The anointed candidate, Adekunle Akinlade, of the Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun has been defeated in the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary. The Muhammad Ndabawa-led electoral committee sent to Ogun State by the National Working Committee (NWC) of…
Nigeria-China currency swap and economic growth (Guardian)
A prominent issue currently engaging the intellect of economic analysts is the proposed currency swap between the Nigerian Naira and Chinese Yen. In my University social media forum it has provoked intense debate. Currency swap is intended to mitigate the…
Early results from Lagos APC primary (Guardian)
While the incumbent governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode is jostling for the ruling All Progressives Party governorship ticket with Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who has the backing of the National leader Bola Tinubu, early results from the party’s primary election show…
Osun rerun: PDP chieftain allege attack by political thugs (Guardian)
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Osun State, Tope Elusogbon, said he was allegedly attacked by political thugs at Olode Garage in the ongoing supplementary election in the state. In an amateur video that was recorded on Thursday, the…
I will dance to office after Osun governorship victory, says Adeleke (Guardian)
Nigerian senator and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ademola Adeleke in the Osun State governorship poll said he will dance to the state’s government house after the September 22 Osun governorship election. Adeleke will need to defeat candidate…
Hope rises for Ambode as Tinubu mulls pardon (Guardian)
Fortune may smile on Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) steps up pressure on National Leader Bola Tinubu to back the incumbent’s re-election.The duo has been at loggerheads, with Tinubu supporting a…
Chuka Umunna: Labour is institutionally racist (Guardian)
Labour has become an institutionally racist organisation through its failure to deal with antisemitism, one of its MPs has argued. Chuka Umunna said the party needed to make far greater efforts to tackle the problem. Asked on Sky News’s Sophie…
Man arraigned for stealing container (Guardian)
For allegedly a stealing 40-feet container, bearing Supermaster motorcycle tyres and tubes, valued at N35 million, policemen from State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation Department (SCIID), Panti-Yaba, Lagos, yesterday, arraigned one Uchenna Obidile, a.k.a Olowun, before a Magistrate Court, sitting in…
Woman badly beaten by ex-husband finds happiness (Guardian)
On 10 June 2007, Carmen Tarleton, then 38, was at home with her young daughters in Thetford, Vermont in the US, when her estranged husband broke into the house. Herbert Rogers was looking for a man he supposed she was…
Police, artistes engage youths on cultism, drug, internet fraud (Guardian)
Tomorrow, March 20, the Prof. Ade Ajayi Auditorium at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) will come alive as several top artistes, Nollywood stars and speakers will lead discussions on Say No To Cultism, Internet Fraud & Drug Dealings. It will…