Aluko, Diezani’s ally owes tax in New York
Kola Aluko, a Nigerian oil mogul, wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is owing the City of New York some overdue property tax. The New York Post said the $25,000 tax is over Aluko’s 79th floor penthouse at One57 in Manhattan which he bought for $51 million in 2014. The penthouse has four […]
Lagos Int’l Polo tournament: Lagos Caverton Sao Polo humble Kano Hago
Bashir Dantata scored all six goals for Lagos Caverton Sao Polo to beat Kano H Hago 6 – 5 1/2 in a Low Cup match at the 2017 NPA Lagos International Polo Tournament which ends today at the Lagos Polo Club. It has been two weeks of top class polo in the GTBank-sponsored event.
Osinbajo’s first week of baptism of fire
His fifth week as Acting President wasn’t too savory as he may have run into trouble with the Senate. And the situation, if left unchecked, may haunt Professor Yemi Osinabjo in the weeks ahead.
AUTISTIC CHILDREN: They are sometimes locked up in a room by parents and left to die
Many of the so called “mad” persons on Nigerian streets are recoverable persons with autism who were neither diagnosed nor treated. Yet they could have been treated. They could have been among our leaders today
NPFL: Katsina United strive to keep unbeaten run
Katsina United are hoping to maintain their unbeaten run as they visit the Sanni Abacha Stadium today to tackle points chasing Kano Pillars.
Governor Wike may have a point after all!
About a month ago the Police made some revelations about the December 10, 2016 rerun election in Rivers State. The revelations which were contained in the report of a panel set up the Inspector General of Police (IGP) among other things indicted 6 police personnel, 23 electoral officers and 2 administrative officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for unwholesome conduct during the election. In a previous article, we commended the police for at last investigating a failed election as well as indicting some of its own personnel.
In Latest Phone Calls: … Buhari tackles mischief makers
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, called to speak with the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, from London, one month after he left the country on medical vacation.
Time to release Dasuki, El-Zakzaky on bail
Decency, security and liberty alike demand that government officials shall be subjected to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen. In a government of laws, existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy – US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, 1856-1941.
Race for Sisi-Eko @50 kicks off in Lagos
The journey of who wins the 2017 star prize of Diamond bank sponsored annual Vision of The Child, VoTC competition with the theme “Sisi-Eko@50: Ageing Gracefully or Na So So Pancake?kicked off last week with the announcement of the modalities by the organisers.
Life is what we make it
“However long the night, the dawn will break.” – Hausa proverb
Battle for ‘forest oil deposit’: 23 bodies recovered, 18 villagers still missing – Akwa Ibom monarch
THERE appears to be no end in sight to the perennial communal war between the Oku Iboku people in Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and their counterparts in Ikot Offiong in Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State.The two communities have been at war over boundary for decades.
