Dangote enters 2020 five times richer than Donald Trump
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, became $4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar. The 62-year-old Nigerian…
Gbemi Saraki accuses Gov. Abdulrazaq of unjustified attack on her late Father
Gbemisola Saraki, the daughter of the late former Senate leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, who is also Minister of State, Transportation, has condemned Thursday’s demolition of a bungalow in Ilorin, Kwara…
Buhari restricts Ministers” travels as Debts, Low Revenue usher Nigeria into 2020
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, placed travel restrictions on all his ministers, who can only now travel out of the country eight times in a year. Information, Culture & Tourism…
Retro: Major landmarks and Issues that defined 2019
As the curtains are drawn on 2019, Nigerians take a rear view of the events that marked 2019 and one unmistakable conclusion is that it was undoubtedly a monumental year…
Court gives EFCC nod to detain Adoke for additional 14 days
Justice Othman Musa of an Abuja High Court yesterday said he was returning the case file of Mohammed Adoke, a former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), to the chief…
Kwara Gov’t Demolishes Saraki’s House in Ilorin
The Kwara State government has finally demolished the property belonging to the Second Republic Senate Leader, the late Dr. Olusola Saraki, located along Ilofa road, GRA, Ilorin. The demolition, according…
Banks defying CBN’s reviewed ATM charges, others – Customers decry
Some bank customers have frowned at their banks for not complying with the new CBN guidelines for charges on Automated Teller Machine (ATM), released by the Central Bank of Nigeria…
Pope’s bodyguards criticized over slapping incident
Pope Francis’s attempt to wrest himself from the grasp of an ardent follower this week have left some asking – where was the pontiff’s security detail? Often dubbed the “People’s…
2019:Nigeria had the biggest drop in visitors to the US as Trump’s visa policies took hold
The travel measures taken against Nigeria by the United States last year are starting to have a clear and, potentially, long-term effect. Data from the US travel and tourism office…
Na My Brother Dey There”
One of the major indications of the dysfunctional nature of the Nigerian social and political ecosystem is what can be best summarized in pidgin English as the “Na my brother…