ABUJA–FORMER Head of State,General Yakubu Gowon,yesterday, said the people in the South East geopolitical zone were the major reason Nigeria’s economic potential was at its current state.

ABEOKUTA—FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, stated that the outbreak of the dreaded coronavirus compelled organisers of his 83rd birthday celebration to adjust the programme of event.

….Expresses confidence in Senate, El-Rufai C’ttee By Dapo Akinrefon   LAGOS—THE Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Aare Gani Adams, yesterday, called on the Senate to take the proposed constitutional amendment as a matter of priority urging the lawmakers to use the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference as a template for the review. He, however, […]

The release date for the upcoming James Bond film, ‘No Time to Die’ has been pushed from April to November following growing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak.

The United States Senate overwhelmingly approved Thursday a 8.3 billion dollar emergency spending bill to respond to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The 96-1 vote came a day after the House of Representatives passed the bill, which is moving through Congress in an expedited process. The package, expected to be approved by President Donald […]

 President of the UN General Assembly (PGA), Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, has advocated enhanced accountability and transparency regimes especially in developing countries to curb illicit financial flows (IFFs).

By Atiku Abubakar Dear Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, AS you turned 83  (on) March 5, my family and I felicitate with you and thank God for your life. No individual living or dead, has bestrode the Nigerian political space as positively and purposefully, as you have done, for good and better, in peacetime and war, in […]

By Owei Lakemfa TURKEY under President  Recep Tayyip Erdogan has two boiling pots on the same fire. It is fighting a war against Syria, having invaded that country since October 9, 2019. Like a parasitic virus, it was an opportunistic invasion; moving in to replace the departing American forces. It assumed that after fighting repeated […]

LAGOS—A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, continued hearing in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, case against former Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, with a banker, Johnson Abidakun, narrating to the court how Fayose in April 2016 allegedly invited his bank to move N200milion cash from his residence for lodgment in an account in the bank.

ADO-EKITI— GOVERNOR Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, has denied plotting to take over from President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

By Adewale Kupoluyi THE danger brought to mankind with the spread of the deadly coronavirus may be aggravated unless a deliberate effort is made to stop the ongoing panic, misinformation and social media abuse. What we now have scattered around are news headlines circulating on social media regarding the viral outbreak, which can be described […]

OWERRI—Former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha, yesterday, failed to appear before the Justice Benjamin Iheka-led Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Contracts.

By Kayode Ojewale WHEN some parts of the country witnessed the first rain of the year, many heaved sighs of relief from severe heat and dusty hot wind with hope that the weather would subsequently become cooler with more rainfalls as the year rolls by. The reverse has been the case even with records of […]

IF words could make the dead turn in their grave, the founder of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Dr Frederick Fasehun, would have rolled over last week, caught between amusement and surprise at a remarkable statement during the first-anniversary lecture of his passing. On that occasion, former President Olusegun Obasanjo warned that the country risked […]

THE Operation Safe Corridor, OPSC, of the Federal Government is ostensibly designed to encourage “repentant” Boko Haram Islamic terrorists to surrender and accept the De-radicalisation, Rehabilitation and Reintegration, DRR, a programme of the Nigerian Army. President Muhammadu Buhari administration created it in September 2015. At least, three batches numbering over 1,000 have been reunited with […]