Otunba Gbenga Daniel, former Governor of Ogun State, has revealed how much of a naturalist Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has been while recounting how Soyinka turned down his offer to tar the road leading to his residence because he preferred the road untarred. He also noted that the Nobel Laureate said he preferred getting…
Prince Bayo Osiyemi, an ex-Chief Press Secretary to Lagos State’s first civilian governor, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, has disclosed how Chief Mike Adenuga, CEO of Globacom Limited, was secretly transported into exile during the Major Gideon Orkar-led military coup against the Gen. Ibrahim Babangida administration on April 22, 1990. Osiyemi in his memoir due for launch…
Chidi Odinkalu, a Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, has revealed that Justice Sylvanus Oriji of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, who gave the order restricting protesters of the just concluded End Bad Governance demonstration to MKO Abiola Stadium, Abuja, hails from Obi Akpor…
The Presidency has cleared the air on the controversy over the N573 billion received by states. It said the fund is a World Bank loan, which the Federal Government guaranteed, and not a grant. It explained that the issue of whether it was a grant or a loan should not be at the centre of…
The general overseer of the Redeemed Christian church of God, RCCG Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has reiterated that corruption is at its peak because majority of Christians who are supposed to be peculiar people and make a difference have compromised. Calling on Christians to shun a lifestyle of double standards, at the day six of…
The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, has said it will be hard for Nigeria’s economy if any administration tries to reverse the fuel subsidy removal after President Bola Tinubu’s government. Wale Edun added that any plan by other administrations to reverse forex subsidy will have to deal with the…
Ikenga Ugochinyere, a Member of the House of Representatives, has denied bribing his way to becoming Chairman of an ad hoc Committee probing Nigeria’s downstream sector. The Panel, comprising the House Committees on Petroleum Resources (downstream) and (midstream), was relieved of its responsibility on Monday. Announcing the dissolution of the Panel in a statement, Akin…
Oyo State governor, Engr. ‘Seyi Makinde, has said that the claim by President Bola Tinubu that his administration gave out the sum of ₦570 billion as Hardship Fund to the 36 state governments was a misrepresentation of facts. In an open challenge to the president, he declared that the Federal Government did not give Oyo…
There’s currently secret tension brewing in the House of Representatives between Hon. Ugochinyere Ikenga who’s the Committee Chairman on Petroleum resources (downstream) and Members over the recent Committee set up to investigate the crisis between Dangote Refinery, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) and other…
The Nigerian Police Force said it had arrested 873 suspected persons who were allegedly engaged in criminality during the ongoing nationwide protest. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed this at the monthly news conference organised by the Strategic Communication Inter-agency Policy Committee (SCIPC), hosted by the State Security Services (SSS) on Monday, August…
