visit to Governor Monday Okpebholo at the Government House in Benin City on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the Edo chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria (ALGON) and chairman of Orhiomwon local government, Newman Ugiagbe, pledged the loyalty and collaboration of the 18 council chairmen, to ensure the success of the…