Ndume   Borno Senator, Ali Ndume, who was removed as Senate Majority Leader on Tuesday, has revealed why he was ousted.   The president of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, announced Mr. Ndume’s removal shortly...

Senate President Bukola Saraki   In a civilian equivalent of a coup d’ etat, the Senate tuesday removed Senator Ali Ndume as leader replacing him with Senator Ahmad Lawan.   Senate President Bukola Saraki...

  FIFA’s ruling council on Tuesday unanimously approved an expansion of the World Cup to 48 teams in 2026, with a format of 16 groups of three nations.   “The FIFA Council unanimously decided...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has stated that the state government was committed to a prudent management of resources as well as fiscal discipline.   The governor said this yesterday during the signing...

Barack Obama   US President, Barack Obama, closes the book on his presidency Tuesday, with a farewell speech in Chicago that will try to lift supporters felled by Donald Trump’s shock victory.   Obama’s...

  The east of River Niger used to be the beacon of political independent-mindedness. Little wonder the land that produced the likes of the Great Zik of Africa, Dr. Alex Ekwueme, Dr. Chuba Okadigbo and...

    I have never actually made any new year resolution. In fact,  I believe it is useless making one. What is the point making a resolution that will never be observed? I don't deceive myself...

  At the end of every year, I usually pick my Man of the Year. Today 31st December 2016 I am picking my Man of the Year 2016.   My Man of the Year...

  Lagos always has a way of reinventing itself. There is never any "dulling" in the mega city. While other cities sleep, the city never sleeps. And it is not by happenstance.    Of...

Rochas Okorocha   The on-going Imo Carnival doesn't make sense to me.   A government that cannot pay salaries and allowances to its workers…..   A government that sacked thousands of its workers for...