Akpabio’s big shoes and I- Gov Emmanuel

Akpabio’s big shoes and I- Gov Emmanuel

This penultimate Mondayat the beginning of the week when bankers sit down to map out strategies for strengthening positions and playing the money market, Mr. Udom Emmanuel was in a totally different world. Just over two years ago, Emmanuel, left his top position as an executive director in one of the country’s leading banks, Zenith Bank to meddle into the murky waters of politics with his appointment as the Secretary to the Akwa Ibom State government. His lift to the zenith of the state’s politics was rapid thereafter as within months he became governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for the 2015 election.
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Fish out criminals in your locality, Delta Deputy Speaker charges youths

Fish out criminals in your locality, Delta Deputy Speaker charges youths

In line with his commitment to enhance peace and community development, the Deputy Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Friday Ossai Osanebi has called on youth and community leaders to fish out strangers and individuals causing unrest, perpetrating violence and threatening peaceful and harmonious coexistence in their community.

Top 5 ways to meet single guys in Lagos

Top 5 ways to meet single guys in Lagos

A lot of female visitors who storm Lagos have romance at the back of their minds as they hope to meet the guy that would sweep them off their feet during their stay. Unfortunately, while single men are literally everywhere in the city, meeting quality single guys can be an arduous task. Everyone seems to be so busy, and the ones you manage to meet at bars and club may not exactly be what you would consider “quality”.

Street Credibility and Back to Back feud

Street Credibility and Back to Back feud

The streets must have really taken over indeed; I have no scintilla of doubt about that. What I can’t quickly fathom however, is how the street made it from being the obnoxious bad habit to the celebrated and money generating code. From popular music to brand endorsements and the entire entertainment circle, the tides are quickly changing to accommodate the firmly established street credibility mantra.

Troops destroy Boko Haram administrative base

Troops destroy Boko Haram administrative base

NIGERIAN troops assisted by Civilian JTF on patrol at clearing remnants of Boko Haram terrorists at Ngula and Kukuruk villages in Alagarno general area, discovered and destroyed a perceived Boko Haram administrative base.

Yuguda, ex-perm sec, others asked to refund N700m

Yuguda, ex-perm sec, others asked to refund N700m

Former Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State and his former Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Alhaji Abdu Ilelah, among others, have been asked to refund over N700 million, allegedly spent from the security vote without valid documents.

Photo: EFCC lays siege at Fani-Kayode’s Abuja home

Photo: EFCC lays siege at Fani-Kayode’s Abuja home

Gun-wielding operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, stormed the No 5, Zuma Close, off Aso Drive, Abuja home of former spokesperson of Goodluck Jonathan’s Presidential Campaign Organization and erstwhile Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode.

EFCC has surrounded my house, Fani-Kayode cries out

EFCC has surrounded my house, Fani-Kayode cries out

FORMER Spokesperson to the ex-President Goodluck Jonathan’s Campaign Organisation, Chief Femi Fani- Kayode has cried out that officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have taken over his gate.

How ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi, approved looted funds – Witness

How ex-NIMASA DG, Akpobolokemi, approved looted funds – Witness

A prosecution witness, Olamide Odusanya, in the ongoing trial of a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Patrick Akpobolokemi, and six others, has told a Lagos State High Court that the former DG approved the disbursement of all funds from the accounts of the agency.

Football rules: Minister ignorant  — Bassey

Football rules: Minister ignorant — Bassey

Paul Bassey is one of the very few Nigerians who knows football and understands its rules and statutes. He should know because he is also one man with too many caps decorated by FIFA, CAF, NFF, as a symbol of his knowledge of the game.

Pipelines bombing : FG talks tough, warns Niger Delta militants

Pipelines bombing : FG talks tough, warns Niger Delta militants

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Brig-Gen. Paul Boroh (rtd), has denounced the recent attack on oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta by some misguided elements, warning the masterminds of the dire consequences of their nefarious action.