By Pius Mordi WHEN WALE Edun, President Bola Tinubu’s Finance Minister, announced that $20 billion has been saved since the scrapping of the fuel subsidy regime, he may have expected Nigerias would be elated and applaud the administration. Rather, there is consternation on the propriety of the claim. Proclaiming that removal of fuel subsidy ha...
By Steve Osuji THE BULLY in the house: Dr. Reuben Abati is a public intellectual of no mean repute. A brilliant mind, a well-read fellow, a columnist, editorialist and lately, a news talk show host on Arise Television. For full disclosure, we were both denizens of the famous Rutam House, home to The Guardian newspapers […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE I WAS taken aback by the flurry of rejoinders to last week’s former Osun State Governor Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola’s “love letter” to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Believe me, it was far beyond my expectations, even though an eye-opener in its own right. Virtually none of the respondents saw the point I was […]
By Bola BOLAWOLE A NEW terrorist organization called Lakurawa has entered the Nigerian space! It operates in the North-west, particularly in the old Sokoto state made up of Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states. In the North-east we have Boko Haram. In North-central and the Middle Belt, we have the murderous Fulani herdsmen while bandits are [&hel...
By Emeka Monye EARLIER THIS week, I read a piece by one Sunny Igboanugo faulting Nigeria’s football international, Victor Oshimhen after the latter reacted to how one of his childhood friends failed to show appreciation for financial assistance of five thousand United Kingdom pounds. Part of the statement reads: “Victor Osimhen: &#...
Your Weekly Law Clinic With Dr. George Ogunjimi A TRUST fund is an estate planning tool that holds property or assets for a person or an organization. Trust funds are sometimes simply referred to as “trusts.” They can hold a variety of assets such as money, real property, stocks, bonds, a business, or a combination […]
By Abayomi Odunowo POVERTY IN Nigeria is not just an economic condition; it is a weapon—a tool that is systematically wielded against the very fabric of society. As the nation lurches through economic turmoil, citizens find themselves embroiled in a relentless struggle for survival, plagued by hunger and despair. Every day, millions are forced...
By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu HONOURABLE JUSTICE Emmanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu was part of a generation in which judging was a deservedly elevated calling. In return, society honoured people like him with the honorific “My Lord”, an acknowledgement that they were called to a job that is truly divine. Today, the senior-most lawyers publicly twerk to part...
By Felix Ofou MR. GODWIN Anaughe’s vituperations on the Delta State 2025 proposed budget follows a familiar refrain. It is riddled with inanities, distorted facts and manipulations which seek to portray the Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori as incompetent and unable to rule the state. Of course, it is common knowledge th...
By Emeka Monye IN HIS 2009 book, “What America Really Want, Dr. Frank Luntz, a respected pollster who measures the heartbeat of America, asked these survey questions: “If you had to choose, would you prefer to be a business owner or CEO of a fortune 500 company ?” His question was a closed ended one, […]
