Wishing all my much loved and much treasured audience a great, prosperous, blissful, healthy, bright, delightful, energetic and extremely Happy New Year 2016.The New Year is not about changing the dates, but direction; it’s not about changing the calendar, but commitment; it’s not about changing the actions, but attitude. May each and every day […]

   Nigeria’s government will not release two prominent detainees despite several court orders for their release, and will not comment on the situation of a third, wounded detainee, President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday. Buhari, a former military dictator who calls himself a born-again democrat, did not discuss the propriety of defying court orders when he […]

• Says party may sanction guilty members    The ongoing anti-corruption stance of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal administration has received the surprise endorsement from the top leadership of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Top leaders of the party under the aegis of the Body of National Vice-Chairmen of the PDP met on Tuesday […]

As the PDP boasted in the past that it would remain in power for 60 years, so is the APC now showing the determination to remain in power for 100 years. The signs are now crystal clear: the APC is out on a full-blown witch-hunt of the PDP. The objective is not only to decimate […]

   In one of Africa’s most celebrated surprises this year, Nigerian voters unseated President Goodluck Jonathan. The election of Muhammadu Buhari defied expectations of electoral fraud and violence, and his perceived much touted anticorruption platform sparked hopes for reform and economic growth. Into Africa Yet progress on both fronts has been slow and uneven. To […]

   There was never a time the Nigerian people sat together to give themselves a constitution apart from the Independence and Republican Constitutions of 1960 and 1963. The 1999 Constitution was actually Decree 24 of 1999 which was written by former military Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, and his lieutenants. It is not an […]

   A Consideration of the Constitutional Transition And Development in Nigeria, From the Pre-Independence Constitutions Which Include the 1922 Clifford Constitution, 1946 Richards Constitution, 1957 Macpherson Constitution, 1954 Lyttleton Constitution And the Post-Independence Constitutions Which Include the 1963 Republican Constitution, 1979 Republican Constitution, And the Present 1999 Constitution, Reveals That the Nation’s Experience in Constitutionalism […]

   One can conveniently say that in the last 48 years when the military banished the practice of true federalism in Nigeria, our understanding of the bareness of our forced union has been profoundly modified. Our speculations now extend to embrace the infinite; and, whether we are aware of it or not, our daily life […]

   Imo State Governor has presented a proposed budget of N102,208,328,832 for the 2016 fiscal year, to the state House of Assembly, tagged “Budget of consolidation and continuity.” Making the presentation, yesterday, Governor Rochas Okorocha said that this was lower than the 2015 budget by N41.11 billion, which translates to 28.7 percent. “The budget consists […]

    The Federal Government has announced an immediate reduction in the price of petrol. The pump price which previously lay at N87 would now be reduced to N86.50. Farouk Ahmed, executive secretary of the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) made the announcement. “The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) hereby announces the implementation of […]

   A renowned Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmed Gumi, on Tuesday accused the leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, of running a parallel government in the North.    Gumi, while speaking with newsmen in Kaduna, alleged that for the 40 years of its existence, the Shi’ite sect had been conducting military training […]

   *2016 Budget for Aso Villa – N18.1bn *2015 Budget for Aso Villa – N6.6bn *2014 Budget for Aso Villa – N12.2bn President Muhammadu Buhari will spend N18.1 billion in 2016 to run the State House, Nigeria’s seat of power, an amount that is N11.5 billion more than what his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, spent in […]

   Nigeria cannot continue to practice this skewed unitary ‘feeding bottle’ federalism. The change that Nigeria desires is not a change of politicians nor political party, it is a structural change. Until this is done, we shall continue to have the experience of ‘the more things change, the more they remain the same or get […]

   Robert Klitgaard, the renowned author of “Controlling Corruption,” memorably reduced the definition of corruption to a simple mathematical formula: C=M+D-A. This stands for: Corruption equals Monopoly plus Discretion minus Accountability. This stylised formula is not without its problems, but it is an equation we need to pay attention to if we are really interested […]

   Nusaibah El Zakzaky, daughter of Sheikh Al-Zakzaky has issued her second statement where she has emphasized on her merely being Muslim;  “We are not the Shia Movement of Nigeria; we are the Islamic Movement of Nigeria,” she has said. The text of her second statement: ” I am not a Shia Muslim, I am […]

   Following Dr Ibe Kachikwu’s Christmas day outing at the Port Harcourt Refinery where he gleefully announced the removal of petroleum subsidy and a reduction of the pump price of fuel in Nigeria from N87 to N85 (something he said he’d already signed off a day before Christmas, but due to be announced on January […]

   “President Buhari should keep his own part of the bargain if he wants Boko Haram to stop the terror. He should stop the begging, and keep his part of the deal;  1] declare Nigeria an Islamic state,  2] free the captives,  3] implement Sharia across Nigeria   4] abolish Western education.  That was the […]

• NNPC retains stakes in joint venture assets.     The Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has disclosed that Nigeria and its former long-term crude oil trading partner, the United States, may soon rekindle their trading relationship in crude oil. The minister, who also said in spite of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s […]

   The senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial zone, Senator Shehu Sani, was suspended yesterday from the All Progressives Congress (APC) by his Tudun Wada ward of the party in Kaduna State. The ward chapter of the party in a letter dated December 27, 2015 and addressed to the senator, said the suspension will last for […]

   Minister of State for Petroleum Dr. Emmanuel Ibe-Kachukwu yesterday made some counter clarifications about the Petroleum Subsidy Fund (PSF), otherwise known as petrol subsidy. He said that there was no subsidy in the price of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS). Kachikwu, who is also the Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum […]

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf was the Minister of Information in the dying days of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. Nicknamed “Comical Ali” by British tabloids, al-Sahaf made a fool of himself during the Iraqi war by constantly fabricating victories of the Iraqi army, even as territory after territory fell to the American-led allied forces. What was […]

   Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, denied being part of a conspiracy against President Muhammadu  Buhari, saying the insinuation that he used the cover of a foreign medical trip to host an anti-Buhari parley was wrong. Reacting to insinuations by what he called “political mischief makers and enemies of unity,” who alleged that he […]

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry said private operators have lost about N1.46tn as a result of the foreign exchange constraints being experienced in the country over the last six months. This is coming just as the Federal Inland Revenue Service has hinted the citizens will pay higher taxes from next year as a […]

   Scores of people were feared killed Monday when two female suicide bombers attacked a busy motor park in Madagali town of Adamawa State. A witness, Danladi Buba, said the two female suicide bombers detonated bombs at a mini market near a motor park around 9am, killing many people. “About 30 people were killed with […]

  *Bonga FPSO.  The Shell operated Bonga North West deep-water development has been named Engineering Project of the Year 2015 at the Platts Global Energy Awards in New York, and it also picked up the silver prize for the Project Integration Excellence Award of the International Petroleum Technology Conference, IPTC, in Doha, Qatar. The Bonga North […]

   The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said the country will still rely on 75 per cent importation of fuel throughout the whole of next year. Group Managing Director NNPC and Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, stated this during his tour of Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company, KRPC. According to him, […]

   Nigerians may have inadequate power supply for a long time as Sam Amadi, the out-going Chairman, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, said that 6,000 megawatts of regular supply of electricity is needed before power outages can be significantly reduced in the country. Amadi, who was speaking during a public hearing on the activities of […]

    Nigeria earned N412.983 billion from the export of Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG, Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, also known as cooking gas and other gaseous materials in three months, between July and September 2015, according to data obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. The NBS, in its Foreign Trade Statistics Report for the […]

   Billions of pounds of corrupt funds from Nigeria, China, Russia and other countries are pouring into the United Kingdom every year through the purchase of luxury houses, cars, jewellery, watches, art and antiques, a Transparency International report says. Robert Barrington, executive director at Transparency International UK says Britain has little ability to stop this […]

   The president moves in a motorcade of about 12 vehicles as counted by reporters recently. The senate president and the speaker’s convoys comprise of an average of 10 vehicles each.Former President Goodluck Jonathan maintained not less that 23 cars in his motorcade. The highest number of vehicles in Buhari’s ministers’ convoys is four while […]

   The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki has described his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, as a man every Nigerian politician should look forward to working with and the type of leader that Nigerians would want to continue to serve them. Saraki, who stated this at a civic reception in Mpu, the country home of […]

   Mr. President, as one of your most loyal and faithful subjects who has nothing but the utmost respect for your person and your office I am constrained to write you this open letter.  This is because there are a number of issues that I believe that it is important for you to clarify and […]

   We are people of many different races, tribes and religions, who are knit together by common history, common interests and common ideals. Our diversity may be great but the things that unite us are stronger than the things that divide us. On an occasion like this, I always remind people about our firmly rooted […]

   Elder statesman, Tanko Yakassai served as Special Adviser to President Shehu Shagari on National Assembly Matters and before then was commissioner for Finance in the old Kano State. In this interview, he reviews the steps of the Muhammadu Buhari administration among other issues. Excerpts: Q- After seven months in office do you believe President […]

   The news of the government of president Mohammadu Buhari plans to remove the fuel subsidy and peg the price of petrol at N85 per liter met some strong mixed reactions. Under normal circumstances one cannot control what is not in one’s hands or control. That is why it is hard for any government or […]

          Carefully planned war-like events going on at the Onitsha Niger Bridgehead have clearly revealed that the Hausa-Fulani segment of the Nigerian Army have declared a Second Civil War against the Igbo Ethnic Nationality of Nigeria and their South-south counterparts; particularly millions of Xmas returnees. Their sacred rights to ancestral homeland and ethnic […]

   Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ghali Umar Na’Abba has blamed the renewed agitation for the creation of Biafra on the failure of past governors of the South-East region to impact positively on the region. In an exclusive interview with Vanguard in Abuja, Hon. Na’Abba said though majority of the people in […]

   Jesus was not born on December 25. That is the date of a pagan festival of the sun god Tammuz merged with Christianity under Constantine. However, the evidence is overwhelming that Jesus was born during the Feast of Tabernacles. Coming of Elijah Zachariah, John the Baptist’s father, was ministering in the Temple when an […]

   As a respected Igbo leader and politician, Chief Chekwas Okorie has cut his teeth in national politics. Okorie, a founder of two political parties, presidential candidate and party chairman, spoke with OFFOR ONUKWUWE, and expressed his views on the current-Biafra agitators. He also reveals how he founded the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), United […]

With the sustained slide in crude oil prices due to glut of oil on international market, experts have warned that Nigeria must prepare for a less than $20 oil price scenario. The warnings are coming on the heels of the new projection contained in the “IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with Iran” […]

   Works minister, Babatunde Fashola, is a veteran of many battles. As governor of Lagos State for eight years, he was never afraid to take the bull by the horns. Once his mind was made up, he crushed any obstacle, human or material, that stood on the way to development. Oshodi, once dreaded as the […]

   A Nigerian man accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, 25, pleaded guilty to attempting to blow up a commercial plane as a would-be suicide mission for al-Qaeda. His family quickly called on the US government to […]

   So, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, picked up his pen a day after Christians celebrated Christmas and finding nothing worthwhile to report from Aso Rock, decided to write instead about how the anti-corruption war is in actuality a political onslaught against the only party […]

   A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and Senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial constituency, Shehu Sani has lambasted his party over what he referred to as a complete lack of political ideology. Sani says he wonders if the current crop of leaders in the party understand the ideologies and principles which a political […]

   The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has revealed that he made a big sacrifice in ensuring that the party did well in the last general elections. Tinubu made this disclosure in Lagos on Monday at the 70th birthday anniversary of National Democratic Coalition, NDC chieftain, Prof. Segun Gbadegesin. […]

    “Bad leadership is worse than no leadership at all.” – Unknown Despite the killings and massacres of innocent citizens by the army in the nation especially in Southeast and Northeast of the country, tomorrow, most Nigerian Christians will join other Christians around the globe to celebrate Christmas, which is historically and traditionally, a day […]

The celebrations of Nigeria’s 50th Independence Anniversary have come and are almost gone but the fall-out are still topical. From the bomb planted by some faceless, heartless terrorists to the dinners, debates, symposia, workshops and national recognitions and awards by the President. The solidarity visit of African Heads of State and goodwill messages from world […]

By Obi Nwakanma    The mish-mash of Nigeria’s post-war history has permitted many sad revisions which in turn has made Nigerian historical studies and its statements therefrom to be lopsided, ethnic, and gnarled. We have tended in Nigeria to celebrate the worst of us, and have confined Nigeria’s true national heroes to the dustbin. Today, […]

      The democratic process relies on the assumption that citizens (the majority of them, at least) can recognize the best political candidate, or best policy idea, when they see it. But a growing body of research has revealed an unfortunate aspect of the human psyche that would seem to disprove this notion, and imply […]

   I read the press statement of one of our most respected leaders, Senator David Mark, commending president Buhari and urging Nigerians to give him time, and I ask, when did we all become cowards in this nation? Suddenly, the respected David Mark, who has been a senator since the advent of democracy in 1999 […]

   Only a fortnight ago, former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, visited Benue state where he spent three days in the state as a guest of the state governor and was amongst other things hosted to a state house dinner. The former president, who was claimed to have come into the state for academic purposes, […]

Fuel retailers are completely in the dark over the planned reduction of petrol price from N87 to N85. Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state for petroleum resources, announced in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, on Friday that the new pump price will take effect from January 1, 2016. But executives of petroleum marketing companies who spoke […]

Following President Buhari’s order, to investigate the activities of the judges of the Rivers elections and petitions tribunal. The publicity secretary of the PDP, Mr. Olisa Metuh, has described the order by Mr. President as ill-timed, belated and of no consequence.  Metuh told newsmen, that various petitions with evidence of telephone conversations between tribunal judges, […]

   The Ekiti State governor, Ayodele Fayose, has called on Nigerians to pray specially for President Muhammadu Buhari, saying, “the president needs God to give him the necessary wisdom to be able to find solution to the country’s economic and security problems”. The governor also challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to […]

Ben Murray-Bruce:    “In 50 years, Nigeria paid for a million people to go on pilgrimage. Imagine if we had paid for a million people to start businesses instead.”

   A purported plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to halt all foreign (non-Naira) transactions on Naira ATM, Debit and Credit cards from January 1, 2016, has met with opposition from some Nigerian students studying abroad, who said it would put them under unnecessary constraints. A communication by the apex bank to some […]

   Nigeria may be in for harder times than previously envisaged as the International Monetary Fund has predicted that crude oil prices may slump to as low as $20 per barrel in 2016. In the ‘IMF Executive Board Concludes 2015 Article IV Consultation with Iran’ report, the body highlighted that the price of crude oil […]

   There appeared to be a significant respite for Naira as it strengthened against the US Dollar in the unofficial currency market a day to the public holidays after suffering severe depreciation daily for three consecutive weeks. As at close of business yesterday, the local currency gained 3.64 per cent relative to the greenback, USD, […]

   Most Nigerian states have released the figures of their budgets for 2016. The states with the lowest budgets are: Sokoto State………… N112.5bn Katsina State………… N110bn Kebbi State………… N107bn Bauchi State………… N102bn Anambra State………… N101.4bn Ebonyi State………… N101.1bn Adamawa state………… N100.89bn Zamfara state………… N92.8bn Yobe state………… N80.6bn Ekiti state………… N67bn

   President Muhammadu Buhari says his administrations is determined to persuade the Boko Haram terrorists and those who he said have decided to be bad neighbors among Nigerians to drop their arms and let peace reign in the country. The President was speaking at his residence in the Presidential Villa when Christian and Muslim faithful […]

   The Managing Director and Chief Executive of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane has ascribed the present economic downturn bedeviling the nation to inefficiency on the part of President Muhammadu Buhari which he said was worse than corruption. Rewane made this known while analyzing the 2016 Budget on Channels television and faulted Buhari’s lack […]

   Prominent Nigerian Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, said Tuesday he has been threatened for not supporting Muhammadu Buhari, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Kaduna-based cleric raised the alarm on Tuesday in a Facebook post titled, “PDP v APC: It’s Not about Religion.” He said his children have also been receiving […]

   Minister of State for petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has announced the reduction of pump price of PMS to 85 – 86 Naira per litre. THE SUMMARY gathered that this is a fall out of new price modulation approach deviced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. More details later.

   The trial of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, over a 3.3 Billion Naira arms scam, will begin on February 2nd 2016. The High Court at Abuja sat today, Monday 21st December 2016 to hear bail arguments on the armsgate scandal involving Dasuki and other accused persons. Justice Peter Afem of the FCT High […]

   Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God, as Pope Francis and suspended Wheaton College professor Larycia Hawkins affirm? Or are Allah and the Christian deity two different things, as the Wheaton administration believes? The debate is a throwback to the days when evangelical Protestants and Catholics were deeply at odds on a range […]

   Senior advocate of Nigeria Mr Femi Falana today on Channel’s Tv described the Appeal Court Judgement of Akwa Ibom State Governorship Election as a fraud, against the integrity of the Judiciary. The Legal luminary and human rights activist said that the judgement contradicted both the Supreme Court Precedents and the Constitution, he warned the […]

   Before my grandmother died in 2010, she gave each of her 17 grandchildren a crisp one-pound note. It was an unceremonious gift, without lectures or reminiscing. She opened my hands and firmly pressed the bill into my palm. “You must keep this,” she said, before following up in Igbo: “Inugo?” Do you hear me? […]

   Chief Victor Umeh of the APGA has been irked by the continued detention of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu by the Department of State Services (DSS). The immediate-past National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), and senatorial candidate of APGA in the forthcoming re-run election in the Anambra Central Senatorial zone, has blamed all […]

   GDP growth.  3.5% GDP per head.   $2,750 (PPP; $6,120) Inflation.    9.4% Budget balance(% GDP).    -1.4 Population.   187.0m Forecast: The new president, Muhammadu Buhari will attempt to use his political capital to try to address entrenched problems of corruption, insecurity, and low living standards, but the patience of an electorate with […]

   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State has alerted security agencies that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was illegally retrieving permanent voters cards (PVCs) from members of the public in preparation for re-run elections in the state. The state Chairman of PDP, Felix Obuah, through a statement issued by his Media Adviser, Jerry […]

Reno Omokri, former Special Assistant on New Media to President Goodluck Jonathan writes to LAI MOHAMMED… – Before you confuse Nigerians further!!-.    Dear Honourable Minister Lai Mohammed, Greetings and congratulations on your recent and well deserved appointment as Nigeria’s Minister of Information. You may recall that we met on the set of ‘Politics Today’ […]

   With about $21 billion sent home by Nigerians in diaspora in 2015, the country is the sixth largest receiver of remittances in the world, the Migration of Remittance Factbook 2016 has shown. The country is also by far the largest receiver of remittances in sub-Saharan Africa, receiving a total of $34.8 billion this year. […]

     Analysts at CSL Stockbrokers Limited, have advised the federal government to end the fuel subsidy, which currently makes up a significant proportion of Nigeria’s import bill. They reasoned that removal of the subbing will help reduce demand for dollars and reduce pressure in the foreign exchange market. Besides’ they argued that ending the […]

   A federal High Court judge has excused himself from hearing treason charges brought by the government against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Justice Ahmed Mohammed announced the decision on Wednesday in Abuja after Mr. Kanu objected to the case, saying it was needless, as the federal government has repeatedly […]

  The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said the main focus of his ministry is to reposition mining activities in the country and ensure that the sector contributes immense growth to the economy within a decade. Fayemi, who stated these yesterday during his inaugural press briefing on the activities of the ministry, […]

     In a bid to eradicate queues at fuel stations across the country, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has ordered the deployment of personnel of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in filling stations across the country for effective monitoring of the distribution system. Speaking at an emergency meeting with […]

  The Presidency and the embattled former National Security Adviser (NSA) to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), have begun negotiations over a possible out-of-court settlement in the $2 billion arms procurement scandal. It was learnt that the negotiation is at the instance of high level personalities, including retired Generals, with the assurance to […]

Nigerians have taken to twitter to react to the statement made by Lai Mohammed yesterday where he blamed former President Jonathan’s administration for the current 58 days old fuel scarcity. “One of the reasons for the fuel scarcity was the inability of the last government to make adequate provision for fuel subsidy. We do face […]

What happens to society’s as the Muslim population grows in percentage of the total? In the book, Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat, written by Dr. Peter Hammond, he explores the topic of the impact that an increasing Muslim population has on that society. The lists below illustrate the Muslim population […]

  Minister of culture described Islam as a ‘sect’ which is banned as counter to Angolan customs and culture Nation’s president said: ‘This is the final end of Islamic influence in our country’ Angola has reportedly declared Islam illegal and ordered for all of the country’s mosques to be closed down. Minister of culture Rosa Cruz […]

THE PLAYBOY PLAINTIFF From left, the Sultan of Brunei (No. 1) and his brother Prince Jefri after a polo match in England in 1994; a fleet of Rolls-Royce sedans parked outside the Dorchester, the London hotel owned by the sultan; Prince Jefri at the Peninsula hotel in New York during the trial, last year; leaving […]

   Brunei’s (Muda) Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah addresses the 69th United Nations General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Brunei has officially declared public celebrations of Christmas illegal in the country. The nation of Brunei in Southeast Asia has officially banned all future public celebrations of Christmas, in accordance with its conservative Islamic law […]

 President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Bassey Dan Abia (pictured, middle), managing director and chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and appointed Ibim Seminitari as acting head of the commission. Ibim Seminitari served as commissioner of information and a close lackey in the administration of Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state. Abia, an […]

   The ancient divide has become the biggest fault line in the battle for dominance in the Middle East    The conflict raging between Sunnis and Shiites across the Muslim world is easy to view as eternal hatred that is destined to keep claiming lives for the foreseeable future. Yet despite its ancient roots, the […]

  The ancient Kingdom of Benin was described in glowing terms by early European visitors. When the British came to Benin kingdom, they were shocked and awed to find a very well planned capital city. Already well described both in writing and in sketches by earlier portuguese and other early European travellers, historians and visitors […]

   Ibrahim El-Zakzaky started propagating Shiite Islam in 1979, during the Iranian revolution which led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the enthronement of an Islamic Republic under Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. Also known as Islamic Movement in Nigeria, the sect doubles as both a religious and political organisation believed to be backed by […]

      A recent post by an online community has stirred panic, as the message suggests that the Iranian military might be planning an assault on Nigeria, in revenge for the Shiites who were killed in Zaria, Kaduna state. An unverified post by Iran Military suggests that Nigeria might soon be a target. According the […]

Another malicious insinuation of Emir Sanusi is equating Shia Islam with murderous terrorist cults like Maitatsine and Boko Haram that are offshoots of Sunni Islam. These terrorist groups, from day one were hell bent in killing innocent civilians; they are murderous entities that only know how to kill people and they are not offshoots of […]

    Every team serious about ‘change’ starts with a clear identification of the baseline from which it measures deviations/progress. Nigeria has had 16 uninterrupted years of democracy with the PDP controlling the federal government as well as majority of the states. APC is now in charge at both the centre and majority of the […]

   A major crack appeared to have hit the All Progressives Congress (APC) government of General Mohamadu Buhari as Professor Itse Sagay (SAN), who is heading the President’s advisory committee on anti-corruption has said the federal government was not sincere with fight against corruption. He also alluded that top officials of the Independent National Electoral […]

   Deposit Money Banks have commenced a process to stop all customers from using their payment cards, popularly known as Automated Teller Machine cards, for dollar-denominated transactions when they travel abroad with effect from January 1, 2016. Investigation also revealed the banks would not allow their customers to use naira-denominated ATM cards locally for transactions […]

   One week after the deadly carnage in Zaria, Kaduna State, involving the Nigerian Army and members of the Shi’ite Community, President Muhammadu Buhari remains silent. For a President whose preferred method of public communication has been widely described as “body language”, the message telegraphed by his silence is less than eloquent, unsettling and disquieting. […]