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“Inmates for the Republic of Liars!” It looks like some faceless mischief makers have stepped on Professor Wole Soyinka’s nerves, once again. Another Wole Soyinka-internet hoax has gone viral and this time the topic is an appraisal of President Muhammadu Buhari’s dismal one-year in office. In a statement titled, Inmates for the Republic of Liars, Professor […]Read More

Buhari Unveils N.5 Trillion Economic Palliative Package ‎ Truth has fallen in the street of this misguided Buhari administration; so much so that abject failure has been camouflaged as its triumph. It is amusing, if not very disturbing, to see the number of people the Buhari administration has brought out of the woodwork to sing […]

The diplomats sent a formal complaint to Kenya’s foreign ministry after the alleged remark at the U.N. Environmental Assembly last week, Yvonne Khamati, chairwoman of the African Diplomatic Corps Technical Committee, said on Tuesday. Egypt’s foreign ministry said it had no evidence of any such remarks by a Cairo official and would investigate, adding that […]Read More

Nearly 37 percent of boys and 34 percent of girls have been sexually abused by the age of 17, either physically or in non-physical ways – such as being forced to watch sexual acts, look at genitalia or explicit material. Girls were more likely to have been sexually abused physically and boys more likely to […]

L-R: Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (left); Group Managing Director, Access Bank, Mr. Herbert Wigwe (right), jointly presenting a cheque of $50, 000 to the 1st Prize Winner of the Lagos City Marathon, Abraham Kiptom from Kenya, while the 2nd Prize Winner, Hosea Kipkemboi from Kenya and the 3rdPrize Winner, Debebe Kolosa from Ethiopia, watch, during the Lagos […]Read More

The Nigerian Stock Exchange closed trading on the last day of May with a massive 4.26% loss to record its biggest one day loss in over a year.  Market capitalization from by about N425 billion in just one day. Traders hit the sell button from the opening of trading at about 10.30am as investors fell […]

In its drive to produce portable drinking water to its residents, Lagos State Government on Tuesday announced that it will soon introduce the Water Distribution Kiosk System. Commissioner for Environment, Babatunde Adejare who gave this hint, said the Lagos Water Corporation would be in charge of the system. He said informed newsmen that the government […]

Board of Directors of Jaiz Bank on Tuesday, appointed Hassan Usman as substantive Managing Director to run the affairs of the bank subject to the approval of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). He had acted in this same capacity in 2013. Usman did not get the job on a platter of gold, the decision was […]

Saraki Won’t Resign Unless Convicted The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has adjourned the hearing of the appeals instituted by Senate President, Bukola Saraki challenging the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try him on charges, including false and anticipatory asset declaration till Thursday 2 June following the inability of the court […]

A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has linked Nigeria’s stunted development to the way the country is structured, calling for an urgent renegotiation of the basis for the nation’s union. According to the former VP, who spoke at a book launch in Abuja on Tuesday, Nigeria is not working effectively because of the way more […]

There seems to be growing controversy surrounding the identity of suspected members of the Niger Delta Avengers, NDA, arrested and paraded by the Nigerian army as residents of Oporosa, headquarters of Gbaramatu Kingdom, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, insisted that the 10 ‘suspects’ were workers in the area. According to residents who […]

Despite  all  the public outcry over attempts by the Senate to amend the act setting up the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) the House of Representatives has gone ahead with the amendment. The House in the amendment, removed the power to appoint and discipline members of staff of the CCB […]