Hails gov as one of the greatest financial engineers Nigeria has produced  Says ‘Oduduwa throne is behind you’ The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has endorsed the people-focused administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki, urging the governor to remain focused on his quest to engender sustainable development in Edo State. The Ooni, […]

ROBERT Gabriel Mugabe was a  normal human being. But to the West, he was an enigma. He was born in racist Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and spoke up against racism and for democracy. That made him an enemy of the state for which he spent over a decade in prison. He had three degrees in History/English, Administration and Education from South African universities.

WITH sales of 177,819 cars in August, Mercedes-Benz posted double-digit growth (+14.0%) for the second time in succession. At the same time, a new record was set for the month of August. Double-digit sales growth in all three regions – Europe, Asia-Pacific and NAFTA – and in those regions’ core markets was achieved last month. The continuing popularity of compact cars had a positive impact on the development of unit sales (+28.6%). Deliveries of SUVs increased in August for the first time this year due to sales stimulus from the new models (+8.7%). Furthermore, worldwide deliveries increased once again last month of saloon cars of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class (+6.7%) and E-Class (+14.7%). Sales of 1,501,405 units in the first eight months of the year by the Stuttgart-based company with the three-pointed star are approaching the high prior-year level (-0.7%).

FORMER  Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has given ‘real reasons’ the late governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, who was convicted for corruption, was pardoned by the Federal Government, six years ago.

Children reportedly detained by the military fighting insurgents in the North-East, in recent years, have recounted how the security agencies kept them in horrible conditions.