LG Autonomy, catalyst to rural development
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna A leading member of a Friends of Democracy (FOD), a pressure group, Malam Suleiman Gora, has called on all the states yet to pass the Bill on Local Government Autonomy into law to do so without further delay, to unlock the potentials of the hinterland, as the nation approach the 2019 […]
2019: Namadi Sambo crosses to APC
There is increasing rumour within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna over an alleged plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to use the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to force Arc. Namadi Sambo, the former Vice President to Goodluck Jonathan to dump the PDP. As facts emerged at the weekend that the […]
Dogara absent but Buhari, Osinbajo attend APC NEC meeting
Yakubu Dogara, speaker of the house of representatives, is not among top members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s ongoing national executive committee (NEC) meeting. President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the APC, are among influential APC members in attendance. At the meeting, Adams Oshiomhole, […]
SENATOR ADEMOLA ADELEKE SECONDARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE SAGA: A JUDICIAL ABSURDITY!
By James KANYIP A High Court of Osun State sitting in Osogbo had on Wednesday, 08/08/2018, dismissed a Suit filed by two members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) seeking to stop Senator Ademola Adeleke as the governorship candidate of the PDP in the coming election in the State. The Plaintiffs had filed the Suit […]
PIGB: ATIKU URGES BUHARI TO HAVE A RETHINK..
It is rather unfortunate that President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) that the National Assembly in conjunction with the oil majors and host communities put in so much work to come up with. I am of the opinion that this is a monumental mistake. The reason given by the President […]
Arms Purchases Final Audit Report Clears Jonathan, Confirms That His Govt Bought Enough Arms.
The Nigeria Military arms purchases final report of President Muhammadu Buhari’s probe panel, tagged the Presidential Arms Audit Panel which was inaugurated at the outset of his administration was not made available to the public because the prime target, Goodluck Jonathan was exonerated by the investigators to the disappointment of the government. The 13-man Presidential […]
MEMO TO MR PRESIDENT
By Charles Ogbu Mr President Sir, This memo is necessitated by issues of urgent national importance not unconnected with your statement at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association where you told a gathering of eminent judges and lawyers that the rule of law is not supreme and could be set aside in the […]
LIFELESS PRESIDENT: BUHARI’S ACTIONS CAUSE HIM INTERNATIONAL RIDICULE – FANI-KAYODE
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has reacted to President Donald Trump’s description of President Muhammadu Buhari as “lifeless”. Trump reportedly made the statement shortly after a meeting between the two leaders on April 30. Buhari, the first sub-Saharan Africa president to meet Trump since he was sworn in as the 45th American president, was […]
National security more important than rights of individuals — Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has said the rights of individuals in the society must always take a second place where national security and public interests are threatened. President Buhari said this today while declaring open the 58th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Abuja. The conference has as its theme: “Transition, Transformation […]
Toyota to invest $500m in Uber in driverless car deal
Japanese carmaker Toyota is to invest $500m (£387m) in Uber and expand a partnership to jointly develop self-driving cars. The firm said this would involve the “mass-production” of autonomous vehicles that would be deployed on Uber’s ride sharing network. It is being viewed as a way for both firms to catch up with rivals in […]