INEC Registers Two New Parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered two new political parties in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) and…
Wike Has Lost The Rivers Power Tussle
It is not gentlemanly the statement that was credited to Barr Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, the junior Minister of Education on August 3, 2013, at his Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI) rally…
Freedom of information The seeds of hope and harvest of despair in oxford
Oxford University is in Oxfordshire which shares a common border with the Cotswold arguably the most picturesque and scenic part of England. However, we were denied the indulgence of proceeding…
Jigawa Deputy Speaker Dies in Road Accident
Deputy Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Inuwa Sule Udi, is dead.Udi died in Kano on Thursday night while travelling to Ringim, Jigawa, his home state. It was…
The trial of Reuben Abati
I recently attended the burial ceremony of the mother of the spokesman of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, in Abeokuta. I had many years earlier similarly attended that of…
Time to Negotiate Nigeria
I borrowed the title of this piece from my new book, Nigeria is Negotiable, which is due for public presentation on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, in Abuja. I shall be…
Zenith Announces N54bn as Half-Year Profit
Zenith Bank Plc has declared a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N54.1bn for the half year ended June 30, 2013, an improvement on the N50.2bn it posted this time last…
Atiku,Irked Northern Governors Set to Dump PDP
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, may have been nursing the dream of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a second time. Just like previously when he teamed up with…
First Bank Appoints Tokunbo Abiru, Fmr Lagos Commissioner, Executive Director
In continuation of its on-going far-reaching corporate transformation, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru as Executive Director, subject to the approval of…
Jonathan appoints Osunyikanmi as DG, Technical Aid Corps
President Goodluck Jonathan on has approved the appointment of Pius Osunyikanmi as the new Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Technical Aid Corps (TAC). Special Adviser to the President…