UBA Foundation Launches ‘Read Africa’ Initiative in Gabon, Mozambique
As part of its mission to improve the lives of the communities in which the United Bank for Africa operates, UBA Foundation continues to encourage African youths to adopt the…
N950m PDP Campaign Funding: Shekaru Granted N100m Bail
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today May 24, 2018 arraigned the trio of Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano State; Aminu Bashir Wali and Mansur Ahmed before Justice Zainab…
JAMB to Conduct Police Recruitment Test Nationwide
The Nigerian Police Force has said that its recruitment test Nationwide Computer Based Test (CBT) will be conducted by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). ACP Jimoh Moshood, Force Public…
NUC publishes lists of unaccredited “Illegal”universities in Nigeria
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the list of fifty eight (58) unaccredited (illegal) universities in Nigeria. The Executive Secretary of NUC announced the unaccredited institution via a bulletin…
Innoson motors’ Chairman declared wanted
The Chairman of Innoson Motors, Mr. Innocent Chukwuma, has been declared wanted by a Special Offences Court sitting in Lagos. He was declared wanted on Thursday following his continuous refusal…
PDP chairman, others remanded
The Federal High Court in Benin has ordered that the Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, Chief Dan Orbih, be remanded in prison custody if he failed to…
Buhari appoints Musiliu Smith, ex-Justice Clara Ogunbiyi for PSC
Musiliu Smith, a former inspector-general of police, and Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, a former justice of the Supreme Court, have been named by President Muhammadu Buhari into the Police Service Commission…
Obasanjo, Buhari and the impending political dogfight
Buhari may have finally decided to accept the challenge thrown by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Speaking while receiving members of the Buhari Support Organization led by the Comptroller-General of the…
The Economy: Facts Are Stubborn Things – Presidency
Some people have made it a pastime to talk as if there is no silver lining in the sky as far as the Nigerian economy is concerned. They carry on…
Plato, Machiavelli and the Qualities of Good Political Leadership
In my last article, titled “Achebe versus Obasanjo, Danjuma and Agbese”, I argued that bad political leadership is primarily responsible for the failed state of Nigeria, not corruption as many…