Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed regrets that 61 years after independence, Nigeria is still grappling with leadership challenge. He pointed out that because of such leadership failure, Nigeria is now at a point in its history needing God more than ever. He made the assertion at the interdenominational … [Read more…]
With a few days to the official launch of the Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), eNaira, in partnership with Bitt Inc, Nigerians are anxiously waiting to experience a new banking product touted to be a game changer on the local business landscape. When the Director of Information Technology, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Rukiya … [Read more…]
No fewer than 3,964 Nigerians are currently on the watch list of the Nigeria Immigration Service. The names of the affected individuals, it was gathered, have been placed with security agencies at the nation’s international airports where they will be arrested on sight. According to the 2020 NIS annual report suspect index, 308 … [Read more…]
How An Extremist Doctrine Is Shaping The ‘Biafra’ Agitation Aug. 22, 2021, was a Monday and a day for ‘sit-at-home’ in Southeast Nigeria. The forced weekly sit-at-home was decreed by the hierarchy of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) across the states in the region. Its forced observance is slated for Mondays of each week. The … [Read more…]
E-transmission of Election Results; National Assembly stopping process-INEC Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, has again said it has put all structures in place for electronic transmission of results. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it would electronically transmit elections results “if the choice was up to INEC”, reiterating that it has over the years put … [Read more…]
Commissioning of Dakkada Tower: Osinbajo says Buhari regime spent N8.9 trillion on infrastructure in 2020 alone “As of last year, we expended over N8.9 trillion on infrastructure development despite the severe economic meltdown in the country,” said the vice president. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has spent N8.9 trillion on infrastructural … [Read more…]
PDP National Convention – Zoning Committee Meeting Ends In a Stalemate The meeting of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) National Convention Committee on Zoning in Enugu on Thursday ended in a stalemate as stakeholders could not reach a definite decision on where the next national chairman of the party should emerge from, Daily Independent gathered. … [Read more…]
Armed Drones Making A Strong Entrance In Nigeria’s Anti-Terror Campaign The military campaign against terror groups in Nigeria is set to gradually enter a phase that will be associated with the increasing use of manned aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for intelligence gathering and targeted airstrikes. The recent acquisitions of UAVs, commonly known as … [Read more…]
Police open fire on Abia poly students protesting rape by officers Police operatives shot into a crowd of protesting students of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, who were demonstrating at the institution’s campus on Thursday. The students were protesting the rape of their colleagues by officers of the police Rapid Response Squad as well as the … [Read more…]
The wealth of a state is characterised by the health of her people. Thomas Edison once stated that, “a time comes when the doctors of the future will no longer treat the human frame from drugs, but rather will cure and prevent diseases with nutrition”. This statement is finding expression in our time as the … [Read more…]
CHIEF BARRISTER UWAKWE AZIKIWE’S BIRTHDAY: THE MAKING OF A MODERN LEGEND By Prince Ejeh Josh, Esq. In the immortal words of the renowned American novelist, Chuk Palahniuk, “The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it, because it is only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that … [Read more…]
Opinion: Frankly, FFK mirrors who we are By Ike Abonyi “With what we have witnessed, I would rather die than join a filthy, rat-infested, sinking ship like the Almajiri People’s Congress, APC.” -Femi Fani-Kayode If politicians had their way, most of what they say or do would suffer permanent delete. That way, no one would … [Read more…]