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The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu, Enugu State has ruled that Chief Victor Umeh is the authentic National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), dumping a February 8 judgment of the Enugu State High Court delivered by Chief Judge of the state, Justice Innocent Umezulike. Umezulike’s judgement had also removed all members of the […]

Recently, the Debt Management Office (DMO) boisterously embarked on an international road show to promote a $1bn Euro loan.  The Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, shortly thereafter gleefully reported that the eventual 400 per cent oversubscription of the loan was a mark of investor-confidence in the Nigerian economy.  According to Abraham Nwankwo, the DMO’s DG, […]

The disastrous outing of reigning African champions; Nigeria’s Super Eagles at the recently concluded FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil was an experience abundant in lessons; not the least of which is the lack of focus and seriousness of purpose by Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) officials, who stopped at nothing to make sure the Eagles put […]

I thought I could avoid talking about the political rift between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi for a while. However as I continue to struggle to look to another direction, the whole thing continues to get murkier and more disgraceful.  The sad incident last week at the Rivers State House […]

Leader of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, Abubakar Shekau has disclaimed the ceasefire agreement the group was believed to have reached with Federal Government Minister of Special Duties, Alhaji Tanimu Turaki had claimed on Tuesday that the government and the sect reached an agreement with Boko Haram to end years of killings. Imam Muhammadu Marwana, a member […]

The family of the acclaimed winner of the June 1993 Presidential Election, Chief M. K. O. Abiola, whose wife Kudirat was murdered by agents suspected to be loyal to the ruling military government, has rejected the judgement of an Appeal Court discharging and acquitting Major Hamza Al Mustapha and Alhaji Lateef Shofolahan, who are the […]

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father, which is in heaven. (Mathew 18:10). Every believer has angels assigned to them… That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father, which is […]

Editor: In the three decades of the fight over homosexual special rights, pro-family activists have learned a stern and painful lesson — that the battle always eventually arrives at the doorsteps of those who do their best to avoid it. This is not unjust or unfair.  It is simply the way the world works.  Evil […]

In general, human societies that use the ballot to select a leader or a representative, seek the most qualified. They look for a dignified and respectable achiever who is dedicated to the best interests of the society. It is not an emotional decision, and the ideal is not always achievable. What is most dangerous and […]

A Police orderly attached to officials of Delta State Oil Producing Areas Commission (DESOPADEC) in Edo State has been murdered. According to reports, the DESOPADEC officials were travelling along the Benin-Lagos bye-pass road on Friday when kidnappers attacked them. During the raid, three people in a nearby truck sustained injuries. The driver of the truck confirmed […]

As a step towards stemming the spate of security infractions occasioned by indiscriminate use of unregistered vehicles and the illegal use of unpainted taxis, the Lagos State Government has resolved to invoke relevant sections of the Road Traffic Law 2012 on offenders.  Henceforth, all such unregistered vehicles and unpainted taxis will be impounded and their […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday admitted Former Director of Pension Accounts, Office of the Head Civil Service of the Federation, Shaibu Teidi to bail on stringent condition to the tune of N500m with two sureties in the like sum. Justice Adeniyi Ademola granted the bail while ruling on a bail application filed […]