Supreme Court’s conflicting judgments
It is said that the court is the last hope of the common man. And by hierarchy of courts in Nigeria, the Supreme Court is the very last hope. But where that last hope is beset with inconsistencies on...
View ArticleJonathan’s arms bogey
Former President Muhammadu Buhari’s latest retorts on the Dasugate is instructive. It lends a deeper insight into the nuances of stewardship as a byproduct of the action and inaction of public...
View ArticlePanacea for corruption
The current war on corruption by President Muhammadu Buhari is on the right track. However, for the fight against corruption to be enduring, he has to be couragous and adopt administrative strategies...
View ArticleEffect of corruption
It is high time Nigerians started praying for our leaders to be guided right. Of what essence are they called leaders when their strategies are synchronised to embezzling our collective wealth, looting...
View ArticleImproved revenue from tax
We can even achieve N10tn to N15tn tax revenue in this country if every eligible taxpayer (both individual and corporate) pay their due and proper tax obligation. However, the situation where people...
View ArticleS’Court overturns A’Court verdicts, affirms Emmanuel, Ikpeazu elections
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Supreme Court on Wednesday affirmed the elections of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. A seven-man bench, presided over by the...
View ArticleMy goal is to rescue Chibok girls alive – Buhari
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said his government would not rest until the over 200 schoolgirls, abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok in Borno State...
View Article$2.1bn scandal: ThisDay publisher, Obaigbena, returns N350m
John Alechenu, Fidelis Soriwei and John Ameh There were indications that the Publisher of ThisDay Newspaper, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena, has returned the sum of N350m to the Economic and Financial Crimes...
View ArticleCourt orders arrest of ex-Ekiti PDP secretary for perjury
Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti A Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ado Ekiti has ordered the state Commissioner of Police, Etop James, to arrest and prosecute a former State Secretary of the Peoples...
View ArticleNigerians won’t suffer under Buhari, says Osinbajo
Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said the masses in the country will not suffer under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He said this on Wednesday at...
View ArticleN1.61bn diverted by Dariye meant for reclamation – Witness
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, admitted as exhibit a letter showing that the Plateau State’s N1.161bn ecological funds allegedly diverted by a former...
View ArticleZuma to repay $23m spent on personal home
Afeez Hanafi with agency report President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has offered to pay back $23m (£15m) taxpayer money he used to install a swimming pool, chicken enclosure and amphitheatre at his...
View ArticleEFCC recovers $14m from oil firm
Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The ongoing investigation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission into the operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation yielded fruits with the recovery of...
View ArticleNigeria, Benin team up against pro-Biafran hijackers
Ademola Oni and Fidelis Soriwei The Nigerian military is collaborating with its counterpart in the Republic of Benin to free an oil vessel, MT LEON DIAS, which was hijacked off the Nigerian coast on...
View ArticleN’Assembly to pass 2016 budget Feb. 25
John Ameh, Abuja The National Assembly is expected to pass the 2016 Appropriation Bill on February 25. The House of Representatives also said on Wednesday that the N6.07tn proposed by the executive as...
View ArticleN11.5bn fraud: Bishop, bank MD remanded in prison
Jude Owuamanam, Jos A Federal High Court sitting in Jos, the Plateau State capital, on Wednesday ordered the prison remand of the Managing Director of Dadin Kowa Microfinance Bank Limited, Mr. Irmiya...
View ArticleWhat Buhari achieved in seven months – Presidency
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja The Presidency has risen in defence of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he has achieved a lot in the area of fighting corruption in the seven months of his administration. The...
View ArticleLagos adopts nine-year-old housemaid tortured with hot water
Afeez Hanafi The Lagos State Government says Precious Chinwedu, a nine-year-old housemaid, who was tortured by her boss for allegedly stealing crayfish is now in its custody. Our correspondent learnt...
View ArticleLagos traders resist police invasion, three die
Olaleye Aluko No fewer than three people were killed on Wednesday in the Iddo area of Lagos State after some traders at Iddo Onireke resisted invasion by policemen attached to the Lagos State Task...
View ArticleGridlock as Lagos screens workers, visitors to secretariat
Samson Folarin There was gridlock on Wednesday at the Ikeja secretariat of the Lagos State Government as workers and visitors without the state identity cards were denied access into the complex....
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