7 Feb 2018
Baring last minute change in political strategy, Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim Babangida has been penciled down as the senatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for Niger East senatorial district of Niger State. Mohammed, the heir apparent to Babangida’s political dynasty is to replace David Umar who is currently serving his second term in…
18 Feb 2018
My sympathies go to Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda, Nigeria’s most determined president to date, who supposedly refuted a public statement released in his name last Saturday…
23 Feb 2018
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kaduna zonal office, has recovered N102 million diverted from the Bank of Agriculture (BOA) in Kebbi. A statement by the spokesman of the commission, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said the funds were diverted by beneficiaries of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Anchor Borrowers Programme, disbursed by BOA. Uwujaren…
25 Jul 2018
The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party in Lagos State, Moshood Salvador, and 10 others have been remanded in the prison over the alleged murder of party chairman in the Apapa Local Government Area, Adeniyi Aborishade. Aborishade was killed on his way from a Lagos State PDP meeting at Igbosuku Village, Eti-Osa LGA. The meeting…
17 Aug 2018
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of deliberately delaying signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill to promote his hidden agenda. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, the party alleged that “Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are quavering because the draft law effectively checked…
4 Jul 2019
Memorable highlights were plenty, but the bold decision by Minna Polo Club to open up the playing field, allowing teams from both divides to participate in the annual tournament this year, was undoubtedly the biggest highlight of the hugely successful 2019 polo carnival. Reactions to that decision varied depending on which side of the fence you…
