•Truce good for the nation, says Chekwas Okorie, CISLAC•As Saraki reads 17 letters from Buhari•Buhari requests N346bn budget for NDDC By Emmanuel Aziken and Henry Umoru ABUJA — Anxiety over a showdown along party lines between All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, senators on the resumption ofContinue Reading
YESTERDAY…Authors explored the origin of the idea prevalent in Africa that the military should supply politicians who are too good to die. They located this notion in the political and economic structure of African states, functions of leaders, and what they called the (assumed) intrinsic mission of the militaryPROLOGUE “WeContinue Reading
LAGOS—FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo said yesterday Nigeria needed a President who understands the economy. Obasanjo, who stated this at the Foursquare Gospel Church’s annual public lecture in Lagos, quoted the words of his friend, Helmut Schmidt, a former chancellor of Germany, who said if the people in Africa have toContinue Reading
Ex-international, Peter Rufai says he doesn’t take Libya as a threat that could stop Super Eagles quest of picking the maximum six points in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier double-header clash. Nigeria will face Libya on October 13 at the Godswill Akpabio Stadium in Uyo before squaring upContinue Reading
The rapper Kanye West, one of Donald Trump’s most glamorous supporters, will head to the White House for a meeting with the president and his son in law Jared Kushner on Thursday, officials said. Kanye West’ Trump, who came under fire this week from another music superstar, Taylor Swift, willContinue Reading
By Ebun SessouOWERRI—Prof Alphonsus Njoku Ekwerike has emerged governorship flag bearer of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party, ANRP, for the 2019 gubernatorial elections in Imo State. Election The event which was held on Sunday 7th October, at ANRP Imo State secretariat, 49 Egbu Road Owerri, attracted Imo youths, women groupsContinue Reading
By Onozure DaniaLAGOS—HOUSE maid to the Danish National Peter Nielson, who allegedly murdered his wife Zainab Nielson and his daughter Petra, Miss Evelyn Gimba, yesterday, told a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere that she never witnessed any violence between the defendant and the deceased. Peter Nielson and his LateContinue Reading
The Chairman, National Councillors Forum of Nigeria, South-South zone and Majority Leader of the Burutu Council Legislative Arm, Mr. Pudiya Biakpara, has said that the emergence of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar as the party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election has confirmed that Atiku is best qualified for the job. Biakpara,Continue Reading
By Alemma AliuTHE people of South Ibie in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State have described as misleading a report that the courts had sacked its current traditional ruler, Aidonoje of South Ibie, His Royal Highness Alhaji Aliyu Danesi. A statement by Abbas Jatto said those behind theContinue Reading
France and Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has told AFP in an interview that his international teammates give him the freedom to express himself and be the team’s leader. Pogba Pogba has faced criticism for failing to repeat his impressive performances at the World Cup for United, who have slumpedContinue Reading
