MUST STOP THE TRIAL BECAUSE IT IS POLITICAL PERSECUTION’ The on-going trial of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki is more of political than judicial and it must be stopped in the best interest of the ruling party, the APC to avoid the polity been unnecessarily over-heated. Some APC elders who spoke under the umbrella…
PLEDGE TO MOVE NIGERIA FORWARD …As Osoba Rejoins APC …Tinubu, Aregbesola, Ajimobi, Ambode, Others Meet In Lagos The Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in South West, Nigeria met in Lagos on Sunday where they restated their commitment to work together to move the country and particularly the region forward. Osun State Governor, Ogbeni…
SEATED in his father’s office in Lagos, Baana Bulama, an indigene of Bama in Borno State, hissed out loud when the news was flashed on television that 16 women were abducted in Adamawa by suspected Boko Haram members. “I was once obsessed like they are now. Someone needs to educate them,” he said in apparent…
This commentary is inspired by Olusegun Adeniyi’s “Of wailers, counterwailers and Buharideens”(ThisDay, March 31). In that piece, the ace journalist and public affairs commentator successfully defines the tri-polarities governing public responses to the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The take-away is that the biggest challenge that Nigeria faces at the moment is political partisanship, which has divided…
A new report on Thursday said despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s attempt at ensuring transparency in the oil sector, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, still withholds billions in oil revenues from the government account. The report by the Natural Resource Governance Institute, titled “NNPC still holds blank check” said that within the first six months…
One of the three clergymen of HEKAN church kidnapped on Kaduna- Abuja Expressway has been found dead on Wednesday. HEKAN General Secretary, Reverend Jibrailu Wobiya told newsmen in Kaduna, on Thursday, that Reverend Iliya Anto, was until death, the vice president of the church . However, he said two other pastors kidnapped with him had…
Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp), Nigeria’s foremost investment conglomerate has announced its audited 2015 Financial Results. The Group posted a profit before tax of N3.3bn for the period under review. Transcorp Group Operating Profit went up by 11% from N14bn in 2014 FY to N15bn. Its posted turnover of N40.8bn and profit before tax…
The Nigerian Army wishes to regrettably inform the public that Colonel Samaila Inusa who was kidnapped on Sunday 27th March 2016, was found dead today at about 6.00pm. Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors. This is because the body was found…
