Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, as acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, by Muhammadu Buhari, Nigerian’s president. The appointment takes effect from October 21. Oyo-Ita, who hails from Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River State, is the first woman to head such a position. Until her appointment, she was the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry…
Nigeria: Still Investors’ Haven
Despite the lull in economic activities due to lack of clear policy direction and the delisting of Nigerian bonds by JP Morgan, the Central Bank and financial experts insist that the economy remains attractive to foreign investors To many Nigerians, the nation’s economy is in dire straits owing to lack of clear economic policies and…
Busybody Troubleshooters
President Muhammadu Buhari swore to uphold the constitution and laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria last May 29. On that same day he made a covenant with Nigerians to fight corruption and improve their living conditions. Buhari has not spent 100 days in office. Can any person point, so far, to any infraction of…
Let’s Give Buhari Time to Plan
By CHINAZO-BERTRAND OKEOMAH Nigerians are a very impatient lot. We act like the proverbial tortoise cast into a pit for some time. But one day his captors came to release him; whereupon he began to cry, asking them to make haste because he was choking to death from the smell of faeces. Did we not…
Obasanjo : Give Us A Break
Nigeria is regaining her due respect in the comity of nations after some decades in international political antipodes. The reception for President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House by American President Barack Obama, with such an unusual grandeur, tells the grade Nigeria now occupies in world reckoning. America would not have extended the respect reserved…
Fears Over Jonathan’s CSO
There are fears over the state of health of Gordon Obuah, former Chief Security officer to Goodluck Jonathan , former president. Obuah was said to have been taken into custody by the Directorate of State Security shortly after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports had it that the security officer embarked on hunger strike…
Short and Sharp
When you have a good product, the marketing is easier. Femi Adesina, special adviser to the President on media and publicity, clarifying why he won’t have much problem in handling his principal. We have yet to recover the remaining cars from his fourth wife who is currently out of the country. Mohammed Mohammed,…
Protesters Storm National Assembly
Some protesters, on Wednesday, stormed the National Assembly complex demanding a legislation that would prescribe the death penalty as punishment for corruption in the country. Speaking under the auspices of a group called, Voice of the Voiceless, they said there was no way Nigeria would make progress, if corruption in public office was not brought…
Buhari, Pick Your Steps Gingerly
Nigerians now have problems with standard and taste. Salihu Ibrahim, former chief of army staff’s description of the Nigerian Army of his charge fits the present character of the average Nigerian of today. He had said then that his force was where, “anything goes”. Must it continue? One thinks that is why Muhammadu Buhari is…
Buhari Seeks Senate Approval To Appoint 15 Advisers
President Muhammadu Buhari has written a letter to the Senate seeking approval to appoint fifteen advisers. The letter was read in the Senate on Tuesday by the Senate president, David Mark. The letter is President Buhari’s first correspondence to the National Assembly since assuming office on Friday. The appointments would be the second for the…
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