THE naira is progressively rebounding against the dollar and petrol prices have remained largely stable, but inflation keeps rising almost unstoppably. Something isn’t adding up. If the initial drivers of inflation have been relatively tamed, why isn’t this reflected in…
Some judges have achieved a considerable degree of expertise….in displaying an immunity from contemporary knowledge and concerns.” David Pannick, KC, Judges, p. 32 (1987) Emmanuel Araka was 60 years old when Allison Madueke, then over 20 years his junior, a…
HOW time flies! When Governor Godwin Obaseki assumed the leadership of the state in 2016, he felt like being on top of the world. He was seeing 2024 like year 3000, thinking in his vainglorious egotism and arrogance, that 2024…
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri BORNO State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum expressed grief over the death of the ex-President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ali Chiroma. Comrade Ali Chiroma died on Tuesday night at the University of Maiduguri Teaching…
FOOTBALL in Nigeria is not just a sport, it is like a religion and Nigerians are very passionate about their National teams. It is only when a Nigerian National Team scores a goal in a football match that we hear…
BARCELONA manager, Xavi Hernandez, has reportedly given the club conditions that must be met if the club wants to keep him beyond this season. Recall that Xavi Hernandez announced in January that he will leave FC Barcelona at the end…
Left-wing pan-Africanist, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, on Tuesday became Senegal’s youngest president, pledging systemic change after years of deadly turmoil and announcing his mentor, opposition figure Ousmane Sonko, as prime minister. Faye, 44, has never previously held an elected office. He…
FOUR managers have been shortlisted for the Nigeria Premier Football League Coach of the Month award for March. The quartet are Fidelis Ilechukwu (Rangers), Gbenga Ogunbote (Shooting Stars), Kennedy Boboye (Sunshine Stars) and Umar Abdullahi (Akwa United assistant coach). Ilechukwu…
THE death toll after a severe earthquake off the coast of Taiwan has risen to seven, the Central Emergency Operation Centre, CEOC, said on Wednesday. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake centred about 25 kilometres south-east of Hualien in eastern Taiwan triggered several…
THE Nigeria Police have said that they can’t arrest transvestites because crossdressing isn’t a crime in Nigeria. The Force Police Public Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated this while featuring in a recent Channels TV programme, Politics Today. He said that…
