Good Humour at the President’s Expense
Editor:I have observed with some degree of amusement, the wave of criticism and outrage that greeted the ill-timed ignition of President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 political campaign machinery. The campaign message…
2013 Budget: Lagos Ministries, Agencies Get Revenue Target
With residents of Lagos State beginning to question the ability of the Lagos State government to effectively fund the N499.105bn budget for 2013 as passed by the state’s House of…
Messi Win Ballon d’Or Award
Argentine and Barcelona playmaker, Lionel Messi has been named winner of the 2012 FIFA Player of the Year award (also known as Ballon d’Or), thus completing a remarkable year in…
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…