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Govs Forum: Appeal Court Okays Final Forfeiture of N1.4bn Paris Club Refund

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31, (THEWILL) - The Court of Appeal in Lagos Friday okayed the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the final forfeiture of N1.4billion which a firm, Melrose General Services Limited, obtained from...

Oando Opts For Showdown In Court With SEC Over Sacking Of Tinubu, Boyo, Board

BEVERLY HILLS, May 31, (THEWILL) - The management of Oando Plc has come out strong against the Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, which directed the sacking of its Group CEO, Mr. Wale Tinubu and his deputy, Mr. Omamofe Boyo,...

NSIP Lists Achievements In Kano, Adamawa Following Aisha Buhari’s Comments

BEVERLY HILLS, May 30, (THEWILL) - The National Social Investments Programmes (NSIPs) has listed its achievements in the two northern states where the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, recently said it has had no impact. NSIPs was set up...

OPINION: ANGER & ATHEISM

The often unexpected splatter of anger over some of the most inconsequential stuff, describes how angry the world has become. People seem so angry. People seem so bitter. People seem so hateful. People are almost regularly disgruntled. There is a sense...

OPINION: OPRAH, BARACK AND THE STORY OF BLACK AMERICA: ALAIN LOCKE’S ‘THE NEW NEGRO REVISITED

The twentieth century drew to a close with America's erstwhile Queen of Daytime Television Oprah Winfrey clutching a coveted trophy - proclaimed "Woman of the Century" (by Newsweek magazine) and "arguably the world's most powerful woman" (by Time.com and CNN). As...

OPINION: NIGERIA, AGAIN UNCHAINING THE DOGS OF WAR

"Nigeria is not at peace and unity and cooperation with itself. Great chasms yawn between ethnographic, ethnofaith and ethnocentric groups. Our unhappy Nigeria is torn and tortured, and the peoples of this country walk in fear lest, through no...

OPINION: CHIBUIKE AMAECHI WAS A PROMISING YOUNG MAN

I have met and interviewed Mr. Chibuike Amaechi on several occasions. The last time we talked was in Providence Rhode Island during one of Achebe's Colloquiums. My goal at that interview was to present Governor Amaechi with facts that...

OPINION: COVETING THE CLERK’S POWERS OVER NASS INAUGURATION

The Guardian and Daily Sun leads of Monday, May 20, 2019 titled: “Senate leadership: Legislators disagree over voting method” and “Senate leadership tussle gets messy…Ndume, Lawan’s camps in intense lobby over voting method,” respectively, provide the basis for this article. The camps of...

OPINION: WE MUST ALL BE FULANI

Conspiracy theories are the palm oil of Nigeria's politics. They give taste to falsehood, tension, fear and unrest. And often, they are ignorantly eaten, regurgitated and spewed by the unwary. On December 11, 2013, former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a...

OPINION: CONTEXTUALIZING AHMAD LAWAN’S SENATE PRESIDENCY

The endorsement by former Abia governor and Senator-elect, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, of Senator Ahmad Lawan’s candidature for senate presidency in the 9th National Assembly is quite significant. It gives a strategic geo-political advantage to Lawan in the potentially gusty...

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