BY FEMI FALANA, SAN Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how huge sums of money can be recovered not just t…
Continue Reading...Shortly after President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu met with the 10th national assembly leaders in Abuja, Channels Television had an interview with Honorable Chief Amobi Ogah, the member-elect of the Isuikwuato/Umunneochi area in Alex Otti's Abia state. During the interview, Honorable Amobi Ogah said, "I am a member of the Labour Party (LP) but I never knew As…
Continue Reading...By Adewole Kehinde While the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, was commending the National Assembly for its historic passage of the Police Pension Board Bill and the Nigeria Police Force College, Training School, and Institution (Establishment) Bill on June 6, 2023, one Rufai Oseni of Arise TV was busy kicking against it. There is broad agreement th…
Continue Reading...The stuttering voice of a distraught young lady kept listeners of a popular radio programme glued to their radio sets as she recounted her ordeal in the clutch of a vicious fraudster she met on social media. The fraudster wasted no time to wreak havoc on her bank account. In her narration, this tortuous experience was as a result of an enticing Point of Sales (POS) p…
Continue Reading...As a political brand that had a lot of issues to deal with before the stage was set for the 2023 contest, the emergence of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Lagos State governor, as the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, posed some challenges to its handlers. It was a brand that had admirers and critics in almost equal measure. Comin…
Continue Reading...The concept of Amnesty, Disarmament, Deradicalisation and Reintegration (DDR) are universal tools used in resolving conflicts and violence with remarkable results globally. However, community-based reintegration is much more critical to sustainable peace in any country coming out of conflict. Amnesty refers to a decision by government to allow political prisoners to …
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