Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum, visited the Charing Cross Police Station in London on Thursday, according to TVC. The former minister was detained at the station in October when UK National Crime agency arrested her on suspicions of bribery and money laundering. The Westminster magistrate court later granted her bail but seized her passport…
Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) on Wednesday in Abuja, berated the 2016 budget and called on President Muhammaduu Buhari to withdraw it and go back to the drawing board. Abaribe while making contributions during the consideration of the budget, said the proposal was faulty on many grounds and could not be implemented at it…
How Ita Enang bungled budget replacement process President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Nationally Assembly to formally request the withdrawal of the 2016 Appropriation Bill he had presented to a joint session of the federal legislature on December 22 for adjustment, THISDAY has learnt. The president’s leader was addressed to Senate President Bukola Saraki…
For 16 years that the Peoples Democratic Party was in power, the federal government exhibited total contempt for the Rule of Law. The Constitution and other laws were breached with impunity while court orders were disobeyed on a regular basis. In the famous case of Attorney-General of Lagos State v Attorney-General of the Federation (2005)…
For many, life is a song at birth because they are privileged to be born into wealthy families; and for others, poverty is their middle names even right from the day they are born. One of them is a medical doctor, Abib Olamitoye who was born into automatic and chronic poverty, but today he’s able…
Tony Elumelu, Chairman, Board of Directors, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has been named among the “100 most influential Africans of 2015.” The list published by pan African magazine “New African” presents Africa’s definitive power list and profiles the continent’s top game changers in eight different fields: Politics (22); Public Office (4); Arts and…
Further details emerging from the recently presented 2016 budget have shown that the executive arm of the government would spend the lion share of N5.87 trillion, or about 96.5 per cent of the total N6.1 trillion about N205 billion or 3.5 per cent to the other arms of government, with the Legislature and the Judiciary,…
The Tudun Wada Ward executives of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, on Tuesday dissociated themselves from Monday’s suspension of a senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, from the party. Mr. Sani was on Monday suspended for a period of 11 months by the party at Tudun Wada Ward, where he registered. But the…
The amiable, soft-spoken communication expert and managing director of PR Redline, Lekan Ishola recently had an interview with Global News’ BUNMI ORIJA where he spoke on sundry issues concerning his job as a public relations practitioner and that of the country, Nigeria. Here he bares his mind on how the Nigerian brand can be reshaped…
