How I lost over N1 billion in one game, Baba Ijebu promoter Shared Ordeal

He started as a salesman of a pharmaceutical company after his secondary education in 1955. While with the firm, he  rose to the position of Sales manager for the then Lagos and Western region, made up of the present-day Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, Osun and Ondo states. But in 1963, he left the company to start his own small business. This was influenced by a book he read which encouraged entrepreneurship.

Senate President Saraki Seeks Emir's Assitance To Talk To Buhari On His Behalf

In his efforts to make peace with the Presidency over its distaste on the composition of the senate leadership, Senate President Bukola Saraki, has resorted to seeking the assistance of emirs and traditional rulers.

In realising this objective, the senate president, has sought the assistance of the Emir of his home town, Ilorin, Kwara State, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, an aide of the Emir Told Ashiwaju.org

Abia APGA Governorship Candidate Alex Otti Alleges Assassination attempt on His Life

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Penultimate Friday, Dr. Alex Otti, the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, in the Abia State election, raised the alarm that an attempt was made on his life. This generated so much heat in the state with the Abia State Government taking him on and pooh-poohing the allegation.

President Buhari Represents New Awo For Nigeria's Liberation

The late Chief  Obafemi  Awolowo  and President Muhammadu  Buhari  might  have  lived at different times but, like identical twins,  possess   many things  in common-dynamism, pragmatism, integrity, self-  discipline, vision  and passion-to make Nigeria  work. The  impeccable past of these tested leaders has  proved that the bane of the country’s slow development since independence has been lack  of  purposeful  leadership.

Buhari-and-Awo Unlike the  reluctant  leaders  who  had been imposed  on  us,   Awolowo  and Buhari,  both armed with impeccable records of performance, the former as Premier of the old Western Region  as well as Vice Chairman  of the Federal Executive Council  in the regime of Gen.  Yakubu  Gowon,  and the latter, as a military Head of State, etc, adequately prepared for  the leadership of Nigeria. Three times  were each  unsuccessful- Awolowo  in 1959, 1979, 1983  and  President  Buhari  in 2003, 2007  and 20011.

Obosi Community is My Biggest Headache-----NDLEA Commander

In the bid to rid the nation of criminal activities and institutionalised the fight against illicit drug trafficking in a fledging economy like Nigeria, stakeholder advised government to include drug free education in the country’s secondary school curriculum.

Addressing team of Anambra Online Publishers (AOP) in Awka, the Commander of the National Drug Law enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Mr. Sule Momodu charged parents and government of all tiers to champion programmes that will promote cultural value  and eschew ethnicity or religious bigotry which is the panacea to virile  nation building.

He lamented that the country had had it better in the 70s-80s where values and regard for Nigeria among Africa nations are respected but charged parents to assist government to ensure the eroding value of Nigeria is restored.

Read How PDP NWC Shared N12bn Ment To Canverse Vote For Jonathan

 Angry workers of the Peoples Democratic Party have accused the members of the National Working Committee of the party of squandering N12bn in nine months.

Out of the total sum, the workers said N11bn was realised from the sale of nomination forms while N1bn accrued from the sale of delegates forms.

They alleged that the money was squandered shortly after the sale of the forms commenced on October 27, 2014 till date.

Am Not Lobbying For Ministerial Appointment Under Buhari — Pastor Tunde Bakare

Social Critic and General Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has said that he is not expecting a ministerial appointment from President Muhammadu Buhari.

Bakare, who spoke in an interview with Sahara TV monitored by our correspondent on Thursday, however, parried a question on whether he would accept a ministerial appointment if offered by the President.

CAMEROUN Indicts JONATHAN Of Aiding Spread Of Insurgency In Nigeria

The official visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Cameroun to discuss joint efforts to curb Boko Haram in the region has thrown up an indictment of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

A very credible Presidency source told Daily Sun that in the anti-terror war, Jonathan did not do much in forming a synergy with leaders of Nigeria’s neighbouring countries.

The source said during Buhari’s interaction with his Camerounian counterpart, Paul Biya, he disclosed that Jonathan isolated himself from the leaders of Cameroun, Chad and Niger. “The major complaint, according to Biya, is that Jonathan never or seldom, at best, picked his calls. He said most times he called, Jonathan neither picked nor returned his calls. And as a result, the integration of efforts that should have stopped Boko Haram’s foray and unchallenged run was lacking.”

Internet Windows Giant Microsoft Sacks 34 Nigerians From its Workforce

World Leading Internet Windows Giant (Microsoft) on Thursday sacked 34 (85 per cent) of the 40 employees in the Nigerian office of its phone division.

The sacking came 24 hours after the company’s latest Windows 10 was made available in Nigeria and 189 other countries.

Although, Windows 10 is now available as a free upgrade for Windows 7 and 8.1 operating systems or with new personal computers and tablets, industry experts said it would leave about 15 million Nigerian payments cards prone to hacking.

My Danfo Driving Experience Make Me Activite In Politics----Fayose

 Ever ready and controversial Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has appealed to members of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria to refrain fom an act that will allow them to be used by kidnappers to perpetrate evil.

Speaking on Thursday during the swearing-in of the new State Executive of the union in Ado Ekiti, the governor, who said he was once a ‘Danfo driver’ appealed to the drivers to be orderly and not to be desperate.