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Trump victory provokes global shock and angst

Trump victory provokes global shock and angst

The major part of the world watched and glued to CNN news which misled them. CNN has gone to sleep over Trump’s victory. Obviously, the few people who were following up with Fox news, were optimistic that Donald Trump would win.

EDO: Tasks before Obaseki as Oshiomhole quits tomorrow

EDO: Tasks before Obaseki as Oshiomhole quits tomorrow

The people of Edo state will never forget Governor Adams Oshiomhole in a hurry as he exits office tomorrow November 12, 2016, after a successful eight-year tenure in office. Oshiomhole, who ran for the governorship of Edo state in 2007 after he serving for eight years as President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.

Drug peddler jailed 3 years

Drug peddler jailed 3 years

Justice Chika Obiozor of a Federal High Court, Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 38-year-old drug peddler, Rasheed Adekunle, to three years imprisonment, over sale of Cannabis Sativa, popularly called Marijuana and Igbo.

Lagos Presidential Lodge: Ex-NTDC boss seeks  heritage, visitors’tower

Lagos Presidential Lodge: Ex-NTDC boss seeks heritage, visitors’tower

Former Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has thrown his weight behind plans by Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode to transform the Presidential Lodge in Lagos to a tourist hub, and suggested that a heritage and visitors tower would stand out the City of Excellence in the global tourism and livability ranking.

Our stringent rules on safety is our selling point — Ndulue

Our stringent rules on safety is our selling point — Ndulue

The safety record of Arik Air in the last ten years is one of the selling points of the airline and this is why it is currently the only Nigerian airline to have passed the stringent IOSA (IATA Operational Safety Audit) four consecutive times. This was revealed by the Managing Director, Arik Air, Mr Chris Ndulue during the 10years anniversary media briefing of the airline.

We won’t lift siege to Shell, protesting youths tell Okowa

We won’t lift siege to Shell, protesting youths tell Okowa

YOUTHS of Itsekiri communities of Ugborodo, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State, who have laid siege to Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, facility for more than one week, over alleged neglect, yesterday, rebuffed the plea by the state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, to lift the blockade.

Sir Olaniwun Ajayi: As Awolowo’s lieutenant  passes on

Sir Olaniwun Ajayi: As Awolowo’s lieutenant passes on

THE name, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi, is a household name. Mention the name anywhere in Nigeria, it rings a bell. But, like the popular axiom, the rich also cry. Before the name became a household one, the bearer had a lot of tales to tell.

How Nigeria can be great again, by Maitama Sule, Ofonagoro, others

How Nigeria can be great again, by Maitama Sule, Ofonagoro, others

Elder statesmen, religious leaders and economists, yesterday, called for the re-adoption of the 1960 constitution, and asked that the country returned to agreements reached during the independence, if Nigeria must attain greatness, surmount its political, economic and social crisis and also achieve true national integration.

America shocks the world!

America shocks the world!

So Hillary Clinton, the Democrat, has lost to Donald Trump, the Republican; and my dream of seeing a highly accomplished female installed as President of the most powerful nation on earth is lying in tatters.

Lagosians consume food worth N3bn daily – Ambode

Lagosians consume food worth N3bn daily – Ambode

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has said that food worth at least N3 billion is being consumed daily by 22 million residents of Lagos State, representing N1.095 trillion spent on food items annually in the state.

Trump to the White House, the world to the doghouse

Trump to the White House, the world to the doghouse

I DID not prepare myself for a Trump Presidency. Despite my analysis which pointed at a different direction, I tried to convince myself that the American electorate had matured with age. However, I thought electing him was a likelihood. So in my March 11, 2016 column titled ‘If Americans throw Trump at us’ I wrote: