Visa ban: Fani-Kayode jittery, seeks revenge from Nigerian govt
Fani-Kayode (file photo) ‘Gone are the days when Africans or their leaders shiver under their bedsheets and seek validation from more often than not ill-informed and ill-advised foreign government officials with local vested interests and misplaced, malevolent intentions’ By Valentine Amanze All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, has carpeted the U.S. government over visa […]
Kinsmen caution ex-Speaker Dogara over utterances
Godfrey Manasseh and other at the conference on Monday. ‘It is quite uncomfortable and disheartening to see a seasoned man turning around to rain abuses on constituted authorities, with holier than thou attitude, just because he lost relevance in the scheme of things’ By Ahmed Ahmed The kinsmen of Nigeria’s former Speaker of the House […]
U.S. confirms life imprisonment for 78-year-old citizen in China
U.S citizen John Shing-Wan Leung ‘Leung, who is also a Hong Kong permanent resident, was convicted on Monday by the Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern city of Suzhou’ The U.S. authorities have confirmed the conviction and life imprisonment of the 78-year-old U.S. citizen, John Shing-Wan Leung, by Chinese court for spying. Leung, who is […]
Nigeria election: The mystery of the altered results in disputed poll
Bola Tinubu (file photo) A BBC investigation has found evidence suggesting some results from Nigeria’s presidential election may have been manipulated. The winner Bola Tinubu is due to be inaugurated on 29 May but the opposition is challenging this. The BBC has uncovered significant anomalies in Rivers state, a key battleground, although not sufficient to […]
Light up Anambra: How far?
I made it clear that no sane governor would sustain the “Iberibe” By Valentine Obienyem Many years ago, when the madness they called “light up Anambra” started, I wrote many pieces on it describing it, as it was carried out, as the most stupid and foolish “developmental” project this side of idiocy. As usual, I […]
