You were at one time the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, looking back now, how well do you think the law profession has done since that time? Before I became the NBA president, I was Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice in Ondo State, but I thank God for the NBA. But to me, the…
On October 8, 2016, ntel, Nigeria’s fifth mobile network and, according to their website and social media platforms, Nigeria’s first pure play 4G/LTE advanced network will celebrate 6 months since the commencement of commercial operations on 08-04, 2016. In those 6 months, ntel has attained full network coverage in Abuja, across large swathes of Lagos…
Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi west at the national assembly, has accused Okechukwu Enelamah, minister of industry, trade and investment, of colluding with MTN to illegally move $13.92billion out of Nigeria. Melaye alleged that the money was moved out of the country between 2006 and 2016. In a motion on the floor of the…
The United Bank for Africa (UBA), Africa’s leading Pan-African bank, recently hosted a cocktail reception for US and African business leaders at the Essex House in New York City. The event was held alongside the UNGA and right after the US – Africa Business Forum(USABF) which was organized by Bloomberg and the United States department…
PENDULUM Fellow Nigerians, let me start by thanking all the blogs, WhatsApp groups, Facebook and Twitter wizards who make the incredible efforts and sacrifice to mass-circulate my Pendulum column every week. I’m sincerely grateful for your abiding faith in the written word. Let me assure you that you push me to write this piece regularly…
Recently the public space was agog that the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan granted waiver to some privileged Nigerians to the tune N215b. The waiver beneficiaries included operators and individuals in the gas sector, agriculture, health, mines and steel and “other sectors”. One of the privileged Nigerians that got this waiver which was said…
Hon. Elijah Adewale, a member of the Federal House of Representatives, representing Ifako Ijaiye Constituency of Lagos State, slumped and died at his Abuja residence on Thursday, 21 July, 2016, but what many don’t know was the sex scandal he was enmeshed in with some female members of his church at the Celestial Church of…
The economic recession currently ravaging Nigeria has taken its toll on virtually every home, not excluding Muslims, who were forced to celebrate this year’s Eid-el Kabir (Sallah) on a low key due to financial constraints. Sallah means prayer; the origin is from an Arabic word As-salat. It is also a culmination of the Muslim pilgrimage…
