By Bola Ahmed Tinubu The world exists in a period of fundamental transition. Neither Africa nor Nigeria is exempt from realities of this transition. Where there is transition, there inherently is uncertainty. Again, neither Africa nor Nigeria is immune from the uncertainty for it is systemic. As a continent and as individual nations, we face strong headwinds and difficult hurdles seeking to complicate our mission to bring democratic good governance and economic development to our people. Many of these obstacles such as climate change and unfair patterns of global trade are largely not of our making. However, some of the…
Author: Olamide Obayemi
By Babatunde Ogala I had met Aketi very early in my legal career. I didn’t have the privilege of meeting him before I was called to bar and as a lawyer. I first encountered him as young lawyer when he contested and was elected Publicity Secretary of the bar. From thence I admired him from a distance. He was boisterous and damn down to earth. Within a few months thereafter, I was to get close to Aketi and from there we began the journey as friends as well as egbon and aburo. Our relationship further blossomed in 2006 when we…
By Segun Tomori The 30th edition of “Investing in Mining Indaba” recently held in Cape Town, South Africa provided another opportunity for African countries through their Ministers of Solid Minerals/Mineral Resources to consolidate on the pact to forge a common front in projecting the continent’s interest in the global mining industry. Nigeria and Uganda had led over a dozen other African countries into a coalition, early January, on the sidelines of the Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to make a case for local value addition and maximum beneficiation from its vast mineral resources for citizens and member countries.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Senate on Thursday, 22 February, 2024 confirmed Olayemi Cardoso and 11 others to serve as members of the Central Bank of Nigeria Monetary Policy Committee. The confirmation followed a report submitted to the Chamber by the Senate Committee Chairman on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions, Senator Mukhail Adetokunbo Abiru representing Lagos East Senatorial District. Abiru said, all the nominees of President Bola Tinubu appeared before the Committee and were thoroughly screened, adding that they were not indicted by the DSS report, Police findings as well as the Code of Conduct Bureau report. According to himHe…
Communities in Arochukwu town have expressed appreciation to the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC over the ongoing emergency repairs of failed sections of Atani-Amuvi-Amankwu Road and the 8-kilometre Atani Phase II Road in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State. Leaders of the communities showed their joy when the NDDC Executive Director, Projects, Sir Victor Antai, led a team of the Commission’s directors and engineers to inspect the roads, with concrete drains and solar-powered street lights. Speaking on behalf of Ugbo community in Arochukwu, Eze John Ogbonnaya Okoro, gave plaudits to the NDDC, stating: “This road you are seeing today was more like a track road, mostly marshy and undulating,…
The Arewa Economic Forum (AEF), an economic think-tank of intellectuals and business entrepreneurs of Northern Nigeria, has reacted to the financial situation in the country and called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider reversing the fuel subsidy removal policy and halt the disbursement of excess allocations to state governors. The Forum Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Ibrahim Dandakata, who addressed a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, 22 February, 2024, said lack of accountability and misplacement of priorities by governors is why poverty and hunger have hit an all-time low in the country. As an alternative to resuming payment for the…
As Nigeria finds itself at a critical crossroads, grappling with simultaneous challenges of a food crisis and a foreign exchange (forex) shortage. This is even as the nation seeks solutions to mitigate these pressing issues, the debate over whether to open its borders for importation has intensified. The food crisis gripping Nigeria has raised concerns about food security and access to essential nutrition for millions of citizens. Adverse weather conditions, supply chain disruptions, and other factors have contributed to dwindling food supplies and soaring prices, placing a significant strain on households and exacerbating the vulnerability of already marginalized communities. Meanwhile,…
Trial could not continue on Thursday, in the Charge marked FHC/ABJ/CR/550/2022: FRN v. Ali Bello & Anor, before Justice J. K Omotosho at the Federal High Court, in Abuja, owing to concerns about the competence of the charge, including the amended charges brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Ali Bello’s co-defendant, Suleiman Daudu, through his counsel and Senior Advocate of Nigeria SAN, Nureni Jimoh, raised objections against the fresh charges by EFCC. Although the amended charges have not been read to them for their plea to be taken afresh, the co-defendant is praying the court to reject…
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Abuja has struck out the Petition of the Action Peoples Party (APP), challenging the Election of Alh Ahmed Usman Ododo as the Governor of Kogi State in the November 11, 2023 Governorship Election in the state. This followed the withdrawal of the petition by Counsel to the Petitioner, Daniel Edeachi, Esq. The application to withdraw the petition was not opposed by Counsel to Governor Usman Ododo, Ibrahim Sanni Muhammed, SAN; Counsel to APC, DC Denwigwe, SAN and Counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Kanu Agabi, SAN, respectively. The Tribunal, upon…
Ogun State has purchased 100 trucks load of rice to be sold at cheaper rates to residents of the state to cushion the effect of the rise in the prices of goods in the country. The state Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun stated this on Wednesday, 21 February, 2024, while speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Abeokuta, the state capital. Prince Abiodun disclosed that the rice would be subsidized and made available at the rate it was before the recent astronomical rise in the prices of the commodities. He, however, said the poor, the elderly, and the vulnerable would enjoy free…