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By Sanjeev Sirohi* It must be stated right at the outset that the ghastly manner in which an upright, dedicated, determined and disciplined Judge named Uttam Anand who was an Additional District Judge (ADJ) posted in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand was mowed down by an autorickshaw has sent shivers down the spine. The ghastly incident happened on morning of July 28 near the Magistrate colony of Dhanbad that was close to the Judge’s residence. He was taken to hospitals by locals where he died. I...

There have been growing agitations for the revenue sharing formula to give more resources to the states, local governments and the export commodities producing states. RMAFC in a statement said the review is targeted at equitable distribution of the accrued revenue into the Federation account to the three tiers of government and this will be concluded before the end of 2021. Chairman of RMAFC, Engr. Elias Mbam, disclosed this recently in Abuja while receiving members of the National Assembly Se...

1993 Vohra Committee report ignored Recent news reports reveal that the Indian banks wrote off loans worth Rs 1.53 lakh crore in 2020-2021 to show low non-profit assets in their books. This is the second highest amount being written off in the past decade. The highest write off was in 2018-2019 at Rs 2.54 lakh crore. The striking part is that the biggest defaulters are corporate houses whose loans are written off with the stroke of a pen. The highest write-offs were in the quarter ending Decem...

PETALING JAYA: Malaysians have finally seen light at the end of the tunnel of the 18-month Covid-19 pandemic with the Conference of Rulers special mee...

No light at end of tunnel with National Recovery Plan, says DAP 16 Jun 2021 / 09:25 H. PETALING JAYA: The National Recovery Plan is a great disappointment and let-down as it offers no light at the end of the tunnel, DAP leader Lim Kit Siang (pix) said today. He gave five reasons for doubting Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s national recovery plan. “Firstly, it is a misnomer. It is not about national recovery to chart the country’s return to the pre-pandemic era but how to brin...

A former Acting Governor of Kogi State, Chief Clarence Olafemi has described the 1999 Nigerian constitution as evil and the greatest enemy of the nation’s democracy. Olafemi, in this exclusive interview with DAILY POST on Sunday speaks about June 12 and other burning issues in the country. Excerpts What is your perception about June 12? June 12 was supposed to be the fairest and most credible election we have ever had in this country in which a sizable population of Nigeria registered for tha...

The groups lamented the deteriorating security situation in the South East, which has claimed the lives of security agents, innocent citizens and destruction of public infrastructural facilities.

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Ayade and his 2023 political permutations On By Dirisu Yakubu Governors particularly in third world countries come across as powerful forces whose words are laws. In Nigeria, they are seen as demi-gods; men who have everything at their beck and call. So powerful are they that when they are yet to exhaust their first tenure, most of them have a way of prevailing on their political platforms to assure them of a second shot at the plum seat. Slogans such as “No vacancy,” “four plus four,”...