PDP reveals Presidency, APC’s alleged plot to rig Kogi gov election
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, stated that it has uncovered clandestine meetings involving the Presidency, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and some security forces wherein the agencies were ordered to use official and unofficial means necessary to ensure victory for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 21 Kogi governorship election.
Obiano denies Obi’s N75bn handover
GOVERNOR Willie Obiano yesterday denied the claim by predecessor, Mr. Peter Obi that he left over N75 billion to his successor.
Mob butchers truck driver for crushing wedding guest
IRATE Youths on Saturday evening smashed the head of a truck driver with a pestle after his truck crushed the head of a young man who was a guest at a traditional wedding ceremony in the area.
Nigerian Scholar solves 156-Year-old problem in Maths
The 156 years old Riemann Hypothesis, the most important problem in Mathematics has been successfully solved by Nigeria Scholar, Dr Opeyemi Enoch.
‘IS’ jihadist blows himself up, injuring four police in southern Turkey
A suspected Islamic State jihadist blew himself up in southeastern Turkey, near the Syrian border, during a police raid late Saturday, injuring four police officers, one seriously, media reports said. The militant activated explosives attached to his body when police raided an apartment in a 10-storey
What has changed since Buhari became President? (2)
The gullible average Nigerian conflates ‘change’ with ‘progress’ or ‘positive transformation,’ without realising that the objective processes which lead to change are dependent on the blending of several variables and that positive or progressive change is quite different from mere change. Ordinarily, change in itself is an inherent feature of reality at all levels of being. But progressive change, which is value-impregnated, is utilitarian and consequentialist in character, since it signposts a transition from one state of being to another judged to be beneficial for a certain purpose determined by an individual or group. Hence, there are different ways of perceiving and interpreting change, which means that any interpretation of change is an invitation for deliberation and possible disagreement.
