Author: Obayomi Abiola Benjamin

The operation Python dance of the Nigerian Military in the south East part of Nigeria to curb the rising trouble of Nnamdi Kanu’s IPOB group (Indigenous People Of Biafra) has deep connotations than the way it appears on the surface. The depiction of the operation with a python is something every IPOB agitator should sit back a little while, and think deeply while the name was coined around one of the most deadly snakes in Asia and Africa. The fact that this particular operation was launched by the Nigerians military should send a signal to the Biafra agitators, that the…

I read the statement by the former Deputy Director of the Buhari Presidential Campaign Council, Mallam Mohammed Lawal with great amusement. Mr. Lawal, who is one of President Buhari’s lopsided recent appointees to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (AKA Northern Nigeria Petroleum Corporation) wants Nigerians to believe that former vice President Atiku Abubakar, has been plotting the downfall of President Muhammadu Buhari since 2014. I find the allegation laughable. Why, you may ask? Well, because it is silly for any ally of President to say Atiku Abubakar plotted President Buhari’s failure. Does anybody need to plot the failure of a…

By Punch Editorial RECENT developments portend scant optimism for Nigeria achieving significant economic recovery very soon. A report of second quarter growth of 0.55 per cent, reversing five consecutive quarters of contraction, collided with continued depression of international oil prices, high unemployment, collapsing infrastructure and visibly saner policies in peer countries. To avoid disaster, President Muhammadu Buhari should empanel a robust economic team and take the necessary policy measures to reboot the economy. Severe stress in the socio-economic environment accentuates the urgency of the moment. Crime is rising everywhere just as dissident groups are threatening the fragile foundations of the…

By: Mazino Dickson The Lagos State Government (LASG) said it had directed a non-stop sale of LAKE rice across the state in all the  designated centres. Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State gave the directive in a statement signed by the Assistant Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Tunbosun Ogunbanwo, in Lagos. The Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr Oluwatoyin Suarau, also said that the governor had approved the creation of more sales’ centres. Suarau said the governor’s directives were parts of the strategy to ensure that as many members of the public had  access to the product and ensure effective distribution…

Nigeria is set to activate one of the agreements it signed with the United Arab Emirates to seize some mansions traced to former Oil Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke, The Nation learnt at the weekend. Besides, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced about $1.5billion believed to be proceeds of crime to a Swiss account as part of the ongoing probe of the former minister. The anti-graft agency has allegedly linked the loot with the ex-minister and four of her business associates. Four detectives on Friday left Nigeria for the United Kingdom with more clues on Mrs Alison-Madueke’s alleged loot. The detectives have gained…

Mama Taraba is Senator Aisha Alhassan, the current Minister of Women Affairs in the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet, and arguably the most influential female politician in Taraba state today. She did something shocking and unusual in Nigerian politics during the last Eid-el-Kabir holidays. While paying homage to former Vice President Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, she addressed him as follows: “Your Excellency, our father and our President by the grace of God, come 2019…” Members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have been on a war-path with her since then. They have labeled Mama Taraba a traitor, and an ingrate and have…

Niyi Akinnaso Dear Mallam Adamu, How do we achieve sustainable funding for the nation’s public universities in order to avoid union strikes? Can the Federal Government ever allocate more than 10 per cent of its annual budget to education? Is the present tuition regime in the public universities robust enough to bridge the funding gap between government subvention and the universities’ Internally Generated Revenue? If the Federal Government cannot adequately fund the universities, why own them at all? I am raising these questions in multiple capacities-as a retired university Professor, who has taught at home and abroad; as one who…

There are two forces that are constantly contending for every individual’s life. There is the force of light and that of darkness as well. These two forces usually war against each other in order to have control of a man’s life. The force of light is being controlled by God, who in His majesty is the light. The Bible made us understand that He dwells in an un-approachable light. 1 Timothy 6:16 says: Who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen. In the beginning, God made…

By Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, please, permit me to enlarge this subject as much as possible. Nothing is more crucial than getting the leadership of Nigeria right, as quickly as possible. Many have asked me certain questions, after reading my recent articles, which I intend to answer, in this epistle to my fellow citizens. Why did I support Muhammadu Buhari to be President in 2015? The answer is simple and straight forward. The then President, Goodluck Jonathan and his party, PDP, did not leave us much options and it seemed there was only one logical and rational way to go,…

By Olusola Adegbite, Esq. The tale of the Nigeria Police has become a tale of One week, One Trouble. If a set of Policemen are not beating up an innocent lady somewhere in Bayelsa all because she wore a tattoo, it would be that some other of their colleagues are ganging up to brutalize a young Nigerian, for simply asking them not to shunt the queue at an Ondo ATM. Sometimes, it is the most bizarre, as it happened recently in the case of a Police prosecutor conniving with a Rapist to destroy a rape case, and went as far…