His background as a financial expert does not give room for pretences. Figures don’t lie, people say. In the same vein, Kashim Shettima, second term governor of Borno State, does not politicize issues because of the exigencies of the time; no, he would say it the way it is, especially if it will achieve the desired result. He was once criticized for his blunt assessment of the activities of the dreaded Boko Haram during the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan, but the nation soon realized that there was no better way he could have said it if he was to get the Federal Government to act. A spade is a spade, and that was what Shettima called it.

Several days after, the protests ignited by the agitation for the unconditional release of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, continue to gather momentum, sweeping through the South East and parts of the South-South like a hurricane. The protesters are irked by the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu by the Department of Security Services, DSS, even after an Abuja Municipal Magistrate Court at Wuse Zone 2 had granted him bail.

Muhammadu Buhari is a mean man. Make no mistakes about it, he is not the generous President you have been familiar with in the last 16 years. He is your new guy in the saddle whose agenda runs across three issues: the country, the people and the future.

A NIGERIAN youth will want to leave the country to a foreign land all in search of greener pastures.

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) may need to intensify its effort at ridding Abuja of hard drugs that is now being sold in every nook and cranny of the city.

Will Lagos State continue on the path of progress charted by Ashiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu when he assumed office as governor at the inception of democratic rule in 1999 and the development sustained by his successor, Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola?

Ever since both countries established bi-lateral relationship, Nigeria and German have committedly ensured that they maintained good, close, sustainably stable and trustful relationship, especially in key sectors of both countries’ economies.

The wife of Ekiti State governor,Mrs Feyisetan 0layemi Fayose, is seen from different perspectives, but, essentially, to those who are privileged to be close to her, she is a mother with a large heart and a philanthropist par excellence

Okpemi Metseagharun is the proprietor of Nolays Fast Food in Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos. The Delta State born young man says he ate food poison and hospitalized for three days. In this interview, he speaks on the need for young people to be courageous in starting up businesses.

The World Trade Centre, WTC, Abuja, is the first complex in Nigeria to have seven towers made up of a 38-storey hotel building and six 24-storey commercial offices and residential towers. Located at the Central Business Area, the towers promise dwarf all other structures Abuja. In this interview, Senior Property Consultant, Mr. Olumide Adekanmi , explains the concept of the WTC and what the nation’s economy stands to gain from it