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Dec
03
2024
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GRANDMA WIKINA AT 90: A Testimony In Steely Resolve

GRANDMA WIKINA AT 90: A Testimony In Steely Resolve

Opinion
By TUNDE OLUSUNLE Just days after the end of the Nigerian Civil War in January 1970, disaster struck in the home of Wikina-Emmah in Kono at the heart of Ogoniland in Rivers State. Ebenezer Saro-Wikina, eldest son of Wikina-Emmah, suddenly passed. The Ogoni were among the nationalities affected by the civil war. Multitudes from the ethnic group previously sought refuge in the area delineated as Biafra by the secessionists. They were glad to return to their ancestral homes at the end of hostilities. Ebenezer Saro-Wikina went through the stress and drudgery of "crossing the Red Sea," literally. He got back…
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Dec
02
2024
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Passport Office And The Home Delivery ‘Scam’

Passport Office And The Home Delivery ‘Scam’

Opinion
By SHEDDY OZOENE Since he assumed office as Nigeria’s Minister of the Interior on August 21, 2023, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has been promoted as a whizkid and a strategic planner who would introduce innovations in the ministry. At just 42, he ranks among the youngest ministers and one of the hot-heads that would stand out within the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Fittingly, the ministry of the Interior in which he supervises five key parastatals – among them the Security and Civil Defence Corps; the Nigerian Correctional Services; the Immigration Service and the Federal Fire Services - is one of the…
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Nov
30
2024
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President Tinubu Lays An Egg! – By STEVE OSUJI

President Tinubu Lays An Egg! – By STEVE OSUJI

Opinion
By STEVE OSUJI "If an African child is assured of a pint of milk in the classroom, a good sandwich or one egg daily, there will be no fear of learning."-- President Bola Tinubu in France Who writes the president’s speeches? Who manages his thoughts and actions? Do we have a strategy team in the presidency? How do we prepare for huge events like the current state visit to France? EXPRESSO asks these and so many other questions over Tinubu's current visit to France. It's obvious that the current presidency is puny in terms of knowledge stock, experience and mental…
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Nov
30
2024
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Court Strikes Out Bobrisky’s  Fundamental Rights Suit  Against EFCC

Court Strikes Out Bobrisky’s  Fundamental Rights Suit  Against EFCC

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                              Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has dismissed a fundamental rights suit instituted against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, by Okuneye Idris  Olanrewaju (a.k.a Bobrisky) alleging breach of his rights by the Commission and seeking  N200million damages.  In a judgment delivered on Thursday,  November 28, 2024,  Justice Owoeye held that Bobrisky’s claims of encroachment of his rights lacked merit with no credible evidence to justify the reliefs he sought from the court.  One of the reliefs sought was an “ an order of perpetual injunction restraining the Respondents”…
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Nov
28
2024
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Dismantling Nigeria’s Criminal Political Substructure

Dismantling Nigeria’s Criminal Political Substructure

Opinion
Dismantling Nigeria’s criminal political substructure: This criminal substructure, the foundation upon which the voodoo political superstructure is erected, is the reason why rather than making progress, every new administration inflicts much more horrendous misery on the populace. No progress can be made in the circumstance unless this fatuous estate of criminality is dismantled by taking politics out of the hands of the quislings who are bingeing on our collective patrimony and daring us to do our worst. It is a challenge we must take frontally, standing on our feet or suffer the ignominy of perpetual humiliation on our knees. By…
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Nov
28
2024
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Yahya Emerges NUJ President

Yahya Emerges NUJ President

News
Comrade Al Hasan Yahya has emerged the National president of Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ. Yahya, the immediate past National Vice president secured a total of 437 votes to beat two other contestants, Mr Bamidele Atunbi, the immediate national treasurer, who polled 97 votes  and Muhammad Garba, zonal trustee of NUJ, who polled 39 valid votes in the just concluded 8th Triennial National delegates’ conference held in Owerri Imo state. Also, a Deputy Director with Radio Nigeria, Mrs. Abimbola Oyetunde emerged as the Deputy National President of the union unopposed while Mrs Ronke Afebioye Samo from Ekiti State Council was …
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Nov
28
2024
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Senate passes 4 Key Tax Reform Bills For Second Reading

Senate passes 4 Key Tax Reform Bills For Second Reading

BREAKING
By our reporter The Nigerian Senate on Thursday passed for second reading four vital tax reform bills which seek to streamline tax processes and set up key tax institutions. The bills include proposals to establish the Joint Revenue Board, Tax Appeal Tribunal, and Tax Ombudsman Office, along with reforms to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The bills had earlier been presented for consideration today. The bills had stirred controversy with northern stakeholders and governors kicking against them. The proposed legislation includes the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, designed to establish a fiscal framework for taxation, and the Tax Administration Bill,…
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Nov
28
2024
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Alleged N33.8bn Fraud: Mamman Spent N20m Lodging in a Resort- Witness

Alleged N33.8bn Fraud: Mamman Spent N20m Lodging in a Resort- Witness

Crime
Our Reporter The trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman continued on Wednesday, November 27, 2024 in the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the cross-examination of the  third Prosecution Witness, (PW3), Colonel Adebisi Adesanya (retd). The cross-examination followed the testimony of the witness on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, in which he disclosed  that the former minister spent the sum of N20million from the fund earmarked for Mambilla Hydro Power project on payment for lodging in a resort over a period of one year. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC is prosecuting Mamman on a 12-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit money laundering to the tune of N33,804,830,503.73 (Thirty-three Billion, Eight Hundred and Four Million,…
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Nov
28
2024
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Terrorists Attack Chibok Again, Kill 2, Raze Houses, Church

Terrorists Attack Chibok Again, Kill 2, Raze Houses, Church

BREAKING
By Achadu Gabriel Heavily armed terrorists said to be members of Boko Haram and Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) on Tuesday evening reportedly invaded Bwalagang village, Chibok Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno state, North-East Nigeria. During the invasion, which was said to have occurred from about 6pm, two persons were allegedly killed while a church, identified as EYN and described as a popular worship centre in the area, as well as several houses, were razed by fighters of the terrorist groups, leaving the community virtually in ruins. Reports claimed that one of the two dead was a…
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Nov
27
2024
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Ex-Kogi Gov Bello, Others Remanded Un EFCC Custody Till December 10

Ex-Kogi Gov Bello, Others Remanded Un EFCC Custody Till December 10

BREAKING
By our reporter Embattled immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, and two others are to cool their heels further in the custody of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) till December 10, 2024, following their arraignment on Wednesday on charges of fraud to the tune of billions of Naira. Justice Maryann Anenih of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court fixed the date for ruling in the bail applications by Bello and the other two. After taking arguments for and against the bail request by Bello’s lawyer, Joseph Bodunde Dauda, SAN, and EFCC's counsel, Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, Justice Anenih…
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