I’VE never met Mrs Aisha Buhari. Our paths did not cross when I was campaigning for her husband in 2014 and 2015. And I’ve never attended any function at which she has spoken and have only glimpsed her in the flesh once – from a great distance when the new President was being sworn in at Eagle Square last May 29 (she was in the glass VIP box, I was in an ordinary seat on the other side of the stadium).

By Luke Leyman RECENTLY, the Nigerian Army carried out a peculiar retirement exercise accompanied by an unusual press statement in which the army spokesman said: “… people should not read this out of context”.  That portion of his statement triggered some curiosity. This was followed by statements from the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen […]

THE Senate, yesterday, approved the allocation of three per cent of the Value Added Tax, VAT, accruable to the Federal Government to the proposed North-East Development Commission for a period 10 years as intervention fund.

The trial of Esai Dangabar, a former Director, Police Pension Board and six others, who are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for their complicity in the N24 billion police pension scam continued, yesterday, with the star witness, Mustapha Gadanya, giving more details on the roles played by the suspects.

On Tuesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode held the Third Quarter 2016 Town Hall Meeting, the fifth in the series, at the Ultra Modern Indoor Sports Hall, Teslim Balogun Stadium, Surulere to render accounts of his administration’s tenure so far in the state.