OUR Nigerian politicians (for this needs to be emphasised, being the special breed that they are) are like vultures or some other birds of prey already roving in our political sky, waiting to pounce in a sudden dip on the unsuspecting prey on the ground- to snatch, grab and run away with power as the incumbent […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu is an accountant who, going by his training, knows a few things about taxation. Accountants know where to look in the books in order to make money. They also have the skill to hide figures, and what they don’t want you to see, you don’t see except you enjoy the benefit of their […]

I FIRST heard of Aderemi Adeoye, the so-called billionaire police commissioner through a close family member a couple of years ago. He recently retired from the Police Force as Commissioner in charge of the Awka, Anambra State, Police Command. Based on the description I received of his activities, he was a cross between a human […]

There is a shorthand expression to name or describe a fraudulent deal in Nigeria and it’s simply to call it 419. This refers to a section of the Nigerian Criminal Code that deals with a specimen of financial crime that became prominent from the 1990s. Typically perpetrated via electronic means, it was initially directed at foreigners […]

IT is, perhaps, a mere coincidence that has nothing to do with the unfolding saga between him and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, but a couple of video clips of the embattled former governor of Kogi State and lately fugitive from the law, Yahaya Bello, have made their way to the public space of […]