Having taken special notice of reports of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria and other investigating bodies, which indicate clearly that Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s tenure has been characterized by various acts of financial recklessness and misconduct which are inconsistent with the administration’s vision of a Central Bank propelled by the core values of focused…
Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr, Chairman of Globacom Limited, has been conferred with the Centenary Award by President Goodluck Jonathan and the Federal Government for his outstanding entrepreneurship and immense contributions to the growth of Nigeria’s economy. Dr. Adenuga was bestowed with the prestigious award in the category of‘Accomplished Contemporary Entrepreneurs’ on Friday night at the…
Apparently worried about the rate at which the Rauf Aregbesola’s All Progressives Congress (APC) government in Osun State has obtained loans from financial institutions, the Bankers Forum in the state has declared that no more loans will be granted to the government. Sources revealed that the Bankers Forum met in Osogbo a few days ago…
Recently, the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi sought for the issuance of an additional $200 million (about N45 billion loan) from the World Bank and the African Development Bank. This time around, the governor is planning to embark on water projects without considering the fact that he once embarked on projects in the…
This is not a time to laugh for the immediate past governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Isola Oyinlola. You will not forget in a hurry how he was sent packing from the Abeere government house in Oshogbo just few months to the end of his second tenure of office as the second executive governor…
The number one citizen in the gateway state, Governor Ibikunle Amosun is presently having sleepless nights. Why, one may ask. Gist merchants say his biggest concern is Ogun lawmaker, Hon Abiodun Akinlade. Political observers believe Akinlade who have won elections three times on the platform of the two major political parties, PDP and ACN, has…
SHARED POLITICAL STRENGTHS: This article is intended as a short comparative analysis of the chances of Dr. Patrick Ifeanyi Ubah of the Labour Party of Nigeria relative to that of Dr. Christopher Ngige of the APC. I have chosen to focus only on these two gubernatorial flag-bearers because they actually share a lot of personal…
Ubah offers his vision, foresight, courage, independence, charisma, public spirit, competence & determination Obiano boasts of his certificates, banking experience, financing connections, & commitment to Peter Obi’s programmes By Nwosu Chukwuemeka In our great country, Nigeria, and Anambra State in particular, there are thousands of people with all kinds of IQ for talents, skills, learning…
This is Nigeria, a country where there are clearly unwritten but strict rules in the code of conduct for top government functionaries who ever attempt to alter the status quo. For Stella Adaeze Oduah, the honourable minister for Aviation, she is learning almost late that the route to a successfully completed tenure as a federal…
According to Nicole Richie, a fashion designer, actress and author while talking about betrayal, “It is hard to tell who has your back from who has it long enough just to stab you.” This much can sum up the genesis of the current political crisis rocking the newly formed All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ekiti…
