According to the Global Terrorism Index, a report released by the New York-based Institute for Economics and Peace, Boko Haram “has become the most deadly terrorist group in the world”.

ANYTIME the story of the Nigerian army is told, the name of General TY Danjuma will always feature prominently. Similarly, the political history of Nigeria is not complete without mentioning the role he played in the political development of the Nigerian nation. And talking about one man who has a heart of gold and looks out for the less privileged, General Danjuma is that man.

Since leaving office as Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2003, Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba has not held any political office. Though he was very popular with ordinary Nigerians during his tenure because of the perception that he was fighting a just cause by standing up to the executive arm of government, his bluntness is what many political heavy weights, especially in his native Kano State, cannot stand.

Nigerians have been charged to create a genuine road map for a nation where no man is oppressed.

Barely one week to the rescheduled governorship election in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, wife of the immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, and his (Jonathan) political associates have moved to stop the re-election of Governor Seriake Dickson by mobilizing support for Chief Timipre Sylva, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the January 9 poll.

WHEN Jim Ovia, as an undergraduate of Business Administration at the Southern University, Louisiana, United States, fell in love with computer technology, little did he know that the love will make him one of the pioneers of modern banking in Nigeria, the pioneering Chief Executive Officer, and now Chairman of Africa’s 6th biggest financial institution.

SENATOR David Omueya Dafinone, 88, is an accomplished accountant, administrator and erudite politician. The patriarch of the Dafinone family, an accounting family listed in the Guinness book of records as having the largest number of accountants in one family, is the proprietor of D.O Dafinone & Company, which he founded in 1966 and later merged to become Horwath Dafinone and Company.

Nigeria international Odion Ighalo has ruled out the possibility of departing Watford in the January transfer window.

OUR African Business Man of the Year, Dr. Mike Adeniyi Ishola Adenuga Jr. (GCON), Chairman, Mike Adenuga Group, can be conveniently described as the triumph of African enterprise. He symbolizes the African enterprising spirit of passion, unalloyed commitment, resilience and hard work.

Then the questions started tumbling out. First, where is the rest of the N400-540bn said to have been scammed? Was the DSS inadvertently or deliberately exaggerating in order to scare justices from granting bail or to terrorise Dasuki and receive public applause?

The story of Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Lasisi Oluboyo, can be likened to that of someone brought from the back seat of a moving vehicle to the front seat . Just like a dream, he was catapulted to the number two position from his portfolio as Commissioner for Agriculture. In this interview, Oluboyo speaks on issues in Ondo and the governorship election holding in the state next year.

Phew! 2015 is gone but what a year it has been. It was the year of the good, the bad, the ugly, the awesome and the damn outrageous. And where would you have found all these if not on the hot plate of entertainment. Too much went down that is almost impossible to put a single tag on them all. However, Potpourri will try to serve you some that came out of its kitchen. Check it out

Despite the economic challenges faced by the nation in 2015, many institutions and agencies in the country managed to put together different activities to mark the yuletide season and to welcome the New Year.

The Christian religion in its early form is the work and expression of the Christian church. But we cannot say that, speaking of Jesus as an individual man, we know that he explicitly intended to found the Christian church.” Now that we have looked at Christmas and the views of some scholars concerning the status and historicity of Jesus, let us harvest the main fruits of our discourse.

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