Grandiose Parlor

The decision of the top brass of the Nigerian Police Force and the Presidency to send Nuhu Ribadu, the EFCC boss, on a compulsory one-year study leave is one that has generated quite a bit of rancor within the Nigerian community, both home and abroad. If you are like me - and have been wondering […]

” IG orders Ribadu to proceed on 1-yr course“, Nigerian Tribune.
THE battle to sack the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, may have been shifted to his immediate constituency where fresh plot to ease him out of office is allegedly coming from the top hierarchy of the Nigeria […]

“At least 28 people were burned to death in Lagos on Tuesday when a pipeline caught fire while local residents were scooping fuel from it, the secretary general of the Nigerian Red Cross Society said on Wednesday.” The BBC has the details.
December is now synonymous with pipeline fires - the last one in Lagos was […]

“There will be no Sallah and Christmas holidays for the leaders of the House of Representatives and those of House Committees on Appropriation and Finance to enable them complete work on the 2008 budget proposals. The House plans to pass the budget on December 27…Leader of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tunde Akogun, told Vanguard […]

It appears some damage control has stated following the statement credited to Alhaji YarA’dua on AFRICOM. The stance of the Nigerian government prior to the last week trip of the president was a clear and unambiguous “NO” to the establishment of AFRICOM - the proposed United States’ military command for Africa, on African soil:
Nigeria formally […]