The trial of Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, was on Tuesday stalled at the Federal High Court, Abuja, due to the absence of a prosecution witness. Fani-Kayode was docked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on…
Month: May 2018
The Redeemed Church’s Genital Test For Intending Couples Is Cult-Like Imposition -Fredrick Nwabufo
When a church seeks to control every vestige of existence of its members through doctrinaire dictates and pedantic strictures it is no longer a household of faith as conceived by the early Christians in Antioch, but a cult. In the…
OBSERVATION: DID GBAJABIAMILA JUST CALL HIS GUESTS ‘DEAF AND DUMB’?
Femi Gbajabiamila, the lawmaker representing Surulere I Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, did something noble on Tuesday: he spent some good time with a section of the society’s downtrodden. However, he shot himself in the foot, sort of,…
CHOLERA OUTBREAK CLAIMS 12 LIVES IN ADAMAWA
A suspected cholera outbreak has claimed 12 lives in Mubi North and Mubi South Local Government Areas of Adamawa, according to an official of the state Ministry of Health. The Head of Emergency Operation Centre and Director Public Health in…
THE PSYCHIATRIC TEST ON POLICE RECRUITS
The recent explanation by the Nigeria Police hierarchy to the effect that it conducted the psychiatric test on recruits to curb incidences of accidental discharge by its personnel is a right foot forward at repositioning the police force towards greater…
REASON CHELSEA LOST THEIR CROWN
The secret of Jose Mourinho as a football coach is his application of analytical skills to the overall managerial role. Well, this should not surprise us because he was a graduate of Sports Methodology at the BSc level. Every one…
MTN, GLO, AIRTEL SET TO INCREASE DATA, CALL TARIFFS
Nigerians may soon begin to pay higher tariffs on calls and data as the telecommunications companies in the country brace up for a new cyber security levy to be implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is coming…
MACE THEFT: I WON’T TESTIFY BEFORE YOU, OMO-AGEGE TELLS PANEL
Ovie Omo-Agege, senator representing Delta Central, said on Tuesday that he would not testify before a joint ad hoc committee set up to investigate the invasion and removal of mace from the Senate chamber. Senator Omo-Agege said the matter was…
BUHARI, SENATE MEET OVER IG, SENATE FACE OFF
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met a delegation from the Senate over the face-off between the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Members of the delegation were led to the meeting that held behind closed doors inside the…
THE SUN WORLD CUP SEMINAR ENDS IN STYLE
It was a gathering of who’s who in Rivers State, as the state Governor, Nyesom Wike, his deputy, the Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, top government functionaries, first class traditional rulers, all the local government chairmen and…