Fayose’s chief of staff quits
Chief Dipo Anisulowo, the Chief of Staff to Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has quit with immediate effect. Anisulowo made his resignation known in a letter addressed to Fayose, a copy of which Anisulowo...
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Fidel Castro’s eldest son ‘Fidelito’ commits suicide
The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday aged 68 after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported. The nuclear scientist, also...
INVESTIGATION: How electricity distribution officials racketeer, extort customers in need of prepaid metres
Disguised, for two weeks, as a desperate customer in need of a prepaid meter, TAIWO ADEBULU investigates racketeering rings among officials of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC). In this report, he details how the...
Why Cape Town’s water could run out in April
THE people of Cape Town have spent recent years praying for rain. It has not come often enough. Lawns have faded to brown and swimming pools have gone dry. The dams that hold the...
Muhammadu Buhari starts to jockey for a second presidential term
THE mantle of power is so heavy in Nigeria that presidential candidates must be begged to run for office, or at least give that appearance. There was no serious doubt that the current president,...
How bank’s ATM analyst connived with fraudsters to steal over N20m from customers’ accounts
THE operatives of the Federal Special Anti Robbery Squad (FSARS) have arrested a staff member of a new generation bank, Christian Amechi, who allegedly helped fraudsters to steal millions of naira from customers account...
Lawyer: Nigeria deports American, 2 Nigerians to Cameroon
Lawyer to Cameroonian separatists been deported claimed on Tuesday that Nigeria could have made some errors in deporting two naturalised Nigerians and an American to Cameroon last weekend. The trio were among the 47...
Kenya’s self-declared President, Odinga may face treason trial
Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga, has defiled government’s warning and sworn-in himself as “the people’s president” and could face treason trial. The government had warned that he risked being charged for treason, an offence...
Odinga now Kenya’s opposition president
Kenya’s opposition leader Raila Odinghas been sworn-in as opposition president in a direct challenge to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s rule. The symbolic event conducted with the Bible saw Odinga took oath of office in front...
Kenyan opposition leader swears himself in as ‘president’
Ralia Odinga, Kenyan opposition leader, has sworn himself in as an alternative president. Odinga supporters attended the ceremony which held in Nairobi, the country’s capital. Security was tight in Nairobi as government shut down independent TV...
