BY GODWIN OBI The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the death of one person, recovery of 29 different types of guns, arrest of 78 persons, among other things on Monday night, when its personnel raided the residence of the former Chairman, Disciplinary Committee, Park Management System (PMS) in OyoContinue Reading
Nigerians have continued to express resentment to the fuel subsidy which was confirmed to have been removed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, even as the President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Festus Osifo, and the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Adewole Adebayo, lockedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gov. Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina state The Kanwan Katsina District Head of Ketare Alhaji Usman Bello Kankara has applauded Governor Aminu Bello Masari of Katsina State over developmental projects executed in his eight years of administration in the state particularly in Ketare District.Alhaji Usman Bello wasContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Former National Vice President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George, has described the last eight years of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration as a failure. The former military administrator of Ondo State, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in his Lagos office atContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State, weekend, said the last eight years would be remembered by all as the worst in the history of Nigeria. He said it was a period when a country that was flourishing under then-President Goodluck Jonathan was plunged into unimaginable poverty, insecurity,Continue Reading
The governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Soludo, says he will shift attention to the incoming government of Bola Tinubu if his appeal for the release of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is not granted by President Muhammadu Buhari. Soludo has repeatedly appealed to PresidentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former Petroleum Resources Minister Diezani Allison-Madueke has sued the Attorney General of the Federation and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged libel. She is demanding N100bn to be paid to her in damages, according to a writ of summons filed on her behalfContinue Reading
FESTUS KEYAMO ‘SAN’ BY GODWIN OBI The outgoing Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo says it is an aberration to appoint a Minister of State. He stated this while making a speech during a valedictory session chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Citing some portions ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Presidency, on Wednesday, explained that President Muhammadu Buhari gave the nod for last-minute funds a few days away to handover to the administration of Bola Tinubu because the government needs funds to clear debts. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi AdesinaContinue Reading
Dr. Bolaji Akinola I finally found the time last week to read Hadiza Bala Usman’s polemic titled “STEPPING ON TOES: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority”. It is a small book that took only a few hours to read. The main body consists of just 143 pages while theContinue Reading