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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has said the timetable for the 2015 general election recently announced by the Commission was informed by rational and logical considerations, not sentimental or ulterior motivations. According to Jega, the Commission is mindful of its own operational effectiveness and global best practice in grouping […]

After hinting of “great news” to his almost 200,000 followers on Twitter on Saturday night, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday finally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement he personally released on Sunday afternoon, Atiku said he took the decision after wide consultations with friends, loyalists […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said contrary to the ‘misinformation’ being peddled in some quarters, there is no existing court order barring the 11 former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators from defecting to the APC last week. In a statement issued in Ilorin on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said […]Read More

As Nigerians bemoan the high level of corruption in governments’ finances, it is pertinent to admit that the so-called waivers, exemptions and concessionary permits to importers, issued by the Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, are some of those practices that breed corruption, expand the avenues of rent-seeking and cronyism and […]

These are not the best of times for our country, Nigeria.  At, least not from the way the opposition politicians are getting ever more desperate with each passing day in their quest to wrest power from the President, Goodluck Jonathan, and the ruling PDP. Just the other day, the Minority Leader in the House of […]

Last week, I began a series on tithing. As expected, it aroused all sorts of reactions and questions. In case you are wondering why Tithing evokes such adversarial reactions, I have news for you. This subject matter led to the first murder in the Bible. Cain Killed Abel over tithing. In spite of this, we can […]

Small and Medium Enterprises in Edo State cannot access the N220bn intervention fund floated by the Edo State Government, Governor of Central Bank, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has revealed. Speaking at the Government House in Benin on Friday during a condolence visit to the Edo State government over the death of wife of Oba of Benin, […]

The controversy that followed the separation of estranged lovers, Abolore Akande, popularly called 9ice, and Toni payne, an events planner has continued to reverberate with rumours that the musician left his wife because she was caught cheating. At a time, she was said to have been caught cheating with a family friend and musician, Ruggedman. […]

The Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), an agency of the state government, on Friday announced the shutting of a total of 250 companies in 2013 over their refusal to remit their workers’ personal income tax to government. Disclosing this as part of the review of its activities for last year, Head, Distrain Unit of LIRS, Mrs. […]

As part of his determination to reunite warring members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), National Chairman of the party Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu on Friday held a closed-door meeting with former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida. Leading a team of 15 loyal party leaders, Muazu got to the Minna Uphill residence of Babaginda at about midday and […]

Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Police, Ngozi Braide has praised members of the public for actively collaborating with the security agents, as the joint partnership is responsible for the general decline in kidnapping, car-snatching and other criminal acts in the state. Speaking in an interview shortly after her appointment, Braide […]

The Federal House of Representatives Thursday unveiled plans to commence the consideration of the 2014 Appropriation bill on 4th February 2014. Zakariu Mohammed, chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, gave the hint at the weekly press briefing held at the National Assembly complex.  Zakari said that consideration of the budget was put on hold […]