FOR those who know him, activism is his life. Whatever he does, he does with passion. He may not be tiny but describing him as being on the skinny side would be more appropriate – his shirt size would be 15 and a half. We are talking about Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Sanusi’s belief in the Nigerian state is unbelievable. He proved that much when he visited Vanguard’s corporate headquarters in Lagos last Thursday.

MANKIND before Calvary, that is, mankind made up of Jews and Gentiles were under the sentence of death, awaiting the execution of the sentence passed on them by a just God. Mankind declared guilty of a capital offence could not and cannot seek justification in the sight of God by any post-judgment doing of the law. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God…Therefore by the deeds of the law shall no flesh be justified in (God’s) sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:23,20).

A renowned author once said; “Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone…If you want to be rich, then you need to become financially literate.”

PASTOR Nick Medouwa is the General Overseer of Pentecostal Canaaland Mission in Lagos. In this interview with Sam Eyoboka, he speaks on why his messages are focused on holiness and righteousness, the activities of fake pastors and the slow pace of the Yar’Adua administration.

Everybody was destined to play the role they played in my life for me to enter the glory of God. Maybe, if my brother had embraced me while he was a governor and I didn’t drop the way I dropped, maybe I wouldn’t have seen the plight of these people let alone affect their lives positively. But God permitted me to go down in the kind of life they lived so that I can be conscious of their feelings.

I CALL my kind of woman the ‘Ordinary Woman.’ She’s not ordinary because she lacks the good things of life; she is the woman who is not yet fulfilled but has her own aspiration to get to the top cadre of life.

Segun Adefila is the Creative Director of Lagos based theater interventionist group, Crown Troupe of Nigeria. The group comprising mainly of young and unemployed graduate artists, have through their very positive activities defined a new performance streak that passes unnoticed in the dense Lagos competitive culture and performance environmen

….. Olisa Agbakoba v. The Director, State Security Services & Anor., revisited By Awa Kalu Very recently, acres of newsprint have been dominated by controversy arising from a memo allegedly despatched to some of our missions abroad directing Embassy and Consular Staff to deny consular services to some of our citizens particularly Mallam El Rufai, […]

The Forum of Federations, will next week Monday, hold a one day Training session on Fiscal Federalism. The training project seeks to enhance the understanding of fiscal federalism issues, challenges and opportunities in Nigeria among a cross section of key stakeholders. The outreach (training) program is designed to explores the issues of Federalism from a […]

By Innocent Anaba The leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), before the annual conference of the association, which took place in Lagos,  in August this year, was involved in the face-off over the Lagos State Local Council Development Areas (LCDA). While the President of the NBA, Chief Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), cautioned the Federal Government […]

By Robert Omote It is no cheering news that Nigerian Prisons and Police cells are daily becoming congested with the influx of accused persons or suspects awaiting trials or those whose matters-are still being investigated by men of the Nigeria Police in the face of criminal justice that is obtained in our courts which has […]

By Bolaji Owasanoye A sound economy is the surest engine of growth and the shortest route to tackling the challenges posed by endemic poverty in developing countries. Going by the example of well developed nations, sound economic fundamentals contribute to social development which in turn strengthen political stability and good governance. To ensure a sound […]

By Olubusuyi Adenipekun In the last one year, teaching and learning activities in the nation’s primary and secondary schools went on largely uninterrupted.  This relative peace is a big boost to the effective implementation of the Universal Basic Education programme and a positive development for the 9-year Basic Education Curriculum, the test-running or implementation of […]

By Wole Mosadomi, Minna Something strange and unusual happened in Niger State last week. It drew the attention of many residents of Minna, the state capital to the Police Command Headquarters, to be sure of the news which spread like wild fire across the town. It was unbelievable but it was real. One middle- aged […]

By Emmanuel Edukugho There is growing disquiet over the continued stay of Professor Lateef Akanni Hussain as Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), despite overwhelming, massive demand by lecturers, students and staff for his removal so as to end the on-going labour crisis in the institution. When other universities in the country have resumed normal […]