The Publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, speaks about President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and other issues in this interview with ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO and GBENRO ADEOYE What is your view on the state of the country? [...]
Benue and Imo states allegedly diverted money meant for the payment of workers’ salaries. This is according to a report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, which monitored how states spent the N338bn bailout fund given [...]
Babatunde Raji Fashola , Nigeria’s Minister for Power, Works and Housing on Tuesday while unveiling his plans praised the achievements of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Fashola during his first news conference tagged “Setting the Agenda for Delivering Change” said that [...]
Three Feared Dead, 70 Injured in Renewed Cross River Communal Clashes – No fewer than three people were feared dead while over 70 persons sustained various degrees of injury in a communal clash in Cross River communities. The two neighbouring [...]
The CCT chairman Danladi Umar has been accused of fraud – Senator Bukola Saraki has reportedly filed a lawsuit against the CCT chairman – Saraki seeks that Mr Umar excuses himself from the Senate president’s case at the CCT – [...]
Justice Salisu Alfa Modibo Belgore (former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice George Oguntade (CFR), former Justice of the Supreme Court; Justice Samson Odemwingie Uwaifo, former Justice of the Supreme Court; Prof. Ben Nwabueze, SAN; Chief Nnoruka Udechukwu SAN, Chief Mike [...]
An analysis carried out by the Independent Corrupt Practises and related offenses Commission (ICPC) has revealed that most of the states that received bailout funds from the federal government diverted the money for other means. 23 states received bailout fund [...]
There’s a brewing row between some senators in the Nigerian parliament. Senators Dino Melaye and James Manager are in disagreement over a national issue – Dino has threatened to beat up Senator James. If reports from Sahara reporters are anything [...]
My dear brother Dele, let me thank you most sincerely for your article last weekend, “My Candid Letter to Saraki.” I take everything you said in that article to heart and I must commend you for your candidness indeed and [...]
Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing criminal charges before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja delivered his message through the group’s spokespersons. They quoted him as saying: “I wish to commend and congratulate millions of IPOBians the world over, whose [...]
By Muyiwa Adetiba I am not enamoured of the National Assembly in general and the Senate in particular. I think they are a bunch of greedy, over fed and over pampered individuals. In moments of exuberance and vain glory, they call [...]
By Ugoji Egbujo Okonjo Iweala, the famed technocrat , has returned to the pulpit. The gospel of good governance, like that of Christ, is easily preached. Technocrats come into public service in Nigeria brandishing reputations and clutching unto self righteousness. [...]
*As FG assures on payment of workers salaries *FG, states, LGs share N299.747 billion as Federal Allocation for the month of March By Mike Ebonugwo AT least N2.7 trillion has so far been collected on the Treasury Single Account, TSA, [...]
By Evelyn Usman & Faith Ake Shock and disbelief could best describe the expressions on the faces of customers at a popular hair dressing saloon in Ago, Okota area of Lagos, Tuesday, after one o f the stylists was arrested [...]
*Fault Supreme Court decision on CCT’s jurisdiction *Belgore, Uwaifo, Oguntade, Nwabueze, Udechukwu, Ozekhome, others concur By Clifford Ndujihe SOME leading legal luminaries including former justices of the Supreme Court have advised Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, [...]
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE Nigeria Employers Consultative Association, NECA, has bemoaned the prolonged delay in signing and implementing the 2016 budget, saying that such development gives Nigeria bad image before the comity of nations. File: Buhari during the 2016 budget [...]
By Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor MOST of the 23 states that got bail out cash from the federal government for the settlement of arrears of workers’ salaries and emoluments, diverted the funds for other purposes, thereby defeating the purpose [...]
By Ishola Balogun & Juliet Ebirim By Ishola Balogun & Juliet EbirimAs the relationship between the Presidency and the National Assembly remains frosty, veteran journalist and ace public commentator, Jimi Disu takes a swipe at the way government is being [...]
*To remove EFCC from presidency control *Vow to back Saraki *To confront older senators over juicy committees By Henry Umoru STRONG indications emerged early yesterday of a hardening of position by senators who have coalesced into a Group of 77 [...]
By Gabriel Ewepu THE Minister of State, Agriculture and Rural Development, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, said African countries have become dumping ground for poisonous food which are imported. Lokpobiri made the assertion during a press conference at the weekend, where he [...]
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