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Here for the records is the Obafemi Awolowo University’s council decision on the audio conversation between disgraced and sacked Professor Richard Akindele and Ms. Monica Osagie. The University also announced a programme to stop the menace of sexual harassment. Around the 7th of April, 2018 or thereabout, there was an audio conversation between a man […]

The Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention Central Planning Committee, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, has said he was not aware of the existence of a ‘Unity list’ for the party’s convention holding on Saturday in Abuja, where new national officers are expected to emerge. There have been growing concerns among the APC members over […]

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday addressed the Upper Chamber of the Russian Parliament known as the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in Moscow. In the address which was historic – being the first head of the Nigerian legislature to perform such a function in Russia […]

Growing up in a rural community in Bendel State now in today’s Edo state, I remember fervently how candidates and parties use to bring bags of salt, rice and boxes of sugar as “gifts” for the women folks in the community. The men got cartons of Aromatic Schnapps, packets of cigarettes and maybe cash all […]

The newly appointed administrator of Dekina LGA of Kogi State, Prince Ishaq Okolo took the people of the state by storm Wednesday when he announced appointment of 198 aides. In a statement signed by Alhaji Lampex, the administrator said the appointment was in line with the New Direction agenda of Governor Yahaya Bello to reduce […]

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has described former President Goodlcuk Jonathan as a hero of democracy in Nigeria. The former Vice President made the assertion on Wednesday during a courtesy call on President Jonathan at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State. Atiku Abubakar, who recalled Jonathan’s exemplary decision to hand over the […]

Insertion! This word entered my offender’s register in 2016. At the time, Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman, house committee on appropriations, was a caterwauler; he cried out, alleging that the leadership of the house of representatives was involved in impassioned “insertions”. Jibrin claimed that four principal officers of the house, including Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the […]

Just ask yourself how come the supposedly floated  naira, which makes its value be determined by the market forces is still defended by the same CBN that floated it? Put differently, why did the CBN pretend to have floated the naira and contrary to this policy of floating around the world, the same CBN continues […]

President Mohammadu Buhari has signed the 2018 appropriation bill into law. While signing the budget,President expressed concerns about changes made to budget proposals and criticized the National Assembly for introducing 6,403 projects of their own amounting to 578 billion Naira. Hear him:”It is in this regard that I am concerned about some of the changes […]

When he was farcically rigged out as Governor of Ekiti State four years ago, the perpetrators of that dastardly electoral gangsterism thought that Dr. Kayode Fayemi was finished in Nigerian politics. They have many reasons to think so. Then, the erstwhile ruling party, PDP, was going lyrical with horrific electoral shenanigans on which its claim […]

Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will not hold tomorrow, Wednesday, June 20, 2018. Femi Adesina,Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, said, in statement. Adesina stated that cancellation was due to the Eid-el-Fitr holidays last Friday and yesterday, which affected preparation of Council memoranda. Adesina further stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will sign […]

There has been nothing in recent memory like the build up to Nigeria’s first match at the on-going 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia. Football is Nigeria’s greatest unifier: when it is football, our compatriots drop all ethnic, religious and ideological differences and profess the missing faith and ideology of one Nigeria. They have […]