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…  Wants PDP, others Put on Notice … To  Consider    Emerhor’s Application        Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal  chairman, Mr. Nasiru Gunmi has turned down an ex-party motion brought  by Labour Party (LP) governorship aspirant, Chief Great Ogboru,  seeking to inspect documents from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office. Gunmi  ruled that Ogboru “should […]

For eight months, we have been denied our legitimate monthly wages by the current government of Osun State. Several pensioners have died due to the failure of government to fulfil its obligations to its employees. The economy is comatose as people continue to starve as a result of maladministration and profligacy of the government.   We […]

…Explosion occurs near court before ruling The Federal High court in Rivers State has on Thursday, dismissed the 22 local government council chairmen in the state.  The local government chairmen were fired because their election contravened a court order which had earlier been issued restraining it, Justice Lambo Akanbi, the prciding judge said. Lambo also […]

Let me have cause to quote again from Francis Fukuyama’s book entitled, Political Order and Political Decay. He says: “Nigeria’s real institutional deficit lies in the…: lack of strong modern and capable state and absence of rule of law that provides property rights, citizens security, and transparency in transactions. These two deficits are related. Rather than having a modern state that can provide […]Read More

On Wednesday, the Senate ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to urgently go after some companies to recover the over N30 billion of waivers given by the Federal Government channeled towards the importation of rice. CBN also urged the apex bank to ensure that all agencies of government remit money into the Federation account. […]

Chief Adegoke Adelabu whose birthday we are celebrating today Thursday, 9th July 2015 years after his death in a ghastly motor accident, at the age of only 43 years, at  old Lagos-Ibadan expressway, Ibadan, would have been a grand old man of 100 years.  He was, without any doubt whatever, a legend in his time […]

Nigerians are keenly aware of the fact that 2015 is a critical year for our politics. The usual muted complaints have turned into bitter criticisms of All Progressives Congress’ missteps and its leaders who are seen as the engine behind the crises in the National Assembly’s power tussle for the Senate Presidency and the House […]

Justice Mohammed Yinusa of the Federal High Court, Lagos on Tuesday convicted four companies associated with former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani and ordered that their properties be forfeited to the Federal Government.  The four companies are Rainbownet Nigeria Limited, Cosmos FM, Capital City Automobile Nigeria Limited and Renaissance University Teaching Hospital. The companies had […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Ali Gambo Abdullahi, a staff of Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Abuja, before Justice C. N Orji of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy, bribery and abuse of office. Abdullahi’s arrest and subsequent arraignment followed a petition from […]

The Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday presided over the State Security Council meeting with an assurance that progress is being made to round up the remaining members of the Ikorodu armed robbery gang still on the run. The new State Police Commissioner, Mr Fatai Owoseni, who spoke to Government House Correspondents shortly […]

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufa’i has removed all local government treasurers and Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) in the local government councils in the state, saying they would be re-assigned to other areas. El-Rufai’s action is believed to be as a result of with his anger over the high rate of ghost workers in […]

Embattled Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, on Monday, declared that he would not be intimidated over allegations linking him to alleged forgery in the Senate. The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, had invited Ekweremadu for questioning in what the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) described as persecution. On Monday, a team of the Nigeria Police […]