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Atiku Abubakar is a top-notch politician and businessman who served as Vice President of Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. He was elected governor of Adamawa State in 1998, but was invited to serve as Olusegun Obasanjo’s running mate during the 1999 presidential election. He was re-elected in 2003. He has been in the presidential race…
Nigerian elites have repeatedly pointed at poor leadership as the country’s biggest problem. One of the most recent comments on this issue and extensively dissected across the media was from the General Overseer of the Citadel Global Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare. In his presentation titled “The Conspicuous Handwriting on the Wall,” Bakare noted that the…
In virtually every functional state in the world, their soldiers and other security personnel are always adored. Regrettably, one cannot say the same about Nigeria. The persistent attacks on military and police officers, as well as their formations, have become a worrisome trend. The attacks are now dominant in the Southeast and the Middlebelt regions….
Mixed reactions have trailed Nigeria’s public financial sector since Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki on 10 April 2021 disclosed that the Federal Government printed N60 billion as part of the federal allocation for March. This earth-shaking disclosure was made during the state transition committee stakeholders’ engagement. After four days of anxiety, as the public waited…
On 2 March 2021, Nigeria received 3.92 million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. It was the first shipment of the over 16 million doses allocated to the country through the COVAX Facility, aimed at vaccinating 20% of the population. As countries are planning and managing COVID-19 vaccine rollout to turn the tide of the pandemic,…
World football is in a limbo following the recent announcement of a breakaway Super League which will feature Europe’s biggest clubs. The biggest teams are to break off and form their own separate “Super League” in a move that has received widespread backlash. Renowned football platform, Goal, noted that the Super League would involve twenty…
A few days ago, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) obtained an interim order from the Federal High Court, Abuja Division to freeze eleven bank accounts of five companies and one individual for 45 days. The order empowers the apex financial regulatory body to conduct investigations into suspicious activities including money laundering and illegal forex…
In recent times, social media handles and platforms have been inundated with divergent thoughts on the authenticity of the news reports alleging that Nigeria’s Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, is on a United States’ terror watchlist. It all began like a fable tale. The Daily Independent newspaper broke the news, and…
The Finance Act 2020 was signed into law on 31 December 2020 by President Muhammadu Buhari and took effect on 1 January 2021. One major aspect of the Finance Act 2020 is the Unclaimed Funds Trust Fund. According to the Finance Act 2020, any unclaimed dividend of a public limited liability company quoted on the…
Lagos State has been experiencing a massive population increase in the last two decades. This is mainly due to galloping urbanisation and huge exodus from rural to urban areas. Owing to its teeming population, Lagos State is constantly faced with enormous challenges in terms of infrastructure provision and the need to cope with the increasing…
