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SANWO-OLU MOURNS HERBERT WIGWE

Herbert, my brother, my friend and my adviser. Herbert, the king of visionary and disruptive ideas. I’m deeply saddened by the tragic loss of my dear brother and friend, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, his dear wife Doreen, and their beloved son Chizi in a helicopter crash. Herbert was not just a brother and visionary leader but one of the brightest minds ... Read More »

“Devastating Loss: Governor Abiodun Pays Tribute to Herbert Wigwe and Others Lost in Helicopter Crash Near California-Nevada Border”

Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has described as tragic the death of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings Plc, Mr. Herbert Wigwe in a helicopter crash in the United States of America. Wigwe, his wife, son, and three others, including Abimbola Ogunbanjo, former chairman of NGX Group Plc, died when their helicopter crashed near the border of ... Read More »

Hunger protests: Why Tinubu can’t govern like Buhari. -by Farooq Kperogi

The biting hunger and unnaturally rising price spiral in Nigeria instigated primarily by the removal of petrol subsidies and the floating of the naira are threatening to spark off seismic social vibrations across the country. The spontaneous, hunger-induced eruption of seething communal anger in Minna over hunger in the land a few days ago, which inspired a massive protest by ... Read More »

“Fatal Helicopter Crash Claims Lives of Access Holdings CEO and Five Others in California”

A chopper transporting Herbert Wigwe, the CEO of Access Holdings has crashed and killed him as well as about five others in California. Sources said the chopper was headed to Las Vegas when it crashed near a border city between Nevada and California on Friday night. The Federal Aviation Administration said a helicopter crashed Friday night near Nipton, California, with ... Read More »

Crushing Criminal Havens: Nigeria Police Force Eradicates Kidnappers’ Camps in Mpape Operation

In the early hours of February 9, 2024, around 2.40am, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Bureau – Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), acting on intelligence, successfully attacked, neutralized and eliminated many notorious kidnappers including the kidnapping kingpin identified as Musa Wada (Sabo) Magaji, in an operation conducted around Mpape, Abuja. The team also destroyed the camps of the dreaded ... Read More »

“Dark Turn in Akure: Emirate, Prominent Figure, Allegedly Murders Wife Before Apparent Suicide”

Akure socialite and petrol station owner, Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly macheted his wife Bolu to death. Though the consequences leading to the disagreement between this celebrity couple are still skeletal the news was Emirate matched his wife to death before he committed suicide by drinking Sniper, an insect-killing substance It was gathered that the incident happened ... Read More »

“VP Shettima Heads Presidential Delegation for Super Eagles’ AFCON Finals”

President Tinubu directs maximum support and urges the Eagles to make Nigeria, Africa proud President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to lead a presidential team to the finals of the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Côte d’Ivoire. The Vice President had also represented the President at the semi-finals when the Super Eagles defeated South ... Read More »

“Money Laundering Charges Loom as EFCC Declares Godwin Emefiele’s Wife and Three Others Wanted”

mmission has declared Margaret Emefiele, wife of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, and three others, wanted for money laundering. Mrs Emefiele, Mr Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were declared wanted Friday night for allegedly conspiring with the former CBN Governor “to convert huge sums of money belonging to the Federal ... Read More »

FASHOLA, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, HAMZAT, CHIEF AKANDE AND OTHERS AT THE PUBLIC PRESENTATION OF NIGERIAN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: THE INTERPLAY OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE AND HYPERBOLE IN LAGOS

Representative of the President and Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila (middle), the author and immediate past Hon.Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola,SAN (2nd right), the author’s wife, Dame Emmanuella Abimbola Fashola(2nd left), Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Femi Hamzat (right) and All Progressives Congress chieftain, Chief Bisi Akande (left) during the public presentation ... Read More »

“Governor AbdulRazaq Lauds Progress on N350bn Bode Saadu/Kaiama/Kosubosu Road”

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday visited under-construction Bode Saadu/Kaiama/Kosubosu road project, calling it a major breakthrough for the state and Nigeria. Valued at over N350bn, the Governor said the road will open up Nigeria’s economy with other West African countries such as the Republic of Benin and strengthen the protocols on African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). AbdulRazaq ... Read More »