Tag: Government
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Justice Odili saga and government’s shaky alibi, By Ehichioya Ezomon
The Federal Government investigation into the October 29, 2021, raid of the residence of Justice Mary Peter Odili is at pace,
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The Metaphor of Building collapse and the fate of Nigeria – Hope Eghagha
Hope Eghagha The collapse of that feeble twenty-one storey building in Ikoyi Lagos last week left the nation in palpable shock more because of the circumstances of the tragedy than the fact itself. For, in the last ten odd years, there have been too many buildings that went down and took lives with them. On…
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Of Wachakal Airport, Wastage and the Bandits In Government, by Hassan Gimba
When the news hit the airwaves that the federal government had budgeted N6.3 billion to build an airport at Wachakal, in Yobe State,
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Military shuts internet services, open fire on civilians protesting forceful takeover of government in Sudan
Crowds protested into the night in Sudan Monday to denounce a military coup, with chaos engulfing the capital Khartoum after soldiers opened fire on demonstrators and reportedly killed three people.
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Anti-open grazing and government support for herders, By Ehichioya Ezomon
By Ehichioya Ezomon As social media-age people would say, “I’m like wow, strange things are happening in Naija.” Well, stranger-than-fiction things are happening in the Nigerian Government, whose “body language” alchemy has turned into an undisguised, practical reality. Imagine the government lending its backing to a planned court process by cattle herders, challenging the anti-open…
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FG to make Covid-19 vaccination compulsory for civil servants
The Nigerian government has disclosed its plans to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for all federal civil servants. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, said this in Abuja on Thursday during a meeting of the Health Commissioners Forum with federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and health partners. The theme of…
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From Kabul to Kaduna – Chidi Amuta
Chidi Amuta Separated by great distance but proximal in influence and geostrategic thinking, Nigeria and Afghanistan are drifting closer. For most Nigerians, Afghanistan is not exactly their next favorite tourist destination. But aspects of Afghanistan’s undulating history of trouble making and theocratic fixations are beginning to resonate more with Nigeria and indeed the rest of…
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Government denies El-Zakzaky, wife access to documents to travel abroad for medicare
Emman Ovuakporie One month after the Kaduna State High Court acquitted and discharged the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibraheem El- Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenat Ibrahim, have been denied their international passports to seek medical care abroad. This was made known in a statement issued on Friday by Ibrahim Musa,…
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2023: Buhari vows not to exit government as a failure
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to exit the government as a failure at the end of his second term in office in 2023. He made the declaration during a crucial closed-door meeting with service chiefs held on Thursday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, conveyed…
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Nigeria: How Not To Gag The Media – Dan Amor
By DAN AMOR It is a sad story to tell but telling it we must. Before the advent of the present “democratic” dispensation, Nigeria was literally run by buccaneers who plundered the nation’s till into private use and built empires over the painful anxieties of the oppressed people. Upon assumption of office, the present crop…