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On September 8, 2015, it will be 100 days since the swearing-in of President Muhammadu Buhari. The President and his party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) defied the odds and swept to office on the back of a near hysterical clamor for change. The March 28 presidential election was a historic victory, as it was […]

Kachikwu Says “ We Must eradicate Oil theft in eight Months” As Oil Theft-Pipeline Vandalism claims 350 lives in three Years Fresh vista to the fight against the perennial problem of oil theft and pipeline vandalism appeared on the horizon on Tuesday with the disclosure by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum […]

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja urged Nigerian accountants to support his administration’s efforts to restore greater probity, prudence, transparency and respect for financial regulations to the management of national resources. Speaking at an audience with members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) at the Presidential Villa, President Buhari warned  that with […]

Thirty civil servants in Ekiti State are already waiting for the verdict of a disciplinary committee to be set up by the State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, to look into reasons why they came late to their offices on Monday. Fayose, who paid an unscheduled visit to the state Secretariat at exactly 8:00am on Monday, […]

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday commissioned 20 Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) ambulances and 26 transport ambulances, saying it was in fulfilment of his administration’s commitment to bring quality healthcare service closer to the people particularly during emergency situations. The Governor who spoke at the Lagos State House, Ikeja, said that the […]

In the height of his very public fallout with then President Jonathan, Gen. Obasanjo wrote in an 18-page open letter that one of his grouse with Jonathan was that the latter had set up himself as the president of only the Ijaws.  I wonder how Obasanjo is feeling this morning after Buhari unveiled a kitchen […]

Firstmonie, the mobile money platform of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has partnered with Mobile Media Info Tech Global Limited (MMIT) to commence a new mobile wallet capability that allows consumers to purchase services on international merchant websites. This initiative is the first of its kind in the African mobile money and payment landscape and […]

The passage of Prof. Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye, foremost diplomat and Nigerian Ambassador and Head of Missions in the United States of America, is a great national loss; but it is also an occasion for the country to celebrate a truly great life and a quintessential diplomat who stood to be counted when it mattered. By […]

This piece is not about former President Goodluck Jonathan, but it is important to focus on him to help us understand our current predicament. In June 2012 when the former president made his infamous “I don’t give a damn” comment during a presidential media chat, I knew immediately that it would define his presidency. As […]

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has listed 65 illegal tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The commission’s Executive Secretary, Julius Okojie also warned Nigerians not to patronise such institutions. According to Okojie, Nigerians who patronise such institutions would do that at their own risks since they cannot go on the mandatory National Youth Service Corps programme or […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appointed some Nigerians to fill some political positions, according to a statement by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity The statement listed the appointees as follows: Engr. Babachir David Lawal     –       Secretary to the Government  of the Federation Alhaji Abba Kyari     –        Chief of […]

Prof. Adebowale Ibinapo Adefuye, the Nigerian Ambassador to the United State, is dead. www.www.aso.rocks search engine com gathered that the Prof Adefuye, whose tenure in office elapses in September 2015, died  on Thursday at the age of sixty eight, in a DC area Hospital where he had gone for routine check up. Prof Adefuye was […]