It is one thing for Lamido to take up the gauntlet to run for the presidency; it is another thing for him to have what it takes to restructure and redirect our economy on the path of recovery and sustainable growth 

Award-winning OAP, events compere and comedian, Steve Onu (a.k.a Yaw) has thrown his weight behind Multichoice in the on-going controversy over the production of Big Brother Nigeria reality TV show in South Africa.

FOR some time now, Engineer Babachir David Lawal, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, has been under unjust and mischievous media propaganda calculated to taint his decent character and leadership pedigree as one of Nigeria’s finest democrats. A man who elected to run a marathon with President Mohammad Buhari when it was most convenient for ‘brief case contractors’ to shout “Power to the people” and corruptly smile to the bank.

IN today’s world, many Christians would easily forget the basis of their faith and even throw in the towel at the slightest challenge or opposition. As ambassadors of Christ, we must have the mind of Christ the Bible enjoins us to do. We must be ready to defend and if possible die for what we stand for. Jesus is a practical good example of what it means to be an ambassador. He was and still is his Father’s Ambassador.

Meanwhile one wonders precisely who I planned and discussed these “violent attacks” with? Was it Rev. Musa Asake, the gentle and amiable Secretary General of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) who I had the honor of hosting in my home for a meeting or was it the Shiite Muslim delegation from Sheik El Zak Zaky’s group?

Mobile and cloud may be global technologies, but African start-ups have explored their functionalities, shaped their applications and used them to build differentiated business models suited to their markets.

Apostle Suleiman, senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries recently received phone calls twice, alerting him of imminent attack on his church by Fulani herdsmen and orchestrated assassination of his person. Then said he to his aides, in his narrative to his Sunday morning congregation ; “any Fulani herdsmen you see around you or in the church premises, kill him…”.

THE Roman Emperor Pliny is often quoted to have observed that “out of Africa, there is always something new”. We can take liberties with this position and say that out of the state of OSUN in Nigeria’s South west we have seen a host of policy thrusts and initiatives now been adopted at the centre.

DURING a visit to her office in Abuja by the Executive Secretary of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, Mrs. Sharon Ikeazor, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, was greeted with the news that the nation’s pension scheme will now be extended to Nigerians in the Diaspora who had worked diligently and had served their country but relocated to different corners of the world after retirement.

“Not a single soul has been prosecuted, let alone jailed for the genocide in Southern Kaduna and you are blaming someone for preaching self defense? You are INSANE. Yes, INSANE”- Olufemi Korode, Twitter, 24th January 2017.