(Published in the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, 4 December 2023) “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” Imagine this…
A Mesh of Corruption – Inside Nigeria’s Illegal Oil Bunkering Business (Part 1)
How Oil Theft Began in Nigeria From just a whisper at the beginning in 1975, oil theft has ballooned to a mega organised crime in Nigeria, involving various stakeholders and grossing about 1.5 million barrels daily with no hope of an end in sight. “They call me ‘Engineer’. I have never gone to school, but…
Nothing And No One Can Stop Us, Shaibu Taunts Obaseki as He Declares Governorship Ambition
A defiant Phillip Shaibu, the embattled deputy governor of Edo State, has finally thrown his hat into the ring to succeed his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki as he declared his governorship ambition on Monday in Benin City, the state capital. The tenure of the present administration ends November 11, 2024, and the Independent National Electoral…
Ogbomosho Agog, as Tope Maggie Breaks World Guinness Record
The euphoria and aroma welcoming people to Ogbomosho Recreation Club is second to none. It is not just like a party. For one week, it was a non-stop carnival. Students, old and young people flooded the venue of the exercise, not just to see the cooking wonder but also taste the different types of food…
Nigeria’s Electoral System Has Collapsed, captured – Nwankwo, Suggests Creation of a New Commission
Clement Nwankwo, Constitutional lawyer, Executive Director, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, and Convener of the Civil Society Situation Room, Monday night on Arise Television programme, Prime Time, raised the alarm that Nigeria’s democracy is on its tethers and would soon “drop and collapse” if the present electoral body is not dismantled. In the interview monitored…
Nigerian Courts Are Courts of Favours, Not Justice – Joe Keshi
President Weah deserves credit for not intimidating opponents – Onor In what is unarguably a vote of no confidence on the Nigerian judiciary, a former Diplomat, Ambassador Joe Keshi, has dismissed the nation’s courts as “courts of favours”, and not courts of justice. Keshi, one-time Nigeria’s Consul General in Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America,…
PDP Wins Bayelsa Gubernatorial Election.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has retained the governorship seat in Bayelsa State, after failing to upstage APC in Imo and Kogi States. Incumbent governor, Douye Diri, was formally declared winner of the keenly contested election having won majority of the votes cast. Results from the eight local government areas of the state announced by…
Gunmen Attack Nasarawa Community, Shoot Student, Kidnap One
According to reports, gunmen posing as kidnappers broke into the Gandu village area of the Federal University of Lafia in the Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, where they shot and abducted a 300-level sociology department student and abducted a businessman. Around 8.30pm, the gunmen, armed with sophisticated weapons, invaded the village and began…
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