If INEC is not disowning the reports of its Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, whom it legally empowered to organise and monitor primaries of political parties, it is engaging in disgraceful doublespeak which ends up leaving Nigerians more confused and perplexed.

“What is really happening? I have completed the dosage of my anti-malaria drug and I am still ill. Could it be a fake drug? But I got them from the hospital pharmacy,” said Mrs Haruna.

•Akpabio, Oshiomhole, Ayade lead APC troops •Mpigi, Nwoko, Banigo square up for PDP •Atiku/Wike saga haunts Cross-River PDP •Supreme Court determines incarcerated Nwaoboshi’s fate February 9  By Emma Amaize, Regional Editor, South-South; Festus Ahon (Asaba), Egufe Yafugborhi (Port Harcourt); Emma Una (Calabar), Chioma Onuegbu(Uyo) and Ozioruva Aliu (Benin City) THE contest for the 18 Senate seats and 55 House […]

By FUNMI AJIMOBI, Assistant Woman Editor MRS. Nkechi Obi, MON, is the founder and group managing director/CEO of Techno Oil Limited, one of Nigeria’s foremost oil and gas companies. She is a visionary and astute strategist who presides over the privately held, wholly indigenous company that today holds diverse portfolios of prime investments in the […]

By Olasunkanmi Akoni PRIOR to his appointment in 2016 under the administration of the immediate past Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, internally generated revenue, IGR, by the Lagos Internal Revenue Service, LIRS, hovered around N240 billion, but with his astute knowledge and experience in accounting and taxation, the Executive Chairman, Mr. Ayodele Subair, has increased […]

By Morenike Taire, Woman Editor WHILE her contemporaries were contented with traditionally feminine vocations, Mayen Adetiba was already pursuing an Ivy League education in the  United States. After meandering this way and on account of the Nigerian Civil War, the pursuit culminated in the acquisition of a structural engineering degree. Mayen Adetiba originally hailed from […]

By Ishola Balogun HONOURS and awards are always bestowed upon fewer people than those who deserve them. A lifetime award is not just for everyone, it is meant for rare individuals who have made outstanding contributions to positively impact the lives of others. The Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, TREM, Dr. Mike Okonkwo, […]

By Charles Kumolu, Deputy Sunday Editor IN his writings, Nigeria witnessed history and woke up to the realities of the time. He provided courageous checks on those who wielded the greatest power. He shone the light on what power wielders did in the dark and held them to account. At a time when the nation […]

By Dapo Akinrefon HIS name, Olufemi, means “God loves me” in Yoruba.  Chief Olufemi Okunnu is passionate about Nigeria, as his lifelong ambition is for a better Nigeria. Okunnu, who has consistently lamented the lack of patriotism in Nigeria, insists that Nigerians must put the country before any ethnic identity. When asked in a recent […]

By Clifford Ndujihe, Politics Editor PROFESSOR Ango Abdullahi, 84, CON, is an accomplished academic, administrator, and elder statesman. The former vice chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, in Zaria, and convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has been on the political horizon for over six decades, contributing his quota to the development of […]