Breaking: Fayemi is New Chairman, Nigeria’s Governors Forum
By Gboyega Adeoye There are indications that the incumbent governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has emerged today as Chairman, Nigeria’s Governors Forum. This is the first time in history that, a governor from the south west would emerge as chairman of the revered elite club. It is instructive to note that since the […]
CBN Keeps MPR at 13.5%
By Gboyega Adeoye The Nigerian apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has kept its benchmark interest rate at 13.5 per cent. The Bank also made a 0.5 percentage point cut at its previous meeting. The bank’s position is coming a day after the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said economic growth had slowed in […]
Nude Video of Osun Lawmaker Watched in Court
Justice Emmanuel Ayoola of a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state capital, on Monday watched the nude video of the state assembly leader, Hon. Timothy Owoeye. Recall that a nude video of Owoeye in which he was seen bathing allegedly with human blood at Osunjela Ijesa, a village in Osun state swirled around […]
EFCC Quizes Kwara Govt, State Assembly Officials Over Suspicious Payments
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has commenced investigations into the alleged illegal payment of about N400 million to some members of the Kwara State House of Assembly and the State Executive Council members before the expiration of their tenures. To this end, the anti-graft agency is currently interrogating the Secretary […]
CACOL Bemoans Poor State of Government Hospitals, Canvasses Urgent Intervention
By Gboyega Adeoye The Center for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has called for Government’s intervention on the poor state of the healthcare system in the country. This was as a response to a recent publication that: “Teaching hospitals, state hospitals across the country are fast collapsing following the neglect of the health facilities by […]
Tobacco Companies Working To Truncate Tobacco Regulations, Groups Warn Saraki, Dogara
The Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) and Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) have urged the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker, Rt. Honourable Yakubu Dogara to resist on-going attempts by the tobacco industry to truncate the passage of the draft National Tobacco Control Regulations. The groups, in a […]
The Next Buhari Cabinet: Some Suggestions by Reuben Abati
President Muhammadu Buhari is under obligation to announce a new Federal cabinet. The tenure of his present team of aides, including Ministers, Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants automatically expires on May 29, 2019. Whereas the President took six months to announce many of these appointments in 2015, the convention and the law […]
BRT Bus Burnt On Third Mainland Bridge
One of the buses used for the bus rapid transit (BRT) service in Lagos is currently burning on the third mainland bridge. One of the blue buses, which was heading towards Iyana-Oworo caught fire just after Adeniji Adele axis of the bridge. The bridge, which is the longest of three bridges connecting Lagos Island to […]
Editorial: Alleged Coup Plot to overthrow Buhari and Matters Arising
If you are wondering why the Nigerian army is back on the front pages; if you are wondering why the government is jittery and making baseless accusations of sabotage and destabilization by domestic political opponents who they see as dangerous threats; and you are anxious about a political crisis in the making, then look no […]
American Charged With Money Laundering, Illegal Weapons Sale to Nigeria
Ara Dolarian, 58, was arrested on Wednesday, May 15, in Fresno, California, on a criminal complaint charging him with illegally brokering the sale of military-grade arms and munitions to Nigeria’s federal government under the Goodluck Jonathan administration. He is also charged with money laundering, and conspiracy, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. According to court documents, […]
