Make of the following what you will and  work out the implications.   Of the 13 leaders that have led our country since 1960 seven were working for the British MI6 and/or the American CIA. Only the remaining six were working solely for Nigeria.  The other seven were firmly within the power, control and grip of the […]

Strategists focus on northern gov, Olawepo-Hashim Jonathan also an option By Omeiza Ajayi and Kennedy Mbele The claim that some governors are pushing for an idea that one of them should succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023 is creating anxiety in the All Progressives Congress (APC). Whereas two of the party’s governors – Yahaya Bello of Kogi […]

FROM time to time, I get letters from you readers that are so interesting that I feel I ought to share them with the rest of you.  A few days back, a letter simply signed “Iyabode” popped up on my e-mail and I couldn’t help chuckling to myself as I read it.  She wrote: “Dear […]

*How my mother’s charms to make me disappear failed *We’ve robbed more than 46 times, paying our parents’ house rent for years *Where we got our nickname By Dayo Johnson Akure Three kid robbery suspects, Timileyi Femi, aka Anini, 13 years, Ojo Sunday- aka oyenusi, 15 years and Matti Lowe, aka Osunbo, 16 years said they had operated […]

•Tambuwal backs out of consensus talks By Dirisu Yakubu Ahead of the May 28 Presidential primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Northern elders led by former Military President, Friday, shortlisted former Senate President, Bukola Saraki and governor of Bauchi state, Bala Mohammed in the interim. In a communique signed by former Vice Chancellor, Ahmadu […]

Rita Dominic’s kinsmen to her husband: ‘This is your last Bus Stop’

Hustlers open up on cultism in Lagos market

By Joy Mazoje Nigerian filmmaker, music video director, movie director, television director and producer, whose works have been aired on MTV Base, BET, Channel O, Soundcity and Netflix, no other person than Kemi Adetiba, has tied the knot with her Ghanaian lover who is a music executive, Oscar Heman-Ackah. It would be recalled that Kemi […]

The abduction of 276 female students in Chibok, Borno state in April 2014 by Boko Haram insurgents was the first of such abductions in the history of this country. And the outrage that followed the abduction both within and outside the country was such that the Goodluck Jonathan’s administration never recovered from the incident as […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dogara […]

Breaking: Police arrest suspected IPOB bomb manufacturer in Imo

Breaking: I can’t tell if I’m contesting, political process ongoing, watch out, Jonathan tells protesters

By Babajide Komolafe, Economy Editor & Emma Ujah, Abuja Bureau Chief The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Nigeria’s total public debt will rise steadily to 44.2 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, GDP, by 2027.   The IMF gave this forecast   in its April Fiscal Monitor, released yesterday, in Washington, adding that the total fiscal […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja NIGERIA’S First Lady, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has invited all presidential aspirants from various political parties to a meeting on Saturday at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja. The meeting, it was gathered, was for Iftar. Iftar is the meal eaten after sunset to break fast during Ramadan. The invitees were […]

By Emmanuel Okogba Manchester United have confirmed the appointment of Dutch coach, Erik ten Hag as the club’s new permanent manager who would take over at the expiration of Ralf Rangnick’s interim tenure. Ten Hag who is currently with Ajax signed up until June 2025 plus the option of an extra year that will run […]