Paranoia makes governance costly under dictators. This personality disorder trait, which makes a dictator delusional, compels him to chase shadows where there is no light, enemies where there is none, to the extent that his self-repressed personality becomes the mirror that expresses his fears and anxieties. A paranoid dictator always stands in front of the…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the payment of N46.6 billion from liquidation dividends to depositors of the defunct Heritage Bank. In a statement, acting head of communication and public affairs at the corporation, Hawwau Gambo, said the funds were realised from the sale of Heritage Bank’s assets and the recovery of debts…
Rivers state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has said that there will be challenges with implementation, financial autonomy for the judiciary. This, according to him, is because the executive and not the judiciary is responsible for presenting the budget to the legislature. Speaking on Thursday while commissioning of the industrial court judges quarters in Porthacourt, Wike said,…
Maiduguri is once again in the news. But this time, the headlines carry a familiar and unsettling tone—one that many Nigerians had hoped belonged to the past. On a recent evening, multiple explosions tore through parts of the Borno State capital. The blasts, reported around the Monday Market and near the University of Maiduguri Teaching…
The United States has disclosed that certain it has imposed visa ban on certain Nigerians who “undermined democracy”. In a statement on Wednesday, US secretary of state, Anthony Blinken, said the decision was taken after it was observed that some persons were found complicit in undermining democracy in Nigeria. Blinken said, the bans were a…
A notorious terrorists leader, Alhaji Shanono and 18 others have been neutralised in the ongoing operations by the Nigerian Airforce in the Northwest. In a statement on Wednesday, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, said over 30 riffles and 20 motorcycles were destroyed during the airstrike. He said Shanono was…
