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In some other countries of the world, a bronze medal at the Olympics is not something to be talked about or celebrated. Not even silver is satisfactory sometimes, just remember that look on Russian athlete Yulia Efimova’s face as her arch-rival, Lilly King of the United States took the gold in 100m women’s breastroke swimming. […]

Barr. George Turnah deputy Chairmanship candidate and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State says the allegations that the party is engineering the emergence of some militant groups including Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) to frustrate the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is untrue. Turnah told journalists in Abuja  after he obtained his […]

The arrest and detention of Abubakar Sidiq Usman, a blogger and citizen journalist by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged “cyber stalking related offences” is an egregious attack on press freedom that emblemizes impunity and advertised in spectacular fashion, abuse of office at its worst by EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu. At […]

The monthly revenue allocation to the three tiers of government for the month of June justifies the arduous cleansing work the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari has undertaken since it came on stream on May 29, 2015. The cash-starved tiers of Nigerian government were still smarting and bleeding profusely from a combination of scorching corrupt […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday while receiving the United Nations Population Fund’s Executive Director and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja revealed that Nigeria has suddenly become a poor country as a result of the sharp drop in price of oil. Mr. Femi Adesina Special Adviser on […]

The Federal Government has on Thursday during the 2016 Presidential Policy Dialogue Session, organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry unveiled plans to tax 700,000 more companies as part of efforts to increase non-oil revenue and address the economic challenges facing Nigeria. The Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who communicated this at the meeting also […]

The Lagos State Government has on Thursday commissioned the first ever state-owned Helipad for medical emergencies in Nigeria at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja. The state governor Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode while commissioning the Helipad said that the upgrading of the 247-bed and five Theatre Suits for pregnant women, popularly called Ayinke House, would […]

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand, has again demonstrated its commitment to providing inclusion, advocacy and public enlightenment for blind and visually impaired persons in the country through its support for the Nigeria Society for the Blind (NSB) charity walk tagged ‘The White Cane Day Fitness Walk for Sight’. The fitness walk is […]Read More

It is almost certain that the last has not been heard of the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, which upheld the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal that Alhaji Yahaya Bello was duly elected as the Governor of Kogi State. It will be recalled that Bello was nominated by his […]

Do you know Ann LePage? She’s the (third) wife of Paul LePage, the right-wing weirdo, out-of-control and ever controversial governor of Maine, a man with an inspiring story of growing up on the streets after running away from an abusive step-dad at the age of 11 and who in spite of all odds went on […]

Based on gross domestic product at the end of 2015 as published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), South Africa’s economy has regained its position in dollar terms as the value of the Nigeria’s naira move in opposite directions more than two years after losing Africa’s largest economy to Nigeria. The size of South Africa’s […]Read More

The candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party for the Edo State governorship election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, in an interview with PUNCH Newspaper mocked his opponent, Godwin Obaseki, the candidate of the APC.  When asked if he felt intimidated by Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu said, “How can you be intimidated by a man you don’t see? Every time […]