On Friday, 25th August 2023, at about 5:30 pm, two men who introduced themselves as officers of the Nigeria Police, Enugu State Command, accosted me at Umabor, Eha Alumona Nsukka, in what I saw as a broad daylight kidnap attempt. We were at Umabor for the burial of the father-in-law of my younger brother, and I had gone out to …

The trending news in Lagos right now is the list of commissioner-nominees that the governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu sent to the state House of Assembly for confirmation – 39 in all – out of which the House approved 22 but rejected 17, six of them former commissioners being nominated to return for second term like the governor. Since 1999 when the …

Williams Clowes, the Bloomberg hitman on Nigeria, feels that his only journalistic obligation is to dredge up negative stories about the country and Africa. In his latest drivel on Nigeria, he described Abuja Metro, the light rail line from Idu train station to the city centre that connects Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, as a “public transit project to nowhere” just …

The mantra is the NEW ABIA, and this announces the new government of Labour Party. Governor Alex Otti is on the saddle and, in the first 100 days, it has not been about a new government but about an intentional and calculated action of orchestrating a paradigm shift. The governor has engaged in a planned and deliberate action of overhauling …

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As part of a broader efforts to reduce the cost of governance, President Bola Tinubu on Monday directed the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs to freeze the processing of visas for all government officials without proof of direct participation in the official schedule of activities of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States of America. UNGA’s …

In what appears to be a power tussle between the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and some political and religious gladiators on the proposed members of the State Executive Council (SEC), the Lagos State House of Assembly, in an unprecedented move on Wednesday, declined to confirm 17 out of the 39 nominees submitted by the governor for the position …

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If you ask many Nigerians the name of their local government chairman, they will most likely not know. I, for one, do not know mine. Maybe you can say it is because I do not reside at home (Owo in Ondo State) but live and work far away from home (in Lagos State). Even at that, I do not know …

English humorist, satirist, and author Terry Pratchett once said: “If you do not know where you come from, then you don’t know where you are, and if you don’t know where you are, then you don’t know where you’re going. And if you don’t know where you’re going, you’re probably going wrong”. Origins are important because they give a sense …