Captain Okunbo remains one of the few incorruptible billionaires, who made his money some 30 years ago, with a consistent lifestyle, steeped in hard work, affluence, generosity and philanthropy.Patrick Ochoga unravels the reason why his traducers have remained unrelenting in their fruitless efforts to dig up what is tawdry, smelly and non- existent, just to…
Twists in Osimhen’s Transfer to Napoli as Fresh Negotiations Begin
Duro Ikhazuagbe The much expected transfer of Victor Osimhen to Napoli did not happen yesterday as speculated by top Italian and French media all through the week. But rather, the long-drawn drama took a new twist with the Italian Serie A outfit revealing that fresh negotiations have just started with Osimhen’s new agent. After the…
UK Varsity Appoints Nigerian Professor as Vice Chancellor
Sha A Nigerian, Prof. Charles Egbu, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Leeds Trinity University. According to a statement on the UK varsity website, he will take over from Margaret House, who will be stepping down after seven years. Egbu will return to Leeds, a city in which he studied and taught, to begin his new…
Govs Mourn First Female Combatant Helicopter Pilot
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) thursday expressed sorrow at the sudden and tragic death of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile who was killed in a ghastly motor accident in Kaduna State. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi said the late Tolulope…
Buhari’s Use and Dump Syndrome
THE ALTERNATIVE STORIES and PUBLIC SPHERE With Reno Omokri Are you a Nigerian voter? Did you vote during the 2015 and 2019 elections? Were you mesmerised by President Muhammadu Buhari’s sugarcoated promises of CHANGE and NEXT LEVEL? Well, I have got news for you!Do you want to know what Buhari thinks of you, the Nigerian…
Slicing the Fat from Our Pot Bellies (I)
BY ALEX OTTI (OUTSIDE THE BOX) “The more leeches there are affixed to a host, the less resources there are to siphon from said hosts, per parasite. The ability to only absorb energy, without the ability or desire to reproduce it in a productive manner, is a dangerous, unsustainable, albeit attractive long term method of…
Ondo Deputy Governor Under House Arrest
There was drama on Saturday night at the Ondo State Government House in Alagbaka, Akure after the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi was prevented from leaving the Government House by the Commissioner of Police, Salami Bolaji. The Deputy Governor who was alleged to have looted government property from his lodge in his bid to take them…
PDP Governorship Panel Screens, Clears Obaseki
The tenor of the debate in the Edo State governorship tussle formally changed on Saturday with the clearance of Governor Godwin Obaseki to seek re-election on the platform of his new party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Hon. Kingsley Chinda-screening committee gave Obaseki a clean bill of health ahead of the PDP primary election…
Who Pays Back Nigeria’s Debts?
Once again, Nigeria has a debt problem. Fourteen years after former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his economic team led the country to exit the debt trap of the 1980 and 1990s, Nigeria is once again wallowing in a second debt trap with absolutely no idea of how to exit. Nosa James-Igbinadolor looks at how and…
Pandemonium at the Altar
Chidi Amuta Nigeria’s tradition of unruly political behaviour has begun rehearsing for a major roadshow well ahead of the 2023 open display. Suddenly, the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), has erupted in a crisis long foretold. The daggers are out. The targets are marked. And the lines of the imminent engagement are…