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Justice S. S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court has sentenced one Osarenwinda Idahor (a.k.a Ösas Idahor) to two years imprisonment on each of the two count charge bordering on possession of document containing false pretence.  The convict was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sequel to a petition from NASA […]

Apart from the Nigerian Armed Forces including the Army, Navy and the Air Force, no paramilitary or other uniformed body is henceforth permitted to use camouflage uniforms, the Nigerian Federal Government announced on Friday. The directive was handed down by the Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, saying the only time the Nigerian […]

When I wrote the piece: ‘Tribute to Tinubu: A Parody of Shakespeare’ a few friends and colleagues said I was un-characteristically ‘patronizing’. Some wondered if I too had not fallen for the Tinubu ‘cult of the personality’; or as one of them put it ‘cult of the insatiable power-seeker’. And to quite a few of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari will be departing Nigeria for South Africa on Saturday, 13th June to attend the 25th African Union Summit which is currently taking place in Johannesburg.  A statement issued on Friday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said Buhari will be undertaking his […]


President Muhammadu Buhari has given assurance to Nigerians that his government will closely study the report released recently by Amnesty International (AI), in which top ranking officers of the Nigerian military were accused of gross abuse of human rights.  The president gave the assurance on Thursday expressing concern about the indictments in the report. According […]

In what industry watchers said was a desperate last ditch effort to cover-up her close ties with the founders of Atlantic Energy, Kola Aluko and Jide Omokore (boss of Energy Resources Group), www.aso.rocks search engine has learned that embattled former Petroleum Resources Minister, Diezani Allison-Madueke dumped her cronies as she undertook a last-minute auction of […]

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s Most Valuable Bank Brand, has partnered with Genevieve Gatherings 2015 to raise the bar on Women empowerment. The event themed ‘Becoming Financially Fearless’ was organised to advance the Nigerian woman’s financial confidence as well as secure their financial future. Mrs. Nimi Akinkugbe, CEO, Bestman Games Limited, Mrs. Funmi Oyetunji, […]

1. I am most honoured to welcome Your Excellencies on behalf of the Government and People of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to this Extra Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission and Benin. I wish to convey my personal appreciation and that of the people of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday cautioned the presidency and the All Progressives Congress (APC) against any attempt to intimidate or harass the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, and the National Assembly Service Commission for performing their statutory functions during the inauguration of the National Assembly. The inauguration of the eighth […]

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has commended the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, for his love for Nigeria while giving a commitment that the present administration in Lagos is willing and ready to make investors have a comfortable business profile in the State. The Governor who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja, while […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has expressed its readiness to work with all relevant stakeholders in the downstream sector of the Oil and Gas industry to bring to an end the lingering fuel scarcity across the country. The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Joseph T. Dawha stated this while on a tour […]

Muhammad Buhari has been campaigning, running for the office of the President of Nigeria since 2003.  That is a long time – twelve years to be exact.  I don’t know anyone else in Nigeria who ran longer for consecutive years and times.  Buhari is also the only Nigerian who declared for the Presidency himself (as […]