By Olu Fasan BOLA TINUBU’s 2024 budget, his first as president, was a whopping N28.77 trillion. He dubbed it “Budget of Renewed Hope.” But, as 2024 crawls to an end this week, the hope that Tinubu promised to renew turns out to be a mirage. Rather than experiencing the actualisation of a hope, most Nigerians […]
By Dr. Olusanya Awosan IN RECENT years, Nigeria has faced significant economic challenges, with a majority of its citizens grappling with hardship and uncertainty. Despite these pressing issues, the political class appears largely detached from the struggles of the populace. Instead of demonstrating empathy and concern for the welfare of the ...
THE CHARGES against the trio named above aftermath the Ibadan stampede must have gotten many lawyers worked up and worried on some imbalances noted on the writ. Murder: Subject to three exceptions (which constitute partial defences to murder, and result in a conviction for manslaughter) the crime of murder is committed, where a person: • [&hel...
By Bola BOLAWOLE So SURE of itself, Google boasts that we “Ask anything”; so, I asked, “Why do people die?” The answers it gave are as interesting as they are intriguing. Google says, “people die for a variety of reasons” and these, according to it, include ageing. “The most common cause of death, ageing is […]
By Pius Mordi IT IS an acronym that is in as classy as it is inspiring. In 1999, just as the Fourth Republic was birthed, the governors of the six states that make up the Niger Delta, got together and set up the BRACED Commission – to create a strong regional economy through economic cooperation […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE THE USUAL controversy that surrounds Jesus Christ during this period of the year is whether or not He was born on Christmas Day. There are religious sects and scholars who posit that Jesus could not have been born in December but somewhere in October or November. He was born all the […]
By Stanley Nkwocha HE DEMONSTRATED this reality during the presidential media chat, which created the platform for him to share some insights into his administration’s efforts to address economic, security, and infrastructure challenges while puncturing misleading criticisms by the cynics in the opposition regarding the 2025 budget and ...
By Olufemi Soneye IT IS important to address the concerns raised in Farooq Kperogi’s recent article, “Tinubu’s Buharisation of the NNPC”, and to clarify some of the misconceptions about the operations and leadership structure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited. First, employment, promotions, appointments, and movements ...
By Senator Babafemi Ojudu, CON TIBI TIRE la da ile aiye we are told early in life that existence is a mix of the good and the bad. My grandfather, Pa Sanni Owolabi Ojudu, fondly known as TK Wonder, often sang a dirge-like refrain during his low moments: Ugbamurin a dun yin, Ugbamurin a kan […]
By Banji Ojewale A…B…C…d…e…f…g…h…i…j…k…l…m…n…o…p…panlogo alogo logo ligi mao mao, panlogo alogo logo ligi… The seething seaside scene swinging to this ancient panlogo beats was James Town, a fishing community of Accra, the capital city of Ghana. December’s harmattan dusk gradually swallowing the area wasn’t strong enough to subdue the powerful...
