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You must have read about Daniel Ihekina, the   stowaway kid on the Arik flight from Benin to Lagos over the weekend and how such an incident could happen in one of our airports.  After trying to draw a graphic picture of the scenario, I kept pondering all night: what was on this chap’s mind? How […]

The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) on Monday elected Willie Obiano as its candidate for the governorship election to be held on November 16 in Anambra State. Chairman of the Electoral Panel, Martin Agbaso, who announced Obiano, an Executive Director with Fidelity Bank Plc as winner of the primary election said he polled 817 votes out of a […]

The leader of the most violent faction of the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau may be dead, again. But the credibility of the claim by the Joint Task Force (JTF), that Shekau died of gunshot wounds he sustained in a cross fire with Special Military Operation Forces (SMOF) at the Sambisa Games Forest […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Congress, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Monday shattered the hopes of Mr. Andy Uba, winner of a factional primaries conducted for the November 16 governorship election in Anambra State. Tukur, instead declared Tony Nwoye, winner of the primaries conducted by the other faction as the authentic candidate of the party. Uba, a Senator and […]

From a loss of N7.9billion in five months ended 31 December 2011, Keystone Bank Limited has posted a Profit-Before-Tax of N2.8billion for the year ended December 31, 2012. In the same breadth, Total Comprehensive Income of the Bank rose by 157 per cent, from a loss of N13.79billion to N7.81 billion, while customers’ deposits leapt […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, Monday, relieved the Minister of Youth Development, Inuwa Abdul-kadir of his appointment.A terse stateent from the Office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim announced the sack. The statement reads, “His Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR President and Commander –in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of […]

The River Sate Chapter of People Democratic Party, Monday, lived up to its billing by expelling eighteen members of the party, loyal to Gov. Rotimi Amaechi.The party cited failure without any justifiable reason to submit themselves before the performance evaluation committee of the party as rationale for their expulsion, but sources says that the expulsion […]

I, Dr. Muiz Adeyemi Banire, use this medium, in my private capacity, to deplore the recent incontinent wave of kidnapping in our dear country Nigeria. The recent and most bloody kidnapping of Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in Edo state, is quite alarming and frightening. It is a confirmation of the truism in the aphorism that […]

As thousands gathered on Washington to mark 50 years since Rev. Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech, several issues continue to elicit debate. One important question which this commemoration will ask is whether the dream Rev. King had had finally come true. Fifty years down the line, American citizens, most especially African […]

The supremacy battle between Governor of Ogun State, Sentaor Ibikunle Amosun and Chief Olusegun Osoba, a former governor of the state and kingmaker in the All Progressive Congress (APC) is already giving party members in the state and the federation a cause for concern. It is their belief that if nothing is done by the […]

As part of strategies to diversify the nation’s export base as well create more value for its crude oil, foremost industrialist and President/Chief Executive of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has tasked government to begin the production of petroleum products for export. He made the call in a keynote address titled: ‘Nigeria Beyond Oil’ […]Read More

As you may know our brother, Mike Ozekhome, the last two decades, at least by international standards is one of the most prominent and loudest human rights voice in West Africa, Nigeria in particular. The reason for this is clear. With his legal voice he has engaged in targeted attacks against poverty, inequality, joblessness and […]