US general details Boko Haram’s links with AQIM
Terror groups operating in Mali, Nigeria and elsewhere in northern Africa are collaborating among themselves and receiving training from al-Qaeda affiliates in the region, according to the head of the...
View ArticleThank you PUNCH
I say thank you to The PUNCH editorial of Monday, December 3. It shows that we still have hope in the media. Last week, the same editorial board wrote on the urgent need to privatise our refineries...
View ArticleEmphasise hard work
The only way to curb the prevailing situation of corruption in our country is to stop celebrating these corrupt people, and start placing or recognising hard work and high moral values of Nigerian....
View ArticleImoke’s failed education policy
It was on October 18, 2012, the time was 10.43am. I happened to be in Calabar, the Cross River State capital. I ran into an old classmate of mine and we decided to make an unscheduled visit to our...
View ArticleA celebration of darkness
I have the feeling that Joseph Conrad who wrote the book, ‘The Heart of Darkness’, must have had today’s Nigeria in mind when he penned that classic. How else can one explain the persistent power...
View ArticleEkiti corpers’ appeal
It is saddening that the Ekiti State government has insistently owed members of the National Youth Service Corps at least three to four months state allowance (which is nothing to write home about...
View ArticleKudos Sanusi
I admire the CBN Governor, Lamido Sanusi, because most times he does his homework before he opens his mouth. Unfortunately, Nigerians can’t handle the truth due to mediocrity and corruption. Most...
View ArticleAjimobi, repair Kuola-Bembo road
I want to use this widely read medium to call the attention of the Oyo State Government to the sorry state of Kuola-Bembo road in Ibadan South West Local Government. It is disgraceful to say the least...
View ArticleEnd this grand fraud
This is to congratulate the Dr. Idika Kalu committee for its boldness in recommending the total sale of all Nigerian refineries. It is very clear that the Federal Government can’t run any business...
View ArticlePupils need games
In the opinion of many, games should be compulsory for pupils. One may agree with the view that games can go a long way to improve the health of pupils as long as they involve physical activities. On...
View ArticlePolice, SSS threaten clampdown on Ekiti errant politicians
Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, Sotonye Wakama, and the Director of State Security Service, Samuel Tamuno, have threatened to deal with perpetrators of political violence in the state. They...
View ArticleLUTH to meet Lagos over doctors’ tax
To ensure that striking doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba call off their strike, the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Akin Osibogun, has said the management...
View ArticleDelta orders closure of illegal hospitals
Delta State Government is to close down all illegal health facilities in the state. It also threatened to revoke all allocated but unoccupied housing units in the state. Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan,...
View ArticleSupport private varsities, Afe Babalola urges Oodu’a
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Afe Babalola, has urged the Oodu’a Investment Company Limited to extend its corporate social responsibility to private institutions in its owner states. Babalola...
View ArticleOshiomhole opens defence at election tribunal
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday opened his defence at the Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Benin. Three witnesses, who testified for Oshiomhole and the Action Congress of...
View ArticleUduaghan, artistes mourn Elebuwa
Popular Nollywood actor, Enebeli Elebuwa, died in an Indian hospital on Wednesday after a battle with stroke-related ailment. Elebuwa was fondly called Andrew following the character he played in the...
View ArticlePharmacists council warns illegal operators
Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria has warned patent medicine dealers in the country against operating illegally and selling unprescribed drugs. The group’s acting Registrar, Mrs. Gloria Abumere, made...
View ArticleCorruption responsible for high lending rate — Sanusi
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, has defended the high lending rate regime in the banking sector, saying corruption is largely responsible for the development. The CBN, in...
View ArticleTolling begins Dec 16 at Lekki-Epe road Plaza II
Concessionaire of the Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lekki Concession Company, has said it will start toll collection on the second toll plaza (Conversation Plaza) of the 49.36km reconstructed road on December...
View ArticleSenators reject N151.2bn road projects allocation
Members of the Senate Committee on Works on Wednesday rejected the allotment of funds in the 2013 budget for road projects per geopolitical zones and states across the country. According to the...
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