DR Eruani Azibapu, a Nigerian businessman signed into existence Azikel Refinery with Ventech Engineering LLC in Houston Texas. Dr Eruani, who is the group president of Azikel Group, signed on behalf of Azikel Petroleum Nig Ltd, alongside with Director of Investment and strategy, Mr Richard Howarth, the Executive Director Operations, Mr Presley Asemota, the contract for the manufacturing and construction of a 12,000 BPSD Hydro-skyming Refinery with the world global leaders of Modular refinery construction/manufacturing, Ventech Engineering LLC in the United State of America.

AGE 51 (in Nigeria), a country famous for celebrations, does not necessarily elucidate merry making though enough to show gratitude to the Creator for adding yet another one year to one’s life. Jane Odessa, a colleague asked me why I always come back to Hon. Ejaife. Good question but hear this reason for the symbiotic attachment. Once I was at his residence, amongst the many visitors was his former high school classmate.

When Africa’s richest man speaks, the world listens. Aliko Dangote has proved his mettle in business in one of the most difficult terrains in the world, by not only setting up businesses but turning them into multibillion naira organisations. Naturally, you would think Dangote would be pro-business in every way because of how much success he has achieved in business.

THE chickens of destiny have come home to roost. In October of 2007, the Supreme Court in a fit of indignant anger reached a decision that puzzled most Lawyers. They decided that one Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, who did not in fact receive any vote from the good people of Rivers State, has been elected the Governor of Rivers State.

On Monday, October 31, 2016, the highly revered Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, His Lordship, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, paid a visit to the trio of Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, Musiliu Obanikoro and Dr Reuben Abati in EFCC custody. On his arrival there, he met them at the clinic and afterwards had some private moments with them away from the prying eyes of journalists.

STORY-TELLING is an imaginative act of telling a story using verbal versatility, communicative fluidity, allusions, allegories, improvisations, body language and skillful voice-manipulation built around the activities of the people solely for the purpose of education, socialisation and ethical revolution.

And then change happened. The funniest thing about this change is that those who promised it have recently been embarrassed to give an update of their change so I can see why my readers look to me to give them an update of the promised change.
Okay, since you asked for it, here you go.

It is almost 6 years that Osun state governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has been steering the affairs of the state. He was returned to office in November 27, 2014 for a second term. So many things can be said to have be achieved by Ogbeni’s 6 year old administration in the state. No doubt, Governor Aregbesola met the state in debt with abandoned projects in the state.

ONE of the legacies of colonialism in Nigeria is the inferiority complex of the Nigerian society. The justification for colonialism (an unjustifiable usurpation) demanded myth–making that extolled the superiority of the colonial master and his ways of life and denigrated everything about the indigenous people: their culture, traditions, religion, etc.

VOTE of confidence especially in the political parlance is a formal acknowledgment of the leadership qualities of a person or persons. But it is best appreciated when it is popular among the citizenry and widely agreed that it is conferred on those who truly deserve it.