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President Muhammadu Buhari will consult with key leaders of ECOWAS countries in order to find a solution to the crisis rocking Republic of Mali. The President made the pledge Tuesday while receiving reports from ECOWAS Special Envoy to Mali, former President Goodluck Jonathan. The former President was at State House, Abuja, in company of President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean-Claude ... Read More »

For as long as I can remember, I have always been enamoured and captivated by the British approach to politicking- the wit, banter, satire and sarcasm often infused into this all-important business of managing and delivery public goods to an ever-demanding public that is often very unforgiving of the foibles and follies that the political actors are sometimes found to ... Read More »

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, on Monday commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari, the Government and people of Katsina State over the demise of elder statesman and Second Republic Minister, Mallam Ismaila Isa Funtua. In a condolence message released on Tuesday in Abeokuta by Kunle Somorin, his Chief Press Secretary, Gov Abiodun described the former President of Newspapers Proprietors Association ... Read More »

  The Olowu of Kuta in Ayedire Local Government area of Osun state, Oba Adekunle Oyelude Makama has asked the Senate to be more creative in finding solutions to the problems of insecurity, insurgency and banditry in the country. The traditional ruler, who was reacting to Senate’s Tuesday call for the resignation of the service chiefs as solution to the country’s ... Read More »

In furtherance of the commitment to mitigate the negative effect of COVID-19 pandemic on individuals and businesses, Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) has commenced the implementation of additional reliefs and measures to further ease the impact of the pandemic on taxpayers in Lagos State starting from Thursday, July 16, 2020. These additional measures and incentives are sequel to the ... Read More »

The Ondo stare Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has condemned in strong terms, the brutalization of one of its members, Friday Osagie Otabor (of The Nation newspaper) by some overzealous policemen attached with Governor Yaya Bello of Kogi State, who is the chairman of Ondo state APC Governorship Primary Committee. In a Press Statement signed by the ... Read More »

Who Wants To Be A Socialite? Recall that our operative desire, in this ongoing tetralogy, was fuelled by a realisation that my class of post-graduate students have had to be challenged and engaged using robust debates, assignations, definitions, connotations and anecdotes, in appreciating and exercising editorial decisions on people who should be lionized as leading lights of their society. Today, ... Read More »

Succour has come the way of the family of a slain Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyalist, Mr. Isaiah Adedapo Adegoke, as the Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has presented cash support to the family. The late Adegoke died in an accident on April 14, A statement signed by the Special Assistant (Print Media) to Governor Makinde, Moses Alao, indicated ... Read More »

The Board of Directors of Fidelity Bank Plc yesterday announced the appointment of Mrs. Nneka Onyeali-Ikpe, the current Executive Director, Lagos and South-west Directorate, as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) designate. It also announced the impending retirement of the current MD/CEO of the bank, Mr. Nnamdi Okonkwo. A statement from the bank said Okonkwo would step down from the ... Read More »

I first met Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala during the Obasanjo administration at a conference organised by the newly emergent Due Process Office headed by Mrs. Obiageli (Oby) Katryn Ezekwesili. Okonjo-Iweala was Minister of Finance, so I asked her how much oil Nigeria was producing daily. Conference Chairman, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai (Now Governor of Kaduna State) fumed: “Mr. Lakemfa, let me tell ... Read More »