The Anambra State Government has slammed a one-month sanction on Blossom Fount School, Awka, for monetising student leadership by charging pupils N5,000 to contest for the position of head prefect. The sanction, announced on Saturday by the state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh follows reports that the school imposed the controversial fee on pupils in its primary section vying …

The Kebbi State Government has explained the reasons for the ongoing construction of four mega primary schools in the state. This is as the government said one of the primary school is on the verge of completion. According to the government the four mega schools formed part of the campaign promises of Dr. Nasir Idris prior to his election in …

Suddenly, Prof. Fatiu Akesode died. He died 30 March 2001. He died just a month after he got his second term of four years. He was first appointed in 1996/1997. Before his appointment, LASU was becoming notorious for its incessant crises. Students riots. Cultism. SSANU/NASU strikes. ASUU strikes. Vice Chancellors’ dramatic exits. The death of Akesode came through one of …

Two hours after Lai Muhammed went to Oga’s office (that’s what I called the Governor officially), I didn’t hear anything from above. But because I had some other matters to discuss with him, I seized the opportunity to go to his office. There was nobody with him when I entered. Most of the things I wanted to discuss were very …

Then he said: “Why do you want to work directly with me?” I replied that I prefer a relationship that would make it easy for the two of us to work together or to go our separate ways on mutual terms if and when separation becomes inevitable. I further disclosed to him that I didn’t want to work with him …

On Thursday, 30 April 1998 at about Noon, I was in my office in the City Hall holding a meeting with the representatives of the newly formed Market Men Association, Lagos Island, led by Alhaji Sadiq Haroun (also known as Baba Taju). The Chairman, Musiliu Obanikoro had delegated me to meet with their executive before he left the office. About …

Seye, one of the best sharp shooters and snipers among the PBGs, saw me from their Central Monitoring Station (CMS) embedded inside one of the three bunkers in Dodan Barracks by Siemens. There were about 10 operatives in bunker C from where they saw me. The other 15 (they were 25 all together in Dodan Barracks) had ferried the President …

IBB’s presidential jet was a castle in the clouds. It was luxury redefined. The kind of luxury that makes opulence look so ordinary as if it is not in the same league with affluence. The kind of jet that moves like the wings of angels. There are planes and there are planes. It was a plane with a plain mission: …

There was nothing to discuss. All I had to do was to start planning for fatherhood. If I could have a plan for the reform of the Press Corps in Dodan Barracks, then I should know how to plan my personal life. Even if nobody had told me that my frequent “Ife shuttle” was going to end in a “3 …

What we planned against “Double Chief” was a subtle coup to correct the opportunistic privileges that were causing divisiveness among the Correspondents. Like some humans in such exalted position, “Double Chief” enjoyed being regaled with flattery and whoever savours this, will see no evil in gossiping. Exploiting this weakness, some correspondents turned his office to gossip centre and hardly sat …