Author: David Great

By Ifedayo Peters It is human nature to crave attention, we all want to feel seen, our presence noticed and appreciated, but it borders on virulent mental disorder to do just about anything to get attention. This I find the case of an Arise TV interview with Reno Omokri, former spokesperson to President Jonathan, and whose appointment was prematurely terminated due to gross misconducts. To begin with, Reno’s gimmicks are not new to me, nor do they seem too much of an aberration to behold at this point. If he could exploit an unsuspecting movement for the release of Leah…

Adamu Garba, a former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC was bashed for calling the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo a betrayer. The presidential aspirant who lost out to President Muhammadu Buhari was tackled for calling the number two man a betrayer after he agreed to the yearning of Nigerians to throw his hat in the ring because of his exemplary and divine leadership style. “Politics is the most serious business of human societies,” Adamu Garba wrote on his Twitter page. “Anyone with low moral compass is not expected near it. When someone can betray the single man…

Some sources close to the negotiations between the Federal Government and Twitter have revealed that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is working behind the scene to ensure that Twitter ban is lifted. According to one of the sources, the Vice President’s argument is that Twitter is a platform that is useful to many small and medium scale businesses, which he champions. “The Vice President’s argument is that the Twitter ban is hurting small businesses and other citizens who make their livelihood on the social media platform. “It is for this reason that he is pushing that the ban be called off…

A suit has been filed against Prince Olaide Adewale Akinremi, the candidate for Ibadan-North Federal constituency contesting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on the grounds that he is an ex-convict who was imprisoned less than 10 years ago. The suit was filed on November 27, 2018, at the Federal High Court Ibadan by Mr. Stephen Johnson, a member of the constiituency in which the APC candidate is vying for a political post, according to a report by SaharaReporters. The suit with the number: FHC/IB/OS/138/18 has Mr Stephen Johnson as plaintiff/applicant and Prince Olaide Adewale Akinremi, the…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has commenced the trial of nine accused persons and five companies, who are dealing in banned substances of Methamphetamine and Ephedrine, weighing 9,091 kilograms, before a Federal High Court, Lagos. The nine accused persons are: Ubah Harris Alaekwe, also known as ‘Etochukwu Alaekwe Weuba, Eto Uba, Eto and Toscani’. Other accused persons are Tochukwu Victor Nnamdi Ubah: Chibueze Ubaka Gabriel: Chibueze Alex Izuchukwu: Ugwu Nnaemeka Bertrand: Onyeka Jasper Chika: Okoliechukwu Francis Chidozie: and Dahiru Bwala. The companies are Visochi Resources Limited: Tovic Marine Services Limited: Chazmax Pharma Industries Limited: Impact Pharmaceutical Limited and…