When the wells dry up
We are a rich nation. It doesn’t matter how you look at it, we’re rich. Our crude oil revenues are so massive we can sustain a profoundly corrupt government without…
Nigerian Challenges Are Man-Made, Says Gov. Fashola
Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola has declared that many of the challenges facing the country currently should not have happened if those saddled with steering the ship of the…
Report Boko Haram Accounts, CBN orders Banks
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday instructed banks and other financial institutions to report accounts belonging to members of the Boko Haram islamist sect (Jamaatu Ahlis-Sunna Liddaawati wal…
APC Blueprint, a Basket of Empty Shells — PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday described the blueprint presented by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the British House of Commons by leader of the opposition group, Bola…
Sule Lamido, Obasanjo’s Beautiful Bride
The horse-trading ahead of the 2015 elections barely two years away took centre stage on Democracy Day as ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo decided to show up elsewhere instead of the Eagles…
Poverty Reduction: World Bank Didn’t Indict Nigeria.
Editor: Our attention has been drawn to a headline in an online news media, Premium Times, with the title “World Bank indicts Jonathan’s government, says massive poverty, unemployment killing Nigerians”.…
Army Inaugurates 242 Battalion Pre-deployment
The Nigerian Army on Tuesday inaugurated the 242 Battalion pre-deployment in Kaduna State with a charge to the soldiers to make the most of the learning opportunity. According to Commandant,…
Fatai Rolling Dollar Is Dead
Prominent Lagos-based highlife musician, Fatai Rolling Dollar is dead. The musician, aged 87, died this morning but the actual cause of his death was still sketchy as at the time…
What Odili did not tell Amaechi
When this piece was first published in November 2008, no serious interpretation was given to the issues raised. But today, five years later, this piece has been fully confirmed as…
Sagas commences dual fuel conversion scheme for trucks
A major leap in ongoing efforts at providing gas as alternative automobile fuel was taken on June 10, 2013 in Lagos, when Sagas Energy Company Limited, the pivot of the…