Diezani Alison-Madueke She is presently the most controversial of this set of women in Nigeria. According to the popular Wikileaks, she is a mole in the petroleum ministry. But rather than investigate her and, perhaps, punish her for leaking sensitive information, she was retained in the petroleum ministry where she is currently serving as Petroleum…
His name has come up in the news at different times because of his involvement in the formation of the dreaded Boko Haram group, which has been terrorizing the country for some years now. Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, a serving Nigerian Senator and former governor of Borno State, who arrest many have been clamoring for,…
Though the dust raised by the removal of fuel subsidy on January 1st by the federal government is gradually fading away, the action or inaction of some people that participated in the whole drama that nearly brought the country to her kneels is coming out, with accusations and counter accusations from the actors and actresses…
There is a saying that you don’t know what people will become until they are in a place of authority. This may be said about the current Governor of Lagos State, Raji Fashola, who has suddenly turned from the once darling Governor most people of the state, especially the elite take him to be, to…
This is surely not the best of times for the Lagos Deputy Governor, Joke Adefulire. The reason is that her husband, a magistrate in Lagos State judiciary, has put a lady (name withheld) in the family way. Those who are in the know alleged that Magistrate Adefulire of Igbosere Magistrate Court for some time now…
Barring any last minute changes, Governor Timipre Sylva’s hope of retaining his seat in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Bayelsa state, may have been foreclosed. Competent sources have revealed that Governor Timipre Sylva, who is the chief security officer of the state, has become a liability and security risk to the Nigerian security agencies and…
Nigeria’s ambassador toGhana, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has accused the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, inLagosof trying to annul the victory of his son Babajide in the chairmanship poll for Ikoyi-Obalende, LCDA. He said his son won on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. “We have the results of the election. We…
The Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun, now known as Emperor Amosun, has named his commissioners that comprises mainly his business associates and three politicians in persons of Muyiwa Oladapo,Olu Odeyemi and Daniel Adejobi. What many people didn’t know, however, is that Stanbic IBTC Bank railroaded him to give the institution juicy appointments to safeguard its…
Surely this is not the best of times for the Pulitzer Prize winner and Publisher of NEXT newspaper, Dele Olojede who finally closed down the print version of the newspaper over his state of finances which is now in the zero region. We gathered that before Olojede started the business he took a loan of…
Hitherto hidden cracks have begun to emerge in LagosStatein the relationship between Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola and his predecessor in office, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s,Global News can exclusively confirm. Â Before now, there had been a bit of niggle between them but they made up in the run-up to the last gubernatorial election in the state….
