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THE announcement that plans are afoot to “remove” the ubiquitous yellow-painted minibuses from Lagos roads hit Lagosians like a bolt. Coming directly from Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, the news compelled attention since the state government, unlike […]

Let us wish the president speedy recovery and urge Mamman Daura and others around him not to ruin the name of the president by holding him captive… Buhari may yet be adored on a level […]

At eight every morning, hundreds of farmers throng Birni Sala, an upland farming area along Gubin Ka (River Ka), Jega Town of Kebbi State. At about the same time, thousands more go to their farms […]

The Nigerian government has approached the Appeal Court to challenge a High Court ruling that mandated the release of the leader of the Shiite Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. Mr. El-Zakzaky was arrested […]

Ironically, just about every region or cluster of states in former regions is now meeting openly to celebrate the idea of regional development. Some aspects of a popular Yoruba proverb: Eni eegun n le ko […]

With President Muhammadu Buhari’s lawyer’s ₦500,000 ‘gift’ to Justice Adeniyi Ademola while the certificate case was being tried before that judge and with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation’s Grasscuttergate scandal, can we […]

MINISTER for Transportation, Mr Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, in this interview, talks about the challenges faced by the President Buhari administration and assures that the tide will turn for Nigerians. He also bares his mind on […]

The Federal Government has recalled two out of the nine directors who were sacked from the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Friday. The duo are Adamu Abdullahi, Director of Consumer Protection, and Ayodele Sasegbon, […]

Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Muhammadu on Media and Publicity, posted the update below on his Facebook Page, detailing a telephone conversation he said he had with his boss on Saturday afternoon. […]

The Federal Government on Friday announced the sack of all the directors in the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), the Nation newspaper is reporting. The removal of the officials is with immediate effect, the paper […]

More than $672 million (N211.6 billion) to be spread over three years was on Friday pledged by 14 countries at the Humanitarian Conference on Nigeria and the Lake Chad region in Oslo, Norway. The News […]

Two valedictory/tribute sessions have so far been held by the Federal Executive Council under the current dispensation. The two situations are different. The first of such sessions was held on March 9, 2016. It was […]

There is no doubt that the management of President Muhammadu Buhari’s ongoing medical vacation in the United Kingdom could have been handled in a far more professional, credible and significantly less embarrassing manner. With the […]

WHERE is Sai Buhari? Well, some would say the answer to this poser is simple: President Muhammadu Buhari is on medical vacation in London. The next question is: when would he be back to assume […]

…what the Information minister should be telling us at this hour – almost half time of the Buhari administration – is what concrete steps are being taken to draft an executive bill to be sent […]

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has been receiving deserved kudos for the way he has been holding down the fort since Buhari went on medical vacation in England on January 19, 2017. In this round as […]