Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday kick started the expansion of the 1000-capacity ABAT Truck Terminal in Orile-Iganmu. The work on the terminal, which is meant to take trucks parked indiscriminately on Lagos roads and bridges especially in the Apapa…
NNPC says Baru not funding alleged impeachment plot against Saraki (Guardian)
The Management of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), on Sunday said its Group Managing Director, Dr Maikanti Baru, was not funding any plot to impeach the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. Mr Ndu Ughamadu, NNPC Group General Manager,…
Asaba 2018 ends amidst drama, controversy (Punch)
At the 2016 Lagos Marathon we met with the Lagos State Governor who promised to host the African Championships. But it became obvious they were not going to host after we invited them to Durban to take the flag but…
2019: Go and settle with your God, not me; Atiku tells Obasanjo (Vanguard)
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his erstwhile deputy, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, clashed, again, yesterday, after the former, said God will not forgive him if he supports Atiku’s presidential bid ahead of 2019 elections. Atiku, not one to shy away from a…
Nigeria Air: Gearing for take off in stormy skies (Guardian)
In the 1980s and the early 1990s – the heydays of defunct national carrier, the Nigeria Airways, the airline was a delight to behold and fly. Combining efficiency and profitability, its fleet of about 30 airplanes (of different ranges), covered…
NFF plans elections September 22 (Vanguard)
There are strong indications that the Amaju Pinnick-led Nigeria Football Federation have concluded plans to organise fresh elections into the executive committee on September 22. This will be a clear one week before the previous date of September 29 that…
Unspent N118b 2017 capital vote consequence of bad fiscal governance — Experts (Guardian)
With a list of abandoned and delayed projects scattered all over the country, last month’s return of N118b to the Treasury of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federal Government by some of its Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs),…
Melania Trump praises LeBron James after president’s insult (BI)
First lady Melania Trump praised LeBron James less than a day after President Donald Trump lashed out at the NBA star on Twitter. She also said she is open to visiting the school for underprivileged children James recently opened in…
Presidential poll: Behold kingmakers who will determine PDP candidate (Punch)
The National Publicity of the People’s Democratic Party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said Nigerians would determine the presidential candidate of the party in the February election. He may be partly correct because delegates who will vote at the party’s special national…
Armed herdsmen returning to Benue, planning fresh mayhem – Ortom (Punch)
What is your reaction to the impeachment move against you by eight members of the state House of Assembly? It is a deliberate plan to destabilise the state. What they did was the first phase of an agenda to…