Month: May 2023
The old order changeth…
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to Read More…
Obi-Okoye: “I want to be APGA chairman to face the 2025 political battle in Anambra.”
Chief Ifeatu Obi-Okoye, a former All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) national publicity secretary, has announced his intention to run for the party’s leadership in preparation for the Anambra state election in 2025. This was confirmed by Obi-Okoye at a press conference he held on Wednesday in Awka to declare his intention to run for the Read More…
Family seeks justice for murder of Nigerian Breweries controller
The family and friends of Fatai Olukayode Lawal, Brewery Business Controller of Nigerian Breweries, Ibadan, have asked the police in the state capital of Ibadan to investigate his murder. Sources claim that Lawal, who has been with the company for around 20 years, once held a position that gave him authority over the company’s internal Read More…
Saints fall and Magpies slip in premiership top-four race
Newcastle United’s hopes of finishing in the Premier League’s top four were dealt another blow with Saturday’s 2-2 draw against relegation-threatened Leeds United, while Southampton’s misery came to an end with the club’s relegation. The second-half equaliser scored by Leeds defender Rasmus Kristensen cost Newcastle the win that would have virtually guaranteed them a spot Read More…
Interior Minister: FG spends N1m per prisoner annually
Each prisoner in the country’s jail facilities reportedly costs the federal government N1 million per year to support. This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by Sola Fasure, media adviser to the Minister of the Interior. The statement said that the minister made the remarks while opening a hospital and medical Read More…
God Save Their King!
Congratulations, King Charles III. The whole world literally stood still as the major networks of the globe tuned to Westminster to report the incredible cultural spectacle of your coronation. The global community felicitated as one family with the United Kingdom, gluing its eyes to the show stopper. Before God and man, Charles III ascended the Read More…
Battered, occupied, exploited, but the Saharawi remain unbowed
I got word that my elderly friend, His Excellency Mohammed Ould Salek, the Minister-Adviser on Diplomatic Affairs to President Brahim Ghali of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic, better known as Western Sahara, was in Nigeria. He was the Special Envoy sent by the Saharawi President on April 28, 2023 to bid farewell to President Muhamadu Read More…
Lagos police rescues victim from “one-chance” syndicate
The Lagos State Police Command say they have caught two members of a gang whose speciality was robbing unknowing passengers with their cars. The command’s official spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, reported the arrest on his verified Twitter account on Thursday. Hundeyin named the culprits as Folashade Sholagbe, a woman of 36, and Seun Oke, a Read More…
Presidential election: Masari explains northern Governors’ Tinubu support
Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has explained why he and other Northern Governors backed Sen. Bola Tinubu’s bid for the presidency. On Thursday in Daura, while paying a goodbye visit to Alhaji Umar Faruq-Umar, the Emir of Daura, the governor made the announcement. He claimed that Tinubu had the support of the northern APC governors Read More…