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How to deal with economic fallout of Coronavirus

By Theophilus Abbah March 6, 2020 163 0

…Roles of CBN, Ministry of Finance Apart from being a health challenge, Coronavirus is taking its toll on the economy of many countries, including Nigeria. For instance, capital markets have been plummeting, with a huge loss as high as 10 per cent, in the last few weeks. Many economies are not functioning effectively, as supply […]Continue Reading

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Damboa Attack: Zulum Hails Military for Decisive Blow on Boko Haram

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 5, 2020 155 0

 … Scores of insurgents killed,19 fighter vehicles seized … ‘Taking the war to fleeing insurgents impressive’ Borno state Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has applauded the Nigerian military’s ground and air components for what he described as “decisive blow against Boko Haram” in the early hours of Wednesday, even when Continue Reading

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Immunity for lawmakers will leave Buhari’s anti-corruption agenda in tatters

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 2, 2020 136 0

By Kolawole Olaniyan When Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari was named by the African Union as its first “anti-corruption champion in Africa” in 2018, he called on member states to “invest in institutions to entrench transparency and accountability.” But the recent push by many lawmakers from his All Progressives Congress (APC) party to grant themselves immunity […]Continue Reading

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Boko Haram Burns Houses, Rapes, Displaces Thousands in Cameroon – Report

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 2, 2020 200 0

Boko Haram has attacked a refugee camp in Cameroon where over 3,000 persons, driven from their homes as a result of terrorist attacks, have taken refuge. The attack was reported by the Voice of America, which said the attacked camp was located at the northern border between Nigeria and Cameroon. Refugees had poured into the […]Continue Reading

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[Health] How to prevent Corona virus

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 28, 2020 210 0

On February 27, 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health confirmed the first case of the corona virus in Nigeria. The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, said in a statement that an Italian citizen who worked in Nigeria returned from Italy on February 25, 2020 and tested positive for the virus. Here are some tips […]Continue Reading

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[Lesson from Abroad] Is Nigeria on path to Somalia?

By Theophilus Abbah February 25, 2020 155 0

Somalia: There Is No Government Here, By Muno Gedi (A transnational investigation by the African Investigative Publishing Collective (AIPC)) “I wake up every day ready to fight to survive” The Shebelle river flows into Somalia from Ethiopia, through the regional capital Beledweyne further into the Hiran region, down to Buluboorde and beyond. Many farmers tend […]Continue Reading

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Uproar as FG plans to handover $100m Abacha loot to Bagudu

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 24, 2020 204 0

There was a general feeling of indignation across the country yesterday over a report of alleged attempts by the federal government to hand over about $100 million United States authorities say was stolen by a former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, to Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Bagudu, a top member of the ruling All […]Continue Reading

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[INSIGHT]: Is NSA’s role in The Presidency ambiguous?

By Theophilus Abbah February 20, 2020 229 0

By Theophilus Abbah Nigerians were embarrassed this week to learn that President Muhammadu Buhari’s kitchen cabinet was in disarray over who-does-what in the difficult battle against the hydra-headed insecurity in the country. In a nutshell, a leaked memo divulged the frustration that President Buhari’s National Security Adviser, General Mohammed Babagana Monguno, has Continue Reading

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How Nigeria police track, lure, arrest journalists – CPJ

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 17, 2020 155 0

By Jonathan Rozen/CPJ Senior Africa Researcher As reporters for Nigeria’s Premium Times newspaper, Samuel Ogundipe and Azeezat Adedigba told CPJ they spoke often over the phone. They had no idea that their regular conversations about work and their personal lives were creating a record of their friendship. On August 9, 2018, Ogundipe published an article […]Continue Reading

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Leah Sharibu: Boko Haram rejected ransom — Government sources

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 17, 2020 173 0

The Boko Haram terrorist group rejected the ransom offered by the Federal Government to secure the release of Leah Sharibu, sources at the Presidency told Daily Trust yesterday. Sharibu, a schoolgirl, is the only Dapchi schoolgirl still held hostage out of the 110 kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls’ Science […]Continue Reading

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Notes on engaging Nigeria’s ruling class

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 14, 2020 156 0

By Edwin Madunagu Nigeria’s ruling class has presented the nation with a number of issues around which the Nigerian Left can build an agenda of political engagement for the year 2020, or which, to use an old journalistic expression, the Left can use as “pegs” to construct an agenda of close and integrated engagement with […]Continue Reading

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Bandits, kidnappers hiding at national parks — Senate

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 14, 2020 164 0

The Senate has raised the alarm that national parks across the country have become safe havens for bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers. According to the Senate, the criminals come out to attack and return back there for safety. It called for the mainstreaming of the National Park Service into the nation’s security architecture in line […]Continue Reading