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The application filed by alleged fraudster, Fred Ajudua against his $8.4 million fraud trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was on Monday dismissed by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Ikeja High Court. Standing trial on the allegation of defrauding former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (retd.) of about $8.395m during […]

The 2014 Forbes Billionaires’ List, which was released recently, ranked the President/Chief Executive, the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, 23rd in a list of 1,645 richest people in the world, with a personal fortune of $25billion. This is an improvement on his 43rd position in 2013 (with networth of $16billion), and places him among the […]

 These days, it is common to glean in the newspapers and on the social media stories that look like President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan is persecuting the suspended Central Bank Bank (CBN) Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi.  It is true that Sanusi did not help matters with the way he was going about his business of being […]

Nigeria is currently experiencing its share of the terrorism that has come to define the world, but the Armed Forces would continue training fine minds to work out solutions, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh has said. Speaking at the 2014 symposium for Senior Course 36 at the Armed Forces Command and Staff […]

Silverbird has granted awards and honours to nine persons adjudged to have distinguished themselves in different walks of life. The awardees are His Excellency, President Paul Kageme of the Republic of Rwanda, who received an Award of Distinction in recognition of his leadership in peace-building and reconciliation, development, good governance, promotion of human rights and […]

Other than Robbery, Corruption and security issues in Nigeria, I think the next matter of extreme and urgent concern, yet we are pretentious about, is excess libido in men causing RAPE of minors, adults and the aged which has become a very common place now. What is rape and why is the frequency if it’s […]

Our Society has been turned upside down, with misplacement of values lurking everywhere in the name of modernity. The sooner we search and entrust our destiny as a State into the hands of those that mean well, the better for us. Part of the problem confronting the world of today is the total divorce of […]

Can any human being be certain when a goat gets angry? No, it’s not about instigating such observation rather it is about how the animal deals with everyday bondage its’ been subjected to. Bondage living is a situation whereby an individual has no control over his or her liberty because others predetermine it, arguably a […]

The claim by President Goodluck Jonathan that he acted ex cathedra in suspending Lamido Sanusi as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is not only outrageous, it is outlandish and laughable. For the avoidance of doubt, Sanusi’s suspension over alleged “financial recklessness and misconduct” violates the law, most notably, Section 11 of the […]

Chairman of the Interim Management Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and member of the Presidential Committee on Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution of the Security Challenges in the North, Dr. Hakeen Baba-Ahmed believes that contrary to the opinion of President Goodluck Jonathan, the threat posed by members of the Boko Haram Islamist sect is […]

The opinion poll of the All Progressives Congress casting the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in bad light does not make sense, the Presidency said on Sunday. In a statement released on Sunday to announce the unveiling of its manifesto slated for Thursday, APC had claimed that 44 per cent of respondents to its “largest-ever […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) is set to unveil its manifesto, which it describes as the “Roadmap to a New Nigeria”, at the party’s National Summit to be held in Abuja on Thursday 6th March 2014. Interim National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said in a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday that the roadmap […]Read More