The penchant by our lawmakers to (seek to) funnel whatever they like in salaries and allowances into their pockets, has seemingly assumed some similarity in historical epoch. During the Second Republic, the Joint Special Committee […]
Continued from Thursday It may interest President Muhammadu Buhari to note that in more ways than one, he is like Winston Churchill of Britain as both were soldiers, and both also ruled their country twice-first […]
Tormenting uncertainties touched off by biting austerity and hard times notwithstanding, there are some guarded optimism and infectious cheer concerning Nigeria’s improving prospects. No; our problems, endemic dysfunctions and rowdiness have not magically disappeared. What […]
I KNOW that for many, the headline is all they would read and I will forever be vilified as an enemy of President Muhammadu Buhari. Those who can will inflate a simple request into […]
NIGERIA’S independence was not won on a platter of gold. Some nationalists paid the prize before the country got independence from Britain on October 1, 1960. While some of the players have been honoured, with […]
Over 8,000 ghost workers have been discovered on the payroll of the 23 local government councils of Benue State in the ongoing e-payment of local government staff. Special Adviser to Governor Samuel Ortom on Local […]
As Nigerians elsewhere celebrate Nigeria’s 55-year independence anniversary, residents of Kirchinga, in Adamawa state, are marking the day in anguish following the attack on the village by Boko Haram terrorists, slitting the throats of five […]
The Nigerian Army on Thursday announced that another batch of 80 Boko Haram fighters surrendered to its troops in Bama, Borno state, in what has now been described as a landmark event. The announcement came […]
The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, has explained why its cancer machine (Linear accelerator) has not been functioning in the last two months, blaming it on technical faults. Meanwhile, the hospital has faulted the recent call […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has begun investigation into allegations of forgery, fraudulent conversion and obtaining the sum of N400m by false pretence against Mr. Adeyeye Ogunwusi and his firm, Metropole Interproject Limited. Ogunwusi […]
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, says she is determined to ensure that the Lagos judiciary remains a model in Nigeria and Africa. Atilade also said the newly-introduced Bail Information Management System […]
More than 1,000 pilgrims are still confined to a number of hospitals in Makkah for treatment of various ailments, Health Ministry’s spokesman Faisal Al-Zahrani said. He said the patients include some pilgrims who were injured in […]
The flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress in the forthcoming December 5 Bayelsa Governorship Election, Chief Timipre Sylva has berated the governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole for failing to conduct a peaceful and credible […]
Nigeria climbed one spot to 52nd in the latest FIFA ranking published yesterday in Zurich. However, the Super Eagles retained the tenth position in the African continent. Algeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Tunisia and Senegal are […]
FORMER Police Affairs Minister, Alhaji Jelili Adesiyan, has said neither himself nor his colleagues and their aides are being victimised by the new administration. Speaking with newsmen in Akure, the Ondo state capital, Adesiyan said […]
The senate president, Bukola Saraki, has said he would not open the envelope containing the list of ministerial nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari until Tuesday. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Senate President […]
The Civil Society Network against Corruption (CSNAC), a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organisations, has urged the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ibrahim Lamorde, to thoroughly investigate the circumstances surrounding […]
Personal safety comes before professional policy. This logic of preservation probably explains why Chief Olu Falae’s family chose to pay a ransom to his abductors. But the police are not impressed. The 77-year-old who was […]
It was the humble submission of this column last week that if slavery, through which Africa was first integrated into the world economy succeeded in its set objectives of ‘controlling life, liberty and fortunes’ of […]
Since 1995 I have had to visit my children abroad and in recent times and as my children got married and settled down the urge to visit them has become almost a family imperative. Everybody […]
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