Orji Uzor Kalu and Segun Odegbami: The Nigerian FIFA presidency challenge By Is’haq Modibbo Kawu
A FEW weeks ago, I received a call from ex-International football star, Segun Odegbami. We had not spoken for a while, but it turned out to be a very long discussion. Odegbami informed me of an […]
Scramble for bailout funds By Amanze Obi
A FEW weeks ago, 27 states of the Federation were listed to have applied to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for bailout funds. That was after many months of grappling with a parlous financial […]
Must APC end up the most corrupt government in Nigeria? By Jimanze Ego-Alowes
IT HAS been said that if you want to cheat a black man, even out of his inheritance, just place the deed of assignment, as lawyers call such, in a book. The greater point is […]
Many farewells and good byes By Jide Osuntokun
In recent times, many eminent Nigerians have crossed the great divide between the living and those who now belong to the ages. No matter how old our loved ones may be, we do not want […]
Beyond Buhari’s Cabinet Lies a Silver Lining for the Igbos, By SKC Ogbonnia
It is incumbent upon Ndigbo, therefore, to place the blame exactly where it belongs. Given that President Buhari has promised to right the wrong in due course, let the current debate serve as a teachable […]
The evil men do By Lawal Ogienagbon
PRESIDENTS are expected to be men of their words. They do not talk for the fun of it. They speak when necessary and with authority. Whatever they say is law. They are our earthly gods […]
When an elephant dies By Gbenga Omotosho
So many theories have been deployed to explain the fate that befell former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and former Bayelsa State Governor DSP Alamieyeseigha, the self-styled governor-general of the Ijaw Nation. Mrs Alison-Madueke was […]
Epa Clark has moved on! …….. NATION
As they probably would say in Benin streets, Epa Clark has moved on! Epa Clark is no other than Pa Edwin Clark, former President Goodluck Jonathan’s proud godfather. In the build-up to the election, Pa […]
Babalakin loses over N80b in Federal Secretariat’s concession row ………… NATION
THE failure of the Federal Government to honour its obligations under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement for the conversion of the Federal secretariat to resident apartments for Nigerians in the Diaspora cost the concessionaire […]
Airport users groan as car hire operators’ strike ……. VANGUARD
Hundreds of passengers were yesterday stranded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos following the strike embarked upon by the limousine operators and car hires over the re-routing of the former by the Federal Airports Authority […]
Reps probe N18bn rail contracts …….. VANGUARD
MEMBERS of the House of Represen-tatives, yesterday, mandated the committee on transport to probe the N18 billion contracts awarded for the rehabilitation of rail tracks, standard gauge, bridges, coaches, wagons and locomotives between 2010 and 2014. […]
Senate clears Fashola, Lai, Fayemi, Adeosun, others …… NATION
AFTER a two-day screening, the Senate yesterday confirmed 18 ministerial nominees, among them former Governors Babatunde Fashola (Lagos) and Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti). The other ministers-designate are Senator Udoma Udo Udoma (Akwa Ibom), Chief Audu Ogbeh […]
Inflation hits 9.4 per cent record high in two years ……. NATION
Inflation rate climbed to the highest in more than two years last month as food prices surged, exceeding the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN’s) target for a fourth month. Inflation accelerated to 9.4 per cent […]
Code of Conduct Bureau chair refuses to disclose own assets …….. PREMIUM TIMES
The Code of Conduct Bureau has said that assets declared by public officers would not be available for public inspection. In a response to the Advocate for Peoples Rights and Justice, the CCB said that […]
SYNAGOGUE: Hearing on Coroner’s suit begins Monday ……VANGUARD
Hearing in the suit challenging the decision of the Lagos State Government to enforce the recent Coroner’s indictment of the Synagogue Church of all Nations will commence before the Federal High Court in Lagos on […]
Kachikwu, Fashola, steal show at Senate screening …….. VANGUARD
FORMER Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Dr Ibe Kachikwu and Mrs Kemi Adeosun were clearly the star attractions at the screening of ministerial nominees, […]
No sacred cow in anti-corruption war—OSINBAJO ……. VANGUARD
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday in Abuja stated that the government of President Mohammadu Buhari will not spare any corrupt person in the fight against corruption. He said: “there is always a sense that it […]
MINISTERIAL MUSINGS By TONY ADEMILUYI
At long last, the Senate has screened most of the ministerial nominees. It was an exercise that was long over-due and this didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the populace who waited anxiously to know how […]
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