THE 60th birthday of the senator representing Bayelsa East in the Senate, Sen Ben Muray-Bruce, was a platform to task Nigerians on the imperative of patriotism to resolve the challenges bedeviling the country.

A boy wanted a new pair of shoes. His mother told him to ask his father for the money. So he approached him cagily. “Daddy, I need a new pair of shoes,” he said. “Could you please give me the money to get them?”

These cases went to the Supreme Court until the fourth time in 2015 when God agreed that I will be President.” Clearly, President Buhari was expressing his frustration with the Nigerian judiciary, which has increasingly come under critical fire for surreptitiously allowing hideously corrupt top public officials to escape justice. That said, the virus of corruption has penetrated every aspect of our national life to a debilitating degree, such that only a sustained moral reorientation led by a more scientifically minded improved Nigerian equivalent of Mahatma Gandhi can reverse the situation, in the long run.

With oil not able to sustain the economy anymore, attention is shifting to agriculture which, decades ago, was the propeller of the then buoyant economy. This is one of the reasons the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, made a foray into productive agriculture. Last week, he launched his Dangote Rice Outgrowers Scheme in Hadejia, Kafin-Hausa local government area of Jigawa State.

CHAIRMAN of Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, Mr. Ekpo Nta, says the Commission has received 942 petitions on corruption matters.

SIMON EBEGBULEM, BENIN CITY Tuesday, February 16, 2016 must be an unforgettable day for officials of the Edo State Transport Management Agency (EDSTMA) and the state Ministry of Transport  under the  Commissioner, Isimeme Irogbe, when Governor Adams Oshiomhole stormed  their premises. The action flowed  from the outcry from members of the public who accused the […]

Joe Abang is Cross River State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice. He has been in legal practice for the past 25 years. In 2007, he contested against former Governor Liyel Imoke for the state top job. Since then, his political image has been on the upswing. He spoke with mycrossriver.com on legal issues in his State. Excerpts:

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said that it compelled banks to return N6.2 billion excess charges to their customers in 2015

AS part of activities marking its 30th anniversary, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, the much-anticipated dedication of the Bishop’s Court, a multi-purpose facility built to the glory of God by the PFN for the use of the Pentecostal Community in Nigeria, has been fixed for Thursday in Lagos.

Collation of results by INEC officials across the 3000 polling units in the rescheduled Benue South Senatorial election between David Mark of the PDP and Daniel Onjeh of the APC, has started.

You’ve served up a delicious meal crawling with every piece of his favourite meat, plunk a bottle of wine or his favourite tipple on the dining table, before cuddling up to him on the sofa as he switched on the TV. Today is bound to be the night you get a bit of rumpy-bumpy, right? Most women would quite rightly expect a passionate end to such a satisfying evening. But these days, it seems, we’re likely to get a lot less than we hoped for. Perhaps a peck on the cheek. Or simply a hug. ‘Not tonight, love,” says this man you’ve virtually broken your culinary skill trying to please. Before you know it, he’s hot -footed it into the bedroom, already dozing off!

Don’t be surprised if the salesman you will see in your neighborhood next time is a six-footer, smooth-looking and well spoken man. His face will look familiar because you have encountered him physically or through the media, particularly television, the print and online. You will wonder if he is not the man holding that top public office. What does he want? What is wrong with him? What is he selling? Or are you mistaking him for somebody else?

Finance Minister, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, lists the gains of the Treasury Single Account (TSA). Adeosun spoke during a TSA workshop for states Accountants-General in Abuja.Excerpts from her address:

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Benue state chapter has raised alarm over the plot by the All Progressive Congress, APC to manipulate the election results of the Benue South Re-run election.

On the 16th of February 2016, the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) adopted Senator Ali Modu Sheriff (aka SAS), a two-time ANPP Governor of Borno state, a former ANPP senator, the former Chairman of the All Peoples Congress (APC) Board of Trustees as its Acting National Chairman.