THE governor of the Central Bank, Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido, is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the presidential dinner for the graduating Senior Executive Course 31 participants of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) at Kuru, Plateau State. The dinner, billed for Friday, November 13, 2009, will take place at […]

Civil Servants appointed as Directors and Permanent Secretaries in Ekiti State are now required to take part  in Quality Assurance Test (QAT). The state governor, Engr Segun Oni disclosed this  during the inaguration  of eight new Permanent Secretaries in the state, saying promotion in service would no more be whom you know or area where […]

AKWA Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio and his Lagos State counterpart, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Friday, charged Nigerians to ensure that the vaults of opportunity in the country is open to all by judging people, based on the contents of their character and not their gender. According to both governors, who spoke at the closing ceremony […]

As genuine revolutionaries, they wanted to topple the status quo, but had to contend with stiff opposition from the small minority that were benefiting from the existing situation at the time, as well as from the ignorant majority who were oppressed by the system. The author examined the condition of Africa. He argued, and I agree, that the continent has suffered the greatest setbacks when compared with other continents (p.79).

*To resolve differences *As AC is poised to join ‘mega party’ By Jide Ajani, Deputy Editor FORMER Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and the immediate past governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are now poised to reconcile following a break in their relationship which, at several points, threatened the continued existence of the Action […]

EXECUTIVE chairman of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, Thomas Joel-Onowakpo, has said that the ongoing reforms of the tax administration in the state is to avoid duplication of efforts and to bring sanity to the system. Joel-Onowakpo made this clarification while addressing the executive committee members of the Warri  District of the Institute […]

MADAM, madam,” cried a persistent voice as I was making my purchases in a market recently. I turned and couldn’t quite place the owner of the voice who was now grinning amiably at me. “Good morning,” I greeted cautiously, trying to recall the young man’s face.

*Abductors threaten the ‘worst’ The abductors of Pa Simeon Soludo have scaled down their ransom from N500 million to N300 million with a warning that “the worst” may befall him if their demand is not met immediately. Pa Soludo, 78, father of the immediate past governor of the Central Bank (CBN) Professor Chukwuma Soludo was […]

IN 1890, the French statesman Jules Francois Camille Ferry wrote, “an irresistible movement is bearing the great nations of Europe towards the conquest of fresh territories. It is like a huge steeplechase into the unknown…whole continents are being annexed…especially the huge black continent so full of fierce mysteries and vague hopes.”

First of all, I think the judgement is a judicial scandal, because, how can anybody justify the punishment of two yeas to someone who has been found guilty of having stolen N85 billion, even if the money was shared with five others.