Former Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has described the purported investigation of Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on the allegations by Centre for Rule of Law as a ploy by corrupt politicians to intimidate the EFCC.

It was another time to speak to truth, and to set an agenda for the newly constituted government of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, penultimate week, when renowned cultural icon

The Lagos State Government has established a micro credit fund for artisans with the aim of alleviating poverty in the state.

Speaking at a one-day sensitisation workshop on Ways of Accessing Lagos State Micro-Credit by Cooperatives organised by the Lagos State Microfinance Institution, LASMI, the state’s Deputy Governor, Mrs Adejoke Orelope- Adefulire, said the fund, which would be accessible to members of cooperative societies, was in fulfillment of the governor’s promise to support cooperative societies in the state.

AFTER a hiatus of about two years or so, I travelled by road from Ilorin to Abuja last weekend, in the company of my friend, Nurudeen Abdulrahim.

IN torrents, mixed reactions yesterday continued to trail President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal to initiate a bill for a single tenure for president and governors in the country beginning from 2015.
Although, President Jonathan said he would not be a beneficiary, the proposal drew opponents and supporters in equal measure from all parts of the country.