Diezani jet scandal: Reps uncover second aircraft

Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke Fresh revelations indicated on Tuesday that Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, maintained a second jet. The jet, a  Global Express XRS plane, is  allegedly chartered specifically for her private and official trips overseas. A return trip on  the  XRS plane is said to cost taxpayers €600,000. The   jet  […]

Fayose emerges PDP Ekiti guber candidate

Ado-Ekiti – A former governor of Ekiti State, MrAyo Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria,(NAN) reports that Fayose emerged winner with 462 votes out of a total of 477 votes cast. Leader of the PDP panel which conducted the primaries Dr Peter […]

Aliko Dangote: A lesson for African entrepreneurs

“I built a conglomerate and emerged the richest black man in the world in 2008 but it didn’t happen overnight. It took me 30 years to get to where I am today. Youths of today aspire to be like me but they want to achieve it overnight. It’s not going to work. To build a successful […]

Immigration jobs tragedy: President queries minister, NIS boss

  Paradang and Moro President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday queried the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro; and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Mr. David Paradang, over the loss of 18 lives during the NIS recruitment on Saturday. The 18 died during stampedes at the venues of the NIS recruitment in different parts […]

18 die in immigration recruitment exercise

About 18 job seekers died and many were injured on Saturday during a nationwide recruitment test conducted by the Nigeria Immigration Service. The applicants reportedly paid the sum of N1,000 as application fee. Millions of job seekers had thronged venues of the exercise, mostly stadia, for the exercise. Seven were confirmed dead after a stampede […]

Why I accepted centenary award —Buhari

  Former Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) Former military Head of State, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) on Saturday gave reasons for accepting the centenary award. He said he received the award from President Goodluck Jonathan at Nigeria’s centenary anniversary because of  its significance. Buhari, however, did not state whether or not a past […]

Forbes names Dangote 23rd richest in the world – The first black to break into the top 25 (That is, without embezzling)

President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote Foremost Nigerian industrialist, Aliko Dangote, on Monday made history by becoming the first black man to break into the rank of top 25 richest people in the world. His wealth jumped to $25bn from $16.1bn in 2013, according to Forbes magazine’s list of […]

Sharing centenary award with Abacha, an insult — Soyinka (Of the highest proportion)

Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday said he rejected the centenary award to be conferred on him by the Federal Government because the late military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha, was included in the list of awardees. In a statement entitled, ‘The canonisation of terror,’ Soyinka said it was an […]

My grouse against PDP — Atiku Abubakar (And yet you are a founding member)

Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar Former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, recently defected from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, of which he is one of the founders, to the opposition, All Progressives Congress. In this online interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, he says the resignation of Bamanga Tukur and appointment of Adamu Mu’Azu as the National Chairman […]

Alleged missing N20bn oil money: Senator Anosike tackles Sanusi

…Says he’s diverting attention As the Federal Government considers hiring the services of independent forensic auditors to look into the books of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to ascertain whether the company actually failed to remit oil revenues accruing to it  as claimed by the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam […]

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