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“You can’t separate desperate politicians from violence and trouble.” ― Bamigboye Olurotimi A couple of months ago, President Goodluck Jonathan assured the international community that the 2015 general elections in Nigeria “will be conducted in accordance with global best practices in order to further strengthen the country’s democratic institutions.” In addition, he “reaffirmed his personal […]

PROTOCOL 1.We are here in this historic Community of Bachaka to flag-off an important initiative – the Nigeria component of the Great Green Wall (GGW) Programme. This occasion marks a turning point in our collective quest to conserve and manage our environment and improve the living conditions of our people.    2. The journey to the present […]

The Federal Government has said that the restoration of Ogoniland will commence in first quarter next year in line with the recommendations of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) report vis-a-vis the multi-stakeholders group. Speaking yesterday in Geneva, Switzerland at the follow-up meeting of technical working groups on environment restoration of Ogoniland, Mrs. Alison-Madueke stressed that […]

Mr Speaker, right now, and as a matter of urgency head into the lower chamber of the National Assembly, and become an All-Nighter until the morning of December 3rd, 2014. Yes, it is okay to do this, as is the People’s House. Everyone from the streets of Nigeria to every other street across the world, […]

The story of David and Goliath remains a popular and fascinating tale.  A young shepherd slays a seasoned and —by some accounts— gigantic soldier.  This story plays into the narrative of the underdog emerging triumphant despite overwhelming odds.  And everybody loves a victorious underdog.  Everybody likes to see the big, bad bully get his comeuppance. […]

Tragedy has once again hit the northeastern State of Borno Maiduguri on Tuesday, when a female suicide bomber detonated her bomb in a crowded market after a first blast. The suicide bomber carried out her act a few moments after a first bomb was detonated close to the first spot. Eyewitnesses said  the second blast […]

Prominent lawyer and rights activist, Barrister Festus Keyamo, has hit at the Nigeria Police, saying men of the force acted like madmen at the National Assembly last Thursday. Keyamo, in a statement released on Monday evening, also berated the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, for seeing himself as a demigod adding that since the lawmakers […]

Patience Jonathan, Nigeria’s First Lady, on Monday appealed to Nigerian women to re-elect her husband, President Goodluck Jonathan, who is currently seeking a second term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Though endorsed as the sole candidate of the party, there is the belief that Jonathan would be facing a tough election […]

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, on Monday urged politicians and political parties in the country to play by the rules while also upholding values and ethics of the democratic process. Fashola, who spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja while receiving in audience the National Chairman of the United Progressives Party (UPP), Chief Chekwas Okorie, and […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as plainly implausible and a witless afterthought the reasons given by the DSS for invading the Data Centre of the party in Lagos on Saturday, calling the security service a shameless apologist of the PDP At a press conference held in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity […]

The Lagos State Government on Sunday evening cautioned residents to be wary of fraudsters who now create fake Facebook accounts of the Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, to extort money from unsuspecting people. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor, Mr. Hakeem Bello, the State Government reiterated that the Governor […]

The experience of Ifekoya Adejoke is as harrowing as it is heart-breaking. Lured by a false promise of ‘greener pastures’ abroad, the young Nigerian ended up a merciless victim of human trafficking, chained to a bed in a dingy, dirty Libyan room and forced to sexually satisfy up to 30 men in a single night… […]