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It is not gentlemanly the statement that was credited to Barr Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike, the junior Minister of Education on August 3, 2013, at his Grassroots Development Initiative (GDI) rally in Port Harcourt, that he will make the state ungovernable, by making sure that the residents will not sleep with their two eyes closed. This […]

Oxford University is in Oxfordshire which shares a common border with the Cotswold arguably the most picturesque and scenic part of England.  However, we were denied the indulgence of proceeding with our scheduled excursion to Burford the mini-capital of the Cotswold when His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammadu Saa’d Abubakar the Sultan of Sokoto delivered his address […]

Deputy Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Inuwa Sule Udi, is dead.Udi died in Kano on Thursday night while travelling to Ringim, Jigawa, his home state.  It was learnt that the car conveying the 52-year-old was involved in an accident in Jogana Village along Kano-Hadejia Road.The late Udi had been a lawmaker in the state, […]

I recently attended the burial ceremony of the mother of the spokesman of President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr. Reuben Abati, in Abeokuta. I had many years earlier similarly attended that of his father. The attendance at the two occasions were qualitatively different-reflecting the variation in his professional and occupational status. Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State […]

I borrowed the title of this piece from my new book, Nigeria is Negotiable, which is due for public presentation on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, in Abuja. I shall be quoting profusely from the various contributors to the book to buttress the argument for an urgent national dialogue on the future of Nigeria. Since the […]

Zenith Bank Plc has declared a Profit Before Tax (PBT) of N54.1bn for the half year ended June 30, 2013, an improvement on the N50.2bn it posted this time last year.  Similarly, the bank’s profit after tax improved from N42.41bn this time in 2012 to N45.419bn. According to a report presented to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), […]Read More

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, may have been nursing the dream of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a second time. Just like previously when he teamed up with former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos to form the defunct Action Congress (AC), he may be coming up with a new party, the Peoples Democratic […]

In continuation of its on-going far-reaching corporate transformation, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the appointment of Mr. Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru as Executive Director, subject to the approval of Central Bank of Nigeria. He will drive the Corporate Banking business of the Bank. The appointment of Abiru, until recently the Lagos State Commissioner for […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on has approved the appointment of Pius Osunyikanmi as the new Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Technical Aid Corps (TAC). Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, announced this in a statement on Thursday saying that the appointment was immediate effect. According to Abati, Osunyikanmi takes […]

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State and the camp of Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday continued their war of words over the political lockdown in the state. While the state chapter of the party accused the governor of foisting on the public a false notion of insecurity […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is now in possession of 20 million permanent voter’s cards for 2015 general elections, its resident electoral commission in charge of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Gabriel Ada said on Thursday. Speaking in Uyo at a stakeholders meeting organised by the commission, Ada observed that the voters’ card would gradually […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its governors are not against autonomy for local governments, as reported in a section of the media on Thursday, describing such reports as a gross misrepresentation of the governors’ position on the issue. In a statement issued in Oro, Kwara State, on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity […]