2014 Budget Filled With Fraudulent Proposals — Saraki
Former Governor of Kwara State and current senator, Dr. Bukola Saraki has described the 2014 budget proposal of the President Goodluck Jonathan administration as full of inconsistencies that would condone…
Robbers Kill Newswatch Editor
A deputy title editor with the Newswatch newspapers, Toyin Obadina, who was shot by armed robbers at the wee hours of Saturday, has died. Obadina died early on Sunday at…
Rational Considerations Informed 2015 Timetable — INEC Chairman
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has said the timetable for the 2015 general election recently announced by the Commission was informed by rational and…
Finally, Atiku Defects to APC
After hinting of “great news” to his almost 200,000 followers on Twitter on Saturday night, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday finally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
No Court Order Bars Mark from Reading Defection Letter — APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said contrary to the ‘misinformation’ being peddled in some quarters, there is no existing court order barring the 11 former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
Editorial: Suspension of Concessions and Import Waivers
As Nigerians bemoan the high level of corruption in governments’ finances, it is pertinent to admit that the so-called waivers, exemptions and concessionary permits to importers, issued by the Finance…
APC, Nda-Isaiah and the embers of violence
These are not the best of times for our country, Nigeria. At, least not from the way the opposition politicians are getting ever more desperate with each passing day in…
The Tithes (II)
Last week, I began a series on tithing. As expected, it aroused all sorts of reactions and questions. In case you are wondering why Tithing evokes such adversarial reactions, I…
SMEs Can’t Access N220bn Edo Fund — Sanusi
Small and Medium Enterprises in Edo State cannot access the N220bn intervention fund floated by the Edo State Government, Governor of Central Bank, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has revealed. Speaking at…
I Never Cheated On 9ice — Toni Payne
The controversy that followed the separation of estranged lovers, Abolore Akande, popularly called 9ice, and Toni payne, an events planner has continued to reverberate with rumours that the musician left…