Army Promotes 2900 Soldiers, Promises More
The Nigerian Army has promoted 2900 soldiers out of the 10,000 recommended by various unit commanders nationwide. It also promised to release the pending promotions as soon as all formalities…
INEC Headquarters Razed by Fire
A section of the Maitama, Abuja headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was on Monday gutted by fire, resulting in commotion as staff of the commission scampered for…
Illegal Banking: Two Pastors Jailed For 10 Years
Two ‘men of God’ Pastor Glory Abrefera and Reverend Vincent Okpogo have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each by Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Asaba, Delta…
Abia: A Time of Universal Pretense
Telling the truth is not always easy in a land that is characterized by untrustworthiness; therefore truth becomes an art of rebellion or opposition in the eyes of men and…
NURTW Applauds PPMC over Fuel Supply in Yuletide
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has commended the management of Pipeline and Products Marketing Company, a subsidiary of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its efficient…
GEJ/OBJ & Nigeria`s Dysfunctional Leadership
In politics it has been said, there are no permanent friends or foes, only permanent interests. Therefore, those who occupy leadership positions should realize that the indulgences they revel in…
Between Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka
Editor: There are some strange developments and coincidences happening between Germany and Nigeria, particularly as it concerns Albert Einstein and Wole Soyinka on the one hand and Berlin and Ibadan…
Refugees in their own land
“I see America through the eyes of a victim. I don’t see any American dream. I see an American nightmare” – Malcolm X As the Obafemi Awolowo University continues its…
House Not Witch-hunting SEC, Rep Maintains
The decision of the Federal House of Representatives not to appropriate funds to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) for the 2013 fiscal year is not down to a vendetta agenda…
11,350 Traffic Offenders Apprehended in 2012 — FCTA
At least 11,350 people were apprehended in 2012 for various traffic offences across the nation’s capital city of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has said. Also, a total…