The Editorials

By Tope Fasua, I visited Oshogbo, the Osun State Capital, recently. This was my second visit to the city, and I believe I got a better glimpse of it. On both occasions that I’ve been there I saw a people in financial distress. Of course as in most other states in Nigeria, anyone not plugged directly to government - and Government House especially - is in financial limbo.  Fundamentally, most of our people cannot find any purchase in the new global economy and most are in a state of economic disconnect - from global and by extension, the fragile, legless local economy. They have no skills that can be sold, and those that do, are priced down and beaten down in the mindless game of crony capitalism being played in Nigeria. For example take the city of Ibadan. They have these famous Nissan Micras being used as taxis. Till today, one could get a ‘drop’ for N20 between one point and another. To that extent, people say ‘Ibadan is a cheap place to live’. But I pity the drivers and th

The Minister for Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has inaugurated 5000 foot soldiers for the campaign of Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. The event took place at Haven Event centre, Ikeja Lagos on Tuesday.  Speaking about the roles of the foot soldiers in Lagos, Fashola said that the South West has more to gain by re-electing President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 presidential election. He added that the South West already had high stakes/appointments in the current administration. According to him, the promise of the Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF) slot by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is not enough for the South West to lose the positions it is currently occupying. Recall that  Gbenga Daniel, the Director General of the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, had earlier confirmed that the position of the SGF would be given to the South West, if Atiku emerged as President in 2019. The Minister said, “As a South West indigene, I will

The other day my friend, Samson Itodo and a few of his friends got the Not-Too-Young-To-Rule Bill passed. Passing a bill is an arduous task in Nigeria. You need all the links and connections in the world to get things fast-tracked. But they got it done. Kudos to the team. Then it occurred to young Nigerians that the euphoria would last for only a while. The political party that signed the bill and went to town boasting about how it has opened the political space to the youth of Nigeria, also demanded the most shocking amounts of monies from aspirants on their platform in a way that mocked the same youth, most of who then realised that having obtained the ‘right to rule’, what they didn’t have was money in their pockets or bank accounts. They had been played. The youth of Nigeria had been used to open the route to builders of dynasties and feudalists who needed the road widened for their sons and daughters to get on the political gravy train – since they had stolen enough mo

Telecom firm, Teleology Nigeria Limited, on Monday announced the constitution of a new Board of Directors for Nigerian telecommunication company, 9mobile. A new telecom firm, Teleology Nigeria Limited has taken over the management and constituted the board of Directors of now defunct, 9mobile, This was contained in a statement released on Monday by the company. The new management said the decision was taken in fulfillment of the consequential transfer of final ownership to the new investors, Teleology Nigeria Limited and following a successful completion of the tenure of the former Board appointed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) He said, “We thank all out-going members of the Board for helping to shepherd 9mobile through the critical transition phase it has passed through since July 2017 and wish them the very best in their future assignments,” the statement, signed by Mohammed Edewor, said. “For us, the composition of the new Board of Directors is another signifi

...warn politicians against using group for selfish reasons The Federal Government has been asked to proscribe the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, otherwise known as Shi'ites without any further delay.er 22 bodies, involving the Civil Society organizations and Non-governmental organizations, made the appeal on Thursday in Abuja.  The group said the call became imperative following the recent clashes between security agencies on lawful duty and the group where lives were lost and many injured. The coalition also warned politicians against hijacking the group for selfish reason ahead of the 2019 general elections . A statement jointly signed by the group, called on the United Nations and all relevant supranational bodies to warn those behind the IMN, who are domiciled in Iran to stop sponsoring terrorism on Nigeria soil. The groups also declared that failure of the Federal Government to act within the next 72 hours will force them to stage a mass protest in Abuja in few d

As part of efforts to put to rest the controversy over President Muhammadu Buhari's controversial school leaving certificate, the management of the West African Examination Council has issued attestation certificate and confirmation of school certificate result to the President at the state house ,Aso Villa, Abuja on Friday. Dr Iyi Uwadiae WAEC Registrar presents WAEC Certificate to President Buhari Mr.Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, revealed this via his Twitter handle @FemAdesina , on Friday. In his tweet, Adesina said , “ WAEC presents attestation certificate and confirmation of school cert result to President Buhari. What will the naysayers say next?” M r  Demianus Ojijeogu , Head of Public Affairs,   in an exclusive chat the Editorials confirmed the statement of the President's spokesperson. Dr.Iyi Uwadiae, WAEC Registrar, while presenting the certificate disclosed that the controversy concerning President Buhari’s schoo

The Lagos State Police Command (Rapid Response Squad- Marine Police ) with the assistance of local divers on Friday, recovered corpse of a yet-to-be-identified middle-aged man who reportedly jumped into the Lagos Lagoon in the early hours of the day. An eye witness, who would not have his name in press disclosed that the deceased jumped into the lagoon after he had alighted from a commercial bus on the Third Mainland Bridge inwards Lagos Island. He was reported to have told the driver that he wanted to wee on the Third Mainland Bridge. RRS riders on patrol who got to the scene almost immediately after being alerted by witnesses, radioed for assistance from the Marine Police and LASEMA. The recovered body of the victim has been taken to the Ebute Ero Police Station.