Nigeria: Looking ahead to a planned future under PMB
By Sufuyan Ojeifo Will the world and its economy return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic? The answer to the above question will probably be […]
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COVID-19 economic stimulus: States to get $1.5bn from World Bank — NEC
The World Bank has got a proposal of 1.5 billion dollars to states as part economic stimulus to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]
The dangers in executive-legislative harmony, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com When President Muhammadu Buhari signed the 2020 budget into law on December 17, 2019, the frenzy about returning to a January-December budget cycle, […]
For governors, ‘tomorrow’ never comes,By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Before he got a respite via a high court order last week, ex-governor Rochas Okoracha had become a political orphan of a sort. […]
Buhari directs AGF to intervene in Zainab’s case in Saudi
#TrackNigeria: President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, to intervene in the case of Nigerian […]
Female candidate urges youths to put Not-Too-Young-To-Run Act to use
A 26-year old candidate for the Kano State House of Assembly election, Miss Zainab Suleiman has called on the youths to take advantage of the […]
The drift towards executive recklessness, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com There are different seasons for different reasons. When issues are not appropriately timed, they can be misconstrued. Executive Order Number 6, is one […]
2019: Buhari has performed well to deserve your votes, say Zainab Ahmed, others
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says President Muhammadu Buhari has performed well and deserves to be re-elected in 2019. Mrs Ahmed made the […]
Dapchi and the ‘Leave Our Daughters Alone’ fiasco By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Last Monday, the 19th of March, marked exactly one month that Dapchi girls had been gone—whether missing as government propagandists would rather describe […]
Needless furore over election sequence, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Between now and the election next year, every action and decision by the political class, no matter how inconsequential, is a subject of […]
Ortom, El-Rufa’i and the gang playing to the gallery, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com The herders-farmers’ clash in Benue state which left 73 people including children dead penultimate week, will go down in history as one of […]
Social Media Incursion And The Challenges Of Publishing In Northern Nigeria
A Presentation to Members of Abuja Writers’ Forum By Zainab Suleiman Okino, Editor-In-Chief, Blueprint Newspapers, on Saturday, the 28th of October, 2017 When I […]
AWF Hosts Okino, Olaniyan, Okwoche
Zainab Suleiman-Okino, Olumide Olaniyan and Sidney Okwoche, will headline the October 28 edition of the Guest Writer Session, a monthly initiative of the Abuja Writers’ […]
Their Wars, Our Woes: A Case Of Buhari’s House Of Chaos, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com The appointment of a new deputy governor for the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has got the tongues wagging, for different reasons though. […]
Will Biafra go the way of Catalonia and Kurdistan? By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com South Sudan, the last baby of the United Nations is still in intensive care after seven years of a still birth. Born on […]
Needless furore over JAMB cut-off mark, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Professor Ish-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) must have been bemused at the controversies and negative reactions that have […]
How Ready Is PDP For 2019? By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com The former behemoth Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held a non-elective congress last weekend. Although it was geared toward authenticating Ahmed Makarfi’s leadership for […]
CSOs’ Case Against Double Pay And Bailout, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Last week, the Federal Government bailed out the states again with the release of another tranche of N243.8 billion despite the outcry that […]
Not Yet Uhuru For PDP, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com The Supreme Court judgment which put to rest the issue of the authentic chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) must have buoyed […]
Over-sighting defence expenditure, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected],www.zainabokino.blogspot.com In the 2017 budget, a total of N139.3 Billion and N63.8 Billion out of N7.44 Trillion were budgeted for ministries of defence and interior […]
Heroes Of Secession And Quit Notice Threats, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Ordinarily one should not be talking of heroes or villains in a yet to be fought, won or lost battle. However, as we […]
Making Sense Of The Threats Of Secession, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Except for the build-up to the civil war and the civil disturbances that greeted the annulment of the June 12 1993 election, Nigeria […]
Dangote: No Stopping The ‘Prodigal’ Son, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Nigeria’s transition to civil democratic rule in 1999 had far-reaching economic impact. Democratic rule meant liberalization of the political process and enhanced citizen […]
APC, PDP: So much to take away from France, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com An unprecedented defiance of the established order took place about two weeks ago, but it did not look like the authorities took notice […]
Of Defectors And Corruption Trials Of The Political Class, By Zainab Suleiman Okino
[email protected], www.zainabokino.blogspot.com Last week, ex-governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu state decamped to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) after serving for eight years under the […]