2019: Owie urges Igbo to ignore Obasanjo

2019: Owie urges Igbo to ignore Obasanjo

ABUJA —  FORMER Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie, yesterday took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo on his call on South-East politicians to take a shot at the 2019 presidential election, saying the former president did not mean well for the region. Owie, who  urged the South-East to support the emerging […]
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A good ending

A good ending

LAST week, I said on this page that I had grave reservations about President Buhari’s active involvement in a non-Nigerian political crisis that had been brought on by his Gambian counterpart Yahya Jammeh’s undemocratic misconduct.

Never again to the bomb that  missed our backyard

Never again to the bomb that missed our backyard

In a week when Africa riveted on former President Yahya Jammeh’s tantrums, an event that could have shaken the continent to its core slipped below the radar. Or maybe we didn’t think it was sufficiently important. It emerged early in the week that the British Prime Minister, Theresa May, had knowingly concealed information about a failed missile test when she appeared in Parliament to ask for 40billion pounds to replace the Trident, the UK’s flagship missile defence system.

Get a smartphone, MTN tells Blackberry Users

Get a smartphone, MTN tells Blackberry Users

THERE was a time in Nigeria when the Blackberry was the smartest of smart phones. It was not just a phone, but a status symbol, one that marked the rich and famous.

Rio to West Ham: Let Payet sit and rot

Rio to West Ham: Let Payet sit and rot

Former West Ham defender Rio Ferdinand has criticised Dimitri Payet for the lack of respect he has shown after the Frenchman pushed for a move back to former club Marseille.

Ansaru-ur-deen takes legal action against land trespassers

Ansaru-ur-deen takes legal action against land trespassers

President of Ansaru-ur-deen Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Olufemi Okunnu has disclosed plans of the association to take legal action against land trespassers that have encroach on the society’s land across the country.