Lagos Commissioner Says 9,500 Lagos Pupils are Partially Blind
Lagos State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Jide Idris, disclosed on Wednesday that 9,498 pupils in public primary schools in the state have various forms of visual impairment. He said the…
Sen. David Mark `s Speech at the Resumption of Senate Plenary Session
1.My Distinguished Colleagues and Bosses, Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 2.I welcome you all back from your working short Easter break, and I am glad to see everyone…
Jonathan Sacks Special Adviser
President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak of his duty. The termination of appointment was announced on Tuesday by Special Adviser to the…
N10b Jet Scandal: House to Seek Legal Help over Court Injunction
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has reacted to the court injunction ordering the House of Representatives to stop all actions probing Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke’s N10billion…
Nigeria`s rise to the bottom
This week, I invite you to consider the following excerpts from Toyin Dawodu’s response to Forbes’ (a foremost international business magazine) conclusions from its interview with Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s…
CSR: Dangote donates 12 trailer-load of relief material to Benue
The Pan African conglomerate-Dangote Group-has donated 12 trailer load of relief material worth N40 million to the Benue State Government. The relief material, according to the Group, is meant to…
Why Violence, Insecurity Persist-Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has suggested that violence and insecurity in Nigeria and other countries may have stemmed from frustration among the people as well as the refusal…
Sanusi: Glittery carapace, putrid under-belly…The mint disaster under his watch
…CBN Governor, Emefiele must brace up for the mint challenge Call him a showman, smooth talker, self-righteous and self-adulating gadfly, loud, intemperate, brash, aristocratically arrogant, impulsive, loose cannon, attention seeker,…
Court Order Halts Petroleum Minister’s Private Jet Probe
Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria’s petroleum minister has obtained an interim court order stopping the House of Representatives from further investigations on the N10billion public funds allegedly used by the minister for…
APC Excited Over PDP’s Cancellation of Adamawa Rally
Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), is happy with the cancellation of the planned rally by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State in line with the…