If funded, COVID-19 medication could be ready in weeks – Prof. Iwu

…Says $2m required for large scale production Chief Executive Officer of Bioresources Development Group, Professor Maurice M. Iwu, has assured Nigerians and the world at large that his plant-based medicine…

Finally, ICPC arrests fugitive Ex-Presidential Panel Chairman, Obono-Obla

Following months of running from the law, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has finally arrested the suspended Chairman of the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for…

COVID-19: Why Buhari won’t address Nigerians – Farooq Kperogi

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi In most parts of the world, it feels like the world has come to, or is coming to, an end. Routines have been displaced.…

CAN: For Nigerians, herdsmen are more dangerous than COVID-19

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Anambra chapter has again lamented the incessant killings of innocent citizens in the country by suspected herdsmen. The group asserted that as far as…

It’s Niger Republic that recorded first case of COVID-19, not Niger State – Govt

The Niger State Government has refuted an online publication claiming that Niger state now confirmed case of COVID-19 in the state. According to a press statement issued by the Chief…

Contract Fraud: The indemnity letter that may nail Okorocha

…The Paschal Obi connection While the Imo state Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts continues its investigations into contracts awarded between June 2011 and May 2019, there are emerging documents…

Child Rights: Rape Cases on the increase in North East

…11 Northern States yet to domesticate Child’s Rights Act Concerned stakeholders on child and women rights have voiced their concerns over the poor commitment of government, particularly the state government…

Lagos Pipeline Explosion: How roof caved-in on School Principal who rescued all her pupils from raging inferno

The Principal of Bethlehem High School Abule Ado, Rev. Sr. Henrietta Alokha may have given her life in exchange for those of her pupils who she frantically endeavored to save…

Ganduje Is A Monster, But Sanusi Is Not A Victim

By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D. Twitter: @farooqkperogi Governor Abdullahi “Gandollar” Ganduje is no doubt a contemptibly philistine monster of avarice and debauchery who dethroned Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of…

Gombe: Court jails SEMA boss for diverting, selling IDP relief materials

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Gombe zonal office has secured the conviction of Dr. Dallami Arab Rukuje and Isa Garba before Justice Abubakar Jauro of the Gombe State…

Law profession going through ‘debased and bestial moments’ in Nigeria – SAN

A legal practitioner in Nigeria, Assam Assam, has asked lawyers and judges to rise up and save the nation’s judiciary. “These are troubling times and for our profession these times…

Shake-up As NNPC Retires 40 GGMs, GMs

             The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has retired no fewer than 40 Group General Managers (GGMs) and General Managers (GMs) at the oil firm. It was gathered…

Letter to my son, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi

…Ahmed Joda writes the dethroned Emir of Kano My dear Son, As I write this letter I do not know your address. I am addressing it to you as my…

Okorocha And Imo Contracts: A vision of long tenancy in Kuje Prison

By Ogu Bundu Nwadike, M.A Four ex-governors of four States of Nigeria are currently languishing in maximum prisons of the country, doing their time for doing the financial crime. From…

Sanusi: You can’t banish a citizen without court order – CUPP

The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has described it as unlawful to banish a citizen of Nigeria without a lawful order of court. The Nigerian opposition coalition said it…