By Michael Chibuzo Patriotism is a word that is presently a scarce commodity in Nigeria today. Many Nigerian citizens belong to a generation that do not understand the meaning of patriotism. They profess religions that espouse love for God and love for neighbours but find it difficult to understand the concept loving one’s country, which is what patriotism is all about. Many Nigerians cannot grasp the sort of passion which inspires one to serve one’s country. Their expectation is mostly about what the country can offer them, without understanding that for a country to be able to offer its citizens…
Author: Michael Chibuzo
Following increased public scrutiny into the real identity of the former Vice President of Nigeria and PDP presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, fresh information has now emerged indicating that Atiku’s service record at the Nigerian Customs Service cannot be found. According to Atiku, he joined the Customs Service in 1969 after he allegedly graduated from Ahmadu Bello University following his completion of a two-year law programme in the University. He was retired from the Customs under controversial circumstances in 1989 after attaining the position of Deputy Director of Customs. According to a senior Custom…
By Temitope Ajayi One thing that has become a refrain in Nigeria for decades is that our country has never been in short supply of beautiful policies. What seems to be preponderance of views is that our national development was short-circuited as a result of policy inconsistencies and poor coordination. President Tinubu wants to address serious governance issues that have combined to stunt and distort economic growth for many years with the appointment of Hadiza Bala-Usman, former Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority, as the Special Adviser on Policy Coordination. Usman is a very competent and strong-willed woman, who…
By Michael Chibuzo It has now become common spectacle for political appointees or elected officials in Nigeria to be on collision course with civil servants under their jurisdiction leading to some drama that usually become public talking points. Many more of these collisions never make it to the public domain however. The Federal Ministry of Works witnessed one of such standoffs recently when the Minister for Works, Engr. Dave Umahi locked out a lot of the ministry’s personnel who came to work late. According to the Minister, before now he had raised the issue of late coming and reached an…
The controversy surrounding the irregularities in the name written in the WAEC certificate presented by Atiku Abubakar to INEC in 2022 has taken a new dimension. The PDP candidate submitted a WAEC certificate to INEC bearing Siddiq Abubakar instead of Atiku Abubakar. In trying to defend the revelation, Atiku Abubakar claimed that he is the same person as Siddiq Abubakar stating that he enrolled into Adamawa Provincial Secondary School in 1960 but before his certificate exams, he changed his name to Siddiq Abubakar and shortly after taking his senior school certificate exams ‘reverted’ back to answering Atiku Abubakar. Atiku…
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the former Postmaster General of the Federation and CEO NIPOST, Hon. Adeyemi Adepoju to vacate office and handover to the newly appointed Postmaster General of the Federation, Tola Odeyemi with immediate effect. This follows the refusal of the sacked NIPOST Boss to handover to Tola Odeyemi. After the state house press statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale announcing the appointment of Tola Odeyemi as NIPOST CEO alongside other appointees, NIPOST on Saturday issued an unauthorised statement claiming that…
On Thursday, 12th October, 2023 a very significant event took place at the mining village of Lado in Nasarawa State. The Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi Sule alongside the Honourable Minister for Solid Minerals, Dele Alake performed the foundation stone laying for the $250 million factory established by Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd that will process lithium batteries. This project for many reasons is highly significant because it is a practical testimony of the vision of the President to turn the solid minerals sector into the next frontier that will bring economic prosperity for Nigeria and Nigerians. In the Renewed…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) recently announced the lifting of restriction placed on the purchase of foreign exchange for the importation of 43 items that was in place since 2015. The decision generated debate among Nigerians with some tagging it a policy somersault and one that will ‘erode gains’ made by Nigeria following the 2015 restrictions. I beg to disagree with that school of thought. We need to go down memory lane and understand what led to the restriction in the first place. The trigger for that decision was the rate at which the foreign reserve was declining…
The Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari has disclosed that the Federal Government is granting a 50% subsidy to wheat farmers in the upcoming dry season farming to ensure massive production of the grain in the country. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the Minister made this disclosure shortly after inspecting various seed wheat productions in Kano on Friday. “We are fully committed to promoting substantial wheat production in the upcoming dry season farming for both local and foreign export activities,” Kyari stated. He spoke on the renewed agenda by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, which aims to secure…
The Labour Party has accused its presidential candidate in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi of using his late elder brother’s WAEC certificate as his. The Spokesperson of the Apapa-led faction of the party, Abayomi Arabambi made this known during a World Press Conference the party organised in Abuja. During the press conference titled, “Unveiling the true identity of Mr. Peter Obi”, Abayomi Arabambi posed certain questions for the Party’s Presidential candidate to provide answers to. Abayomi Arabambi noted that the names on the NYSC certificate, UNN degree certificate and WAEC certificate Mr. Peter Obi presented as his…