Against all expectations, there will be no tenure extension for Governor Segun Oni of Ekiti State and other state governors whose victory was annulled by election tribunals but contested in the rerun elections and won. This indication became clearer today following a public announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that governorship election would […]

Senator Jauji Waziri, the husband of Mrs. Farida Waziri, boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commisison, EFCC, has been accused of rigging the Gombe South Senatorial Zone bye-election as senatorial candidate of PDP. The election, which Waziri won, was held on 21 August. It has been trailed by reports of rigging and other malpractices. […]

The investigation into two men from Yemen, arrested at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on Monday, is continuing on Wednesday, a spokesman for the public prosecution department told news agency ANP. The spokesman could not say how long the investigation will continue but officials will have to decide on Thursday if the men should be detained for […]

PASSENGERS may be in for a difficult time Wednesday as the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) plans to ground domestic airlines over huge debts. The airlines, under the aegis of the Airlines Operators of Nigeria (AON), have vowed not to comply with the NAMA directive to pay up or be grounded. Arik Air has identified […]

I am writing this partly as a rejoinder to Prof Okey Ndibe’s piece, Obasanjo As Babangida’s Best Issue (http://www.saharareporters.com/column/obasanjo-babangida’s-best-issue-okey-ndibe ). I say “partly” because I am also using it as a springboard to propose what I think genuine patriots should be considering now that we have seen, writ large, the handwriting on the wall towards […]