Nigeria: Portrait of a nation in bloody tears
September 5, 2021 The nation sunk deeper into the abyss of despondency under Buhari. He has scored an all-season high in nepotism; an all-time low in economic management. And he,…
SERAP to Buhari: Stop Lai Mohammed from gagging journalists on reporting terror
July 18, 2021 Reporting on the growing violence and killings in many parts of the country is a matter of public interest. The NBC directive to journalists and broadcast stations…
PDP, others to Buhari, DSS: Sack Pantami, Interrogate him
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has joined other Nigerians to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ibrahim Pantami after the…
Nigerians divided over Pantami’s ‘I no longer support terrorism’ explanation
The explanation of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, that he once expressed extremist views which tended to support terrorism but no longer does…
Cryptocurrency: On this, I stand with CBN
Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has come under a maelstrom of deprecation for prohibiting cryptocurrency-related transactions in the country. The directive to prohibit all cryptocurrency transactions is not new. It’s…
Cryptocurrency: CBN and national security
By Jackson Ugbechie Nigeria’s reserve bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has at last taken a decisive position on the 11-year-old digital currency now a subject of dispute around the…
Facebook says posts with graphic violence rose in early 2018
May 15, 2018 The number of posts on Facebook showing graphic violence rose in the first three months of the year from a quarter earlier, possibly driven by the war…
At last Qatar admits own nationals, agencies are sponsors of terrorism
Qatar said on Thursday it had placed 28 people and entities on terrorism list, including several Qatari nationals already blacklisted by rival Arab states who accused Doha of supporting militants….