Samuel Akinnuga pays tribute to Kingsley Moghalu, scholar, lawyer, and political economist After our last meeting on November 4, 2022, I tweeted: “For his genius, yes, but more importantly for the ‘high octane’ value he consistently brings to the public Read more…
Emmanuel Macron has just reminded us why we voted to leave the EU. On his way back from meeting Xi Jinping in Beijing, the diminutive énarque declared that Brussels should stop following the American line on Taiwan. Rather than behaving Read more…
The Seplat issue should be handled transparently and dispassionately, writes Dan Aibangbe Events breaking within the corridors of Nigeria’s energy giant, SEPLAT Energy PLC, (SEPL) is assuming a dangerous dimension. The intrigues being initiated by the dramatis personae are upping Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor The Anambra State Governor, Prof Charles Soludo has called on Ndi Anambra and Nigerians to use the period of Easter to show love and affection to one another He noted that the significance of Easter celebration calls Read more…
In the midst of the dissatisfying naira swap strategy of the Federal government, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele has acknowledged that the acute cash shortage hitting Nigerians is caused by a supply constraints resulting from Read more…
Nigerian opposition presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar urged the central bank on Saturday to extend a Jan. 31 deadline to phase out old high-value banknotes, a measure many Nigerians fear will disrupt business in the cash-reliant economy. Nigerians have to turn Read more…
As the February 25, 2023 presidential election approaches, the candidates of the four major political parties – Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, Peter Obi of the Labour Party and Rabiu Musa Read more…
Nearly half of Germans do not want to see the country’s Leopard 2 battle tanks handed over to Ukraine, a recent YouGov opinion poll has indicated. Kiev has been imploring Berlin for the hardware for several months now, so far Read more…
The Board of Editors of This Day Newspaper and Arise Television on Monday said it has received two separate requests from top members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign organisation to move This Day Editor, Shaka Momodu, and The Read more…
Germany has described a claim by former UK prime minister Boris Johnson that its government wanted Ukraine to swiftly capitulate to Russia as “utter nonsense.” Spokesman Steffen Hebestreit was responding on Wednesday to remarks that Johnson made to CNN, in Read more…
Claims that US dollar bills issued before 2021 will no longer be legal tender next year have surfaced on Nigerian social media and news sites as the country prepares to introduce redesigned naira notes. However, the claim is a hoax. Read more…
From Ifeoma Ejiofor Nigeria’s first Aviation Minister of Aviation and prominent nationalist, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi(Dara Akunwajnfor), is dead.8d and 8 He died Tuesday morning in his home town of Ukpor in Anambra State, aged 93. A statement from the family Read more…