This may be a blow to the mega city project of the Lagos State governor. During the previous election, the governor promised all that he would work hard into turning the state into a mega city. The first phase in transportation he claimed was the importation of buses to run the state-owned Bus Rapid Transit…
The high-handedness of the Saraki family ran aground the Societé-Generale Bank years ago and till date, they are yet to answer to the charges against them. Even when charges of corruption were brought against Bukola Saraki, his sister, Gbemisola and others in 1990, their late father, Dr. Abubakar Olushola Saraki allegedly used his clout to…
He is one of the most respected and wealthiest politicians of our time, one of the most talked about in the history of Nigeria. Before he emerged governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Okorocha had been regarded as one of the controversial ones. The man who had at a time contested for the office of…
Nigeria’s most controversial pastor is at his controversial best. Recently the senior pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly and former running mate of Maj-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari in the last presidential election, Pastor Tunde Bakare, lambasted the president in an interview for what he described as an insult to the office of the president for kneeling…
The long absence of Enugu State governor, Sullivan Chime from office has allegedly put the state in a deteriorating state and worst of conditions, sources have revealed. Reports reaching Global News indicate that since the governor embarked on his annual leave two months ago, the state has suffered setbacks in diverse areas. According to reports,…
Ever since he assumed duty as the numero uno of Ogun State in May 2011, Governor Ibikunle Amosun a.k.a. SIA has left nobody in doubt that he had come to govern and rule like a sole administrator. Aside from the gap created between the governor and the leadership of ACN in Ogun State during the…
The story of how Taraba State governor, Danbaba Suntai, narrowly escaped death in his own hands is still generating controversy across the country as to the way most of these governors spend their lives recklessly due to the enormous power they suddenly find on their laps. It was generally argued that the governors in the…
The word, “diamond” comes from the Greek word adamas, meaning unconquerable or invincible. “Diamonds are forever,” sang Shirley Bassey while Marilyn Monroe said they were a ‘girl’s best friend’ and over the years this gemstone born in April has become the most coveted gemstone. The myths and facts associated with diamond transcend cultures and continents….
The noise that comes with the governorship election in Ondo State is gradually subsidizing. While some people are still smirking from the pain inflicted on them by the defeat suffered in the electoral process others have since moved on, but one thing that most will find difficult to believe is the fact that the election…
The minister of sports and chairman, National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has been alleged of spending a whopping sum of N400,000 a day on accommodation. This is coming on the heels of the abysmal outing of the Nigeria’s Olympics team in London. Mr. Bolaji was accused of lodging at the Savoy Hotel, London…
