Fellow Nigerians, something melodramatic occurred some days ago in Doha, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, where President Muhammadu Buhari dropped a bombshell inadvertently. And what was the matter? The President in his usual candour and uncommon honesty announced that one of his major campaign promises was no longer feasible and practicable; the plan to pay unemployed…
Category: Opinion/Editorial
Ese Oruru: Emir Of Kano And Those Distorting The Narrative, By Femi Fani-Kayode
All those that are attempting to distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we commit them to God’s judgement. The facts are as follows: She is 14 years old and not 18 and she was abducted from her home. She did not leave her home freely or of…
The Online Warriors And Social Media As A Battle-Ground For Survival, By Reuben Abati
My criticisms of the excesses of the online phenomenon in terms of its brazen abuse in an unregulated environment has often made me the target of attacks, with many insisting on quoting the opening paragraph of a piece I once wrote along these lines as if it is a memorial verse, but further developments have…
Presidency and 2016 Budget Absurdities, By Saatah Nubari
I view from the website of the Budget Office where a 1,810 page document was posted with the title “Consolidated Appropriation Bill Details 2016.” The 2016 Budget totals 6,077,680,000,000; 4,475,290,000,000 is the total Recurrent Expenditure, while 1,602,390,000,000 is the total Capital Expenditure. The amount budgeted for the Presidency stands at N39,124,978,811; N19,969,489,292 goes to Recurrent…
5 Ways To Increase The Speed Of Your Website
Working on a computer that takes forever to buffer can be very frustrating. It gets even more disturbing when there are so many things to do on your schedule. In addition, a slow page that takes forever to boot is not helpful to your business as most customers do not have the patience to wait…
4 Reasons Nigerians Should Be Excited About Netflix
On January 6, 2016, Netflix announced that its service can now be accessed in 130 countries except China. This expansion has long been expected by movie lovers as its service was restricted to the United States. Netflix, founded in 1997 is an online on-demand internet streaming media. In Nigeria, online video streaming sites like Iroko…
5 Ways To Deal With Holiday
Lagos seems to have been temporarily purged of its horrific traffic as well as the comical relief it offers on a daily basis because many of its inhabitants are yet to return from their holiday trips. Many who stayed back in the center of excellence wished that the ‘sane’ atmosphere experienced during the holiday season…
5 Smart Ways To Travel More In 2016
There is a long list of things most people want to do before giving the option of leisure getaway a though. For many, their scale of preference may include school fees, rent, upkeep of the family and general well-being with travelling probably being at the bottom of the list. But despite these pool of activities,…
Sahara Reporters, Governor Okowa and Many Accusations Against Nigerian Judiciary: An Issue Beyond Silence
In the past two months, Sahara Reporters, an emerging online media giant on news in Nigeria had in five different articles, assertively attacked the Nigerian judiciary of bribery on a particular issue of electoral contest involving the present Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa. In some instances, it even made very disturbing, clear defamatory, biased…
5 Historical Facts About Nok City
Nok is a city in Kaduna state where mysterious and unique cultural statuettes were found as early as 500 BC. This incredible discovery brought global attention to the city as curious archeologists, wanderlust tourists and fun-seeking travelers paid visits to have a first-hand encounter with one of Nigeria’s best kept secrets. A tour of Nok…