Political tensions are high in Zimbabwe after fears of an attempted coup , which was denied by the military, against President Robert Mugabe's government. Zimbabwe's army seized the headquarters of the state broadcaster ZBC in the capital Harare and blocked off access to government offices early on Wednesday. An army spokesman confirmed the safety of…
Key Take-Aways: Demands 6 Autonomous Regions FCT To Maintain Status Quo Wants Regional Resource Control Rejects 1999 Constitution Yoruba Summit Communique The Ibadan Declaration: Communique of Yoruba Summit held in Ibadan on September 7, 2017 at Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan, Oyo State Preamble Leaders and people of Yoruba nation met in a solemn gathering…
According to Forbes Africa, Nnewi, a small town in Anambra state boasts the highest number of Billionaires in Nigeria, and in Africa; a whopping 10 of them. Take a look at them. Cletus Ibeto Cletus Ibeto is the chairman of the Ibeto Group. According to Wikipedia, he started out as a spare parts import…
If any Nigerian is still in doubt about the enormity of the looting of the treasury committed by Nigeria ‘s first female oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Public Affairs Department of the EFCC has made a catalogue of it for easy digest. In the article below, the EFCC says N47.2 Billion and $487.5 Million in cash…
Olamilekan Okeowo They held sway as ministers during the regime of former President Goodluck Jonathan; they were the power broker and had the president’s ears. Some, after the administration fell went on to do greater things, while some fell into ignominy and are on the run following allegations of malfeasance, The New Diplomat takes a…
Politics is The Survival of The Fittest, and Nigeria is No Exception “The Hyenas and the Jackals will soon be sent out of the kingdom,” the first lady, Aisha Buhari, wrote on Facebook on July 10th, in response to a senator who had described her husband as “the absent Lion King”. Muhammadu Buhari has been in…
By Oma Djebah Nigeria is at a very critical crossroad and that the nation is currently walking a rather ugly and precarious tight rope. In recent times, symptoms of a failed state appear to have manifested themselves so evidently with all manner of agitations. While some canvass, rightly and logically, for a radical restructuring of the…
By DANIEL EKIYE In a vocation often regarded as an exclusive for the men folk, a lady; Miss Maryanne Samirah Lucas is carving a niche for herself. She is the CEO of Jagged Edge Limited located at Mende Village, Maryland off Ajose Adekoya. The unique thing about Jagged Edge; a company that specializes in welding…
By Oseloka H. Obaze Observance of the 50th Anniversary of the declaration of Biafra on 30 May, 2017 was paradoxical. The event was silent, but doubly loud. The point was made rather bluntly that the Nigeria-Biafra narrative has changed. If the sit-at-home order for the Igbo was a clarion call to non-violent civil disobedience; it…