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Precisely twenty five days after we lost one of our most unswerving leaders, Baba Omojola, whose entombment proceedings are still ongoing, death has again taken one of our best through a ghastly motor accident primarily caused by the irresponsible culture of impunity often displayed by the convoys of crass public office holders who feel the […]

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday flew Aminu and Mustapha, two children of Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, to the anti-graft office in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, after they were arrested on Thursday over allegations of involvement in a N10bn fraud. But political thinkers believe that it is part of the strategies to frustrate […]Read More

The car accident involving the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Captain Idris Wada, was tragic for the loss of life it occasioned, but the probability that the tragedy could have been avoided is indeed regrettable. The crash epitomizes, in a dramatic fashion, the rampaging culture of impunity and marks yet, another unwholesome reflection of the […]

Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Al-Makura on Friday reshuffled his cabinet in furtherance of his bid to “run an effective government”.None of the commissioners or other aides was sacked in the cabinet reshuffle. In a statement made available to journalists in Lafia by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Hajiya Zainab Abdulmumin, concerning the reshuffle, […]

In what is the first conviction under the amended Terrorism Prevention Act of 2011, Mustapha Umar, the member of the Boko Haram member who confessed to have been involved in the bombing of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna State (occupied by ThisDay, The Moment and The Sun Newspapers) on 26th April 2012 has been sentenced to […]

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Dr. Bukola Saraki must be prosecuted over the deaths and injuries that occurred in a recent stampede in his family house at Ilofa in Ilorin, Kwara State while he was distributing Sallah gifts to the poor. According to members of the Ilorin Emirate Elders of Thought […]

The Federal House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee probing alleged land racketeering in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is set to question Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Pius Anyim and Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah. Both of them will offer explanations on the acquisition of the land to be used for the […]

Non-indigenes of Abia State who were sacked from the state’s Civil Service were reinstated because of improvement in the state government’s internally generated revenue, Governor of the state, Theodore Orji has explained. Speaking on Thursday with newsmen on the recall of the workers two years after they were sacked, Orji lamented that the state government […]

The Victoria Island zonal headquarters of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) will hold a three-day power packed crusade tagged ‘Total Deliverance’ from Friday, 22nd November to Sunday, 24th November 2013 at the church premises, Water Corporation Drive, Oniru Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos. At the grand finale of the crusade, General Overseer of MFM, […]

The United States of America has rekindled its interest in Nigeria’s Niger Delta, being the economic nerve centre of the country. Speaking during a one-day official visit to Bayelsa State, U.S. Consular General, Mr. Jeffrey Hawkins stated the readiness of his country to rev up its focus on the region but conceded that this would […]

The late literary icon, Prof Chinua Achebe was at his proverbial best when he stated in one of his novels that the house the enemy wanted to pull down has caught fire on its own. Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, who had massed a lot of enemies following her landmark reforms in the sector, […]

Former Governor of Osun State and court-reinstated National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olagunsoye Oyinlola has declared himself the undisputable National Secretary of the party, notwithstanding the party’s recent announcement of his suspension. Speaking on Wednesday in Abuja during a press conference, Oyinlola reminded the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) Chaired by […]