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There have been reports that a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will leave the party in the nearest future. However, a chieftain of the party, Mallam Mohammed Lawal, says Tinubu will only leave the party if President Muhammadu Buhari quits the ruling party. According to The Punch, Lawal, who was the... Read More
by Adeboro Odunlami Some mornings before I step out of my house, I look in my mirror and ask myself who the hell I am. I mean, I manage people for a living. What was it my boss said the other day? ‘The HR department would not be the same without you. You just get... Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Wednesday present the 2017 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly. The presentation of the document is expected to hold at 12pm. On November 30, the Federal Executive Council approved the document for presentation to the National Assembly. Speaking to State House correspondents at the end of the council’s... Read More
Over the weekend, a storm in a teacup erupted amongst that troublesome group on the Internet called ‘Nigerian influencers’ – a person who campaigned vigorously for Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 came out to make clear what we all know: Buhari’s government in an ongoing failure. As if on cue, and as cliché, supporters of the... Read More
In our annual tradition, we take a look back at the 100 people who have defined, re-defined and moulded the days of our lives in 2016. Innovators, creators, political players, entertainers and activists of all ages – you won’t find a more definite list anywhere else. Atiku Abubakar The former Vice President has... Read More
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Former governor of Abia, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has called on his Igbo “brothers” to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Kalu said this during an interaction with journalists at his “Camp Neya” country home at Igbere in Bende Local Government Area of the state. He said the victory of the APC in Edo... Read More
by Vera Ezimora The Igbo language is really trying to drive me nuts. Let me tell you how. The other day, I was on my computer writing (not blogging) when I suddenly got inspired to add a twist to what I was writing, but to complete it, I needed the Igbo word for Lion. I... Read More
Last week, The Gambia held its election. The victor of that election was Adama Barrow. Just days after conceding defeat to Adama Barrow, incumbent President Yahya Jammeh says he is rejecting the results of that election in its totality. Watch: https://cdn.theguardian.tv/mainwebsite/2016/12/10/161210GambianPresident2_desk.mp4 This, despite the fact that his concession call was captured on video. See reactions... Read More
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Is it only in Nigeria these sort of tales are spun? Is it only in Nigeria that stories that you would think a fiction of one’s imagination are actually true to life? The story below is nothing short of jaw-dropping. It will leave you thinking this is a classic for Nollywood. Let’s not stand in... Read More
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The Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani says he is “unsuspendable”. Sani who was suspended by the Kaduna chapter of the All progressives Congress (APC), said this on Friday while speaking to State House correspondents after observing the Jumat prayer at the presidential Villa in the company of the... Read More
In a time when the political establishment all over the world is suffering, with voters from America to Gambia opting for change, there are few countries in need of a new direction the way South Africa is. The promise of the Rainbow Nation after the end of apartheid in 1994 has largely been wasted, replaced... Read More
The Senate on Thursday passed a bill seeking to set aside 20 percent of the country’s annual budget for constituency projects for third reading. Constituency projects will get N1.4 trillion out of the 7.3trillion 2017 budget estimates to be presented to the National Assembly if the bill is passed into law. The bill which was sponsored... Read More
He’s not Tolu Ogunlesi’s father. That we know for sure… If you mentioned Adebayo Ogunlesi to an average Nigerian who has fair knowledge in economic and political matters months ago, he’d retort with questions like, “Who is that?” “What does he do?” Adebayo O. Ogunlesi’s name made it to headlines on Nigeria’s traditional and social... Read More
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Details have emerged on how the lawmaker representing Kaduna North Federal constituency in the National Assembly, Honourable Samalia Suleiman borrowed the sum of N130m to offset a N122m loan he got from the United Bank for Africa (UBA). In a letter dated May 10, 2016, the lawmaker 35-year-old lawmaker requested a N130m loan facility to... Read More
Almost about anything can get the people of the world riled up so easily. Anything -from burger to the weather. But when TIME releases it’s Person of the year as Donald J. Trump on a day when these parts are so tense in anticipation of whether the anti-establishment bug that got him (Trump) to become 45th President of the... Read More
Ghanaians will go to the polls today, Wednesday, the 7th of December 2016 to decide who leads the West African nation for the next four years. In an election, except in countries running a two-party system, there are several presidential candidates gunning for the presidency. In Ghana, it is no different. Some of the candidates include,... Read More
It is 2016 and if you think it is acceptable for you to be unaware of what is happening anywhere from Idi-araba to Mars, you must be joking. And we are here to set you right. Glad we got that out of the way! Now, today, the 7th of December 2016 is the day #GhanaDecides... Read More
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It is a bad time to be an incumbent, or at least a member of the political establishment, anywhere in the world. Last year, on his fourth attempt, Muhammadu Buhari beat Goodluck Jonathan to unseat an incumbent president for the first time in Nigerian history. This year, there has been the shock vote to leave... Read More
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