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Prologue: This article was first published on Sahara Reporters on May 6, 2012. I was one of the commuters trapped in the agonizing traffic jam caused by the “Thank You” visit of the President’s wife to the commercial city of Lagos last year. I decided to re-publish in support of Punch Editorial of July 1, […]

Satisfied that his partnership with the Church for the rebuilding of infrastructure in Anambra State is yielding positive result, Governor Peter Obi yesterday presented cheques of .733 Billion  naira to the Church to rehabilitate primary schools, taken over from them by the Government, which he returned in 2011. This was coming after he presented similar […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday commenced an indefinite industrial action, following a resolution of its National Executive Committee, which met at the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye in Ogun State late on Sunday. A total of 51 of the 53 branches of ASUU agreed to embark on the strike, in protest against Federal Government‘s failure to […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Bar Association in the prosecution of electoral offenders in the country, Chairman of the commission, Professor Attahiru Jega has said.   Speaking during Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Jega said the commission has been steadfast in dealing with election culprits, and more than 200 of them […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Hon. Justice Adamu Bello has declared the appointment of all service chiefs of the federation unconstitutional, illegal, null and void and restrained the President from further appointing them without the approval of the Senate. The case was instituted in 2008 by Mr. Festus Keyamo […]

In his book, The Age of Turbulence, economists and former Chairman of US Federal Reserve (1987 – 2006), Alan Greenspan asked the question, “How do we reform government and return money and power back to the American people”. This question is perhaps more valid today in Nigeria than could have been the case in the […]

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday approved the scrapping of the Bureau of Public Enterprises as well as 219 other parastatals and agencies. Similarly, the recommendation for the merging of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) was accepted. FEC will also investigate […]

The election of Olusegun Mimiko as Governor of Ondo State has been upheld by the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure. Delivering judgement on petitions filed by candidates of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the governorship election held in October 2012, the court, in a unanimous judgement, […]

Dangote Cement Plc has assured that it would continue to stabilise the price of cement without compromising on quality to create value for stakeholders in the building industry, especially block moulders. The Group Executive Director, Sales and Marketing, Dangote Cement, Mr. Knut Ulvmoen, gave the assurance while speaking at a one-day sensitisation workshop in Abuja […]

Last week, our conclusion as citizens and students of politics was that the most fascinating political formation in the country at the moment is the newly formed All Peoples Congress (APC). We noted also that the APC is of interest to us because it is an entity still in embryo. We shall have to call […]

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, turned 50 last week. Not unexpectedly, it went without fanfare, in keeping with the man’s character. What better time than now – on the occasion of his 50th birthday, and midway into his second and final term as Governor of Lagos State – to reflect on his impact on Lagos, […]

Sometime last year, I wrote in one of my articles that one of the reasons why I will always love and pledge allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria is because, no day ends without at least one hilarious situation going on record. Whether in the creeks of the Niger-Delta; a hut in the violence-ridden […]