In the most cited line from his 1983 book, The Trouble With Nigeria, Chinua Achebe, raconteur, novelist, and thinker, declared that Nigeria’s problem is the leadership which, unable to rise to the true challenges of national development, cannot provide inspiring…
*Gbagada residents lament activities of criminals disguising as tricyclists (Guardian)*Sultana Nabilah’s Cerebral Palsy Foundation launches in Lagos (DailyTrust)
Gbagada residents lament activities of criminals disguising as tricyclists (Guardian) Gbagada residents, who have been patronising tricyclists for their transportation needs after Lagos State announced a total ban on okada operation in the state, on September 1, 2022, are lamenting…
PDP, the Furious Five governors and dark clouds — Magnus Onyibe
I am of the conviction that no pundit had envisaged that the current chasm in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP would grow from a mere rift into a crisis of the monumental dimension that it has assumed. Usually, after party…
Soludo and the limits of blind ambition – Sunny Igboanugo
Last month or so, Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, was on Politics Today, the popular current affairs programme on Channels Television. There, his host, had asked him a direct question about his choice between Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu…
Soludo confirms beheading of Anambra lawmaker
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has condemned the killing and beheading of Mr Okechukwu Okoye, a member of the state House of Assembly and Director of his campaign organisation, Mr Cyril Chiegboka. Soludo expressed sadness over the gruesome deaths…
Nnamdi Kanu unhappy over killings, sit-at-home order in Southeast, says Soludo
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra says Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the terrorist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is unhappy with the killings and enforcement of the protracted sit-at-home order in the South-East. The order has always…
Motorists want Lagos Government to reverse one-way rule on Charity-Ladipo service lane (Guardian)*‘Stop linking Osinbajo’s name with building collapse tragedy’ (Sun)
Lagos motorists, yesterday, denounced Lagos State Government’s one-way signage on Lagos roads, especially the one linking Ladipo International Spare parts Market from Charity Bus Stop. The State Ministry of Transportation had in September, mounted barricades on the road, following the…
*Lagos Assembly proposes 2-year jail term for assault on firemen (Guardian)*Boat with five passengers capsizes in Lagos (Punch)
Lagos Assembly proposes 2-year jail term for assault on firemen (Guardian) Lagos House of Assembly has recommended two years’ imprisonment for a person or persons obstructing fire fighting or assaulting fire fighters. The assembly made the recommendation in its proposed…
*Lagos keeps mum over murder suspects’ release, corpse’s missing hand (Punch)*Motorists groan as Marine Bridge repairs progress (Guardian)
Lagos keeps mum over murder suspects’ release, corpse’s missing hand (Punch) The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has kept mum over the alleged release of two murder suspects –Ogunbayo Waliu and Mukaila Salami – from custody. The suspects, who are…
Where do ex-bank MDs in Nigeria go when they retire? – Magnus Onyibe
Part of the legacy of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (SLS) as the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) 2009-2014, is the introduction of Good Corporate Governance policy stipulating 10 years only as the maximum tenure for bank Managing Directors,…