CORRUPTION is a global problem with various dimensions that many do not realise. The United Nations, UN, admits that much in its attempted definition of corruption and its consequences.

THE title of this article may suggest the topic I am treating is already stale. This is because the result of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential primaries, which started yesterday at the Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere Lagos, will already be known, especially these days of the internet when news circulates across the globe just as it is breaking. But you will soon know why I settled for this title.

Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has cautioned against panic decisions in response to the recent devaluation of the naira.

BENIN—THE pastor in charge of Evidence of the Gospel Church, Benin, Godfrey Agbonwaneten, has been killed by armed robbers in Okhunmwun community, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State.

Lagos—Three policemen were, yesterday, sentenced to two years imprisonment by Magistrate A. Demi-Ajayi of an Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, sitting at Oyingbo, Lagos, over negligence, which resulted in the stealing of their AK-47.

LAGOS—Indications have emerged that a governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, has petitioned the PDP Electoral Appeal Panel, demanding for another governorship primaries to be conducted.

The Enugu PDP governorship primary election held on Monday, December 8, 2014 ended in crisis as the aspirants strongly disagreed with the Electoral Panel from the party’s National Secretariat over the list of delegates used for the exercise.

AS the Special National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ratifies President Goodluck Jonathan as PDP’s presidential candidate today, former Head of State, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd); former Vice-president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and Kano State Governor, Dr Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso are locked in last-minute manoeuvres to clinch the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket.

STRONG indications emerged, yesterday, that all was not well with the foremost apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, as the body’s Council of Elders, set up a seven-member electoral committee to organise a general election of the body as soon as possible, claiming the leadership appeared not to be in a hurry to hold election.

Enugu—Post-graduate students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, yesterday barricaded the office of the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ben Ozumba, in protest against hike in their tuition fees, describing the increase from N65,000 to N145,000 as outrageous.

THERE are very few spectacles on earth that compare to Nigeria’s season of politicking. And what is politics without the intrigues; the suspense; drama and colour and the inevitable dollop of treachery? I returned home last week to run into a headstream of politicking as the posturing for the 2015 elections began to take a much more concrete shape. The most consistent stream of contemporary politics is the relative lack of substance in the political party system.

Chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has launched a $100 million program to support and promote entrepreneurship across Africa.

General Secretary of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Musa Amadu yesterday said the current crisis going on in Nigerian football is a phase which will reposition the game in the long run.

English Premier League champions, Manchester City have applied for a work permit for Nigeria youngster Kelechi Iheanacho.

By Hakeem Jimoh Dr. Sharita is a naturopathic doctor from the U.S. specializing in Iridology, Reiki, Detoxification, nutritional programs, weight loss, herbal solutions, and wholistic (mind, body, and spirit) consultations. She is residing in Ghana and now reaching out to Nigeria in collaboration with Veggie Victory – Nigeria’s 1st Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurant. I asked […]