FG: Budgeting or barefaced robbery? By Dele Sobowale
FG budgets N1tn for empowerment, SUVs amid rising borrowing pressure – Report, July 27, 2026 Veterans monitoring the formulation and execution of annual budgets can honestly admit one truth. Military regimes were more disciplined. Every annual budget ended on midnight December 31 of the year. Funds not spent by that time were returned to the Treasury. There […]
Ex-NIPOST boss seeks identity-linked national address system
By Henry ObettaA former Postmaster-General of the Federation, Bisi Adegbuyi, has urged the Federal Government to expand the newly announced partnership between the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST).He said Nigeria needs a comprehensive digital location infrastructure rather than a postcode system alone to drive economic growth, security and public […]
Obasanjo, Ogun State, and the 2003 elections (2)
We made it clear that a working relationship between the two groups was beyond us. A decision of that magnitude would have to be reported to Afenifere leaders who had the authority to take a final position on it. We immediately reported the proceedings to Chief Abraham Adesanya who convened a meeting where it was debated […]
DSS compensation initiative sets standard for security agencies – Dantani
A legal practitioner and human rights advocate, Hamza D. Dantani, Esq., has called on security agencies across the country to emulate the Department of State Services (DSS) by compensating innocent Nigerians who are wrongly arrested, unlawfully detained or harmed during security operations. Dantani made the call while commending the Director-General of the DSS, Mr Adeola […]
Igbinedion sue for peace over Benin, Ijaw land ownership dispute
By Ozioruva Aliu BENIN CITY – THE member of the House of Representatives representing Ovia Federal Constituency and the daughter of billionaire, Esama of Benin, Hon Omosede Igbinedion has sued for peace in the ongoing controversy of the ownership or settlers’ statues of the Ijaw in Edo State saying the controversy may be deliberate by […]
Puma, Persianas Retail, National Sports Commission launch Puma Afrobeat House for Team Nigeria at 2026 Commonwealth Games
Glasgow, August, 2026 — Persianas Retail Limited (PRL), PUMA’s official partner in Nigeria and one of the country’s leading sports and lifestyle retailers, has opened the doors of the PUMA Afrobeat House in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC). The dedicated hospitality and cultural hub was created for Team Nigeria at the ongoing Glasgow […]
