Jimoh Ibrahim Interrogated for Alleged Tax Evasion
Self-acclaimed billionaire, Jimoh Ibrahim, may not be finding it easy with officials of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), as he was on Monday grilled for several hours by the Special…
Fashola Receives Report on Collapsed Buildings in Lagos State
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has received the report of the Tribunal of Enquiry on incidence of collapsed buildings in the state, stating that the tribunal was set up…
APC Rejects Supplementary Election in Anambra
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday rejected the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it would hold a supplementary election after declaring Saturday’s governorship poll in…
Editorial: 2015 Politics versus 2014 Budget
There is certainly more to the postponement of President Goodluck Jonathan’s budget speech to the National Assembly, than meets the eye. Like an annual ritual that never fails, the postponement…
Anambra Election: INEC Declares Election Result Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State inconclusive, after observing that the total number of cancelled votes was far more than the difference…
Ochei: Enduring Footsteps of an unusual philanthropist
In ageless Africa, it is said that the heart that gives love is humane, but the one that demonstrates care, is simply godly.In simple terms, our ancestors, long ago, realised…
Nigeria Does Not Have 100 Million Destitute
We have read with utter dismay the statement by World Bank Country Director, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly that 100 Million Nigerians are living in destitution or extreme poverty. This spurious claim is…
Enough of the shenanigans; let Nyako go!
Not many people realise these days the manner in which the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, was railroaded as the gubernatorial candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
The Triumph of Will
Do people shape society or does society shape people?” This is the question of the century and my answer is as follows. The sheer power of vision, creativity and strength…
nPDP Asks Jonathan to Account for Missing $5bn
The New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) has challenged the Federal Government to account for the $5bn alleged to have disappeared from the nation’s Excess Crude Account (ECA). The party threw…