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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday disclosed that the casualty figure in the collapsed 6-storey building in the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations has risen to 39. On Saturday, NEMA had explained that while 16 were killed in the incident, 109 others were rescued alive and receiving treatment. The affected […]

For those who say Nigeria is a country where wonders shall never end, the callous and sycophantic rallies being held across the nation, under the #BringBackJonathan# campaign, ostensibly to garner signatures from Nigerians urging the President to seek re-election is a shameful phenomenon that graphically retells the odious rat race, ideological vacuity and mundane craving […]

At the risk of being tagged once again as anti-Igbo by rabid, commissioned slave traders who see Ndigbo as easy wares to be marketed to their political masters, I write this open letter to my people. At the huge risk of being called names by my brothers and sisters, I boldly write this piece to […]

A major reason why President Goodluck Jonathan cannot muster up the courage to probe former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, former Army Chief, Azubuike Ihejirika, and others that have been linked to the Boko Haram sponsorship in Nigeria is because of the president’s desperation to get support from all quarters for his second […]

The rally organised by the Transformation Ambassadors of Nigeria (TAN) in Minna, Niger state on Saturday turned tragic as the stage prepared for governors, officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and highly placed government officials including the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pious Anyim Pious, collapsed while the rally was going on. […]

These are interesting times for Nigeria. It is a time in which people revel in propaganda and falsehood. As we make steady progress to the election year of 2015, there will be more mudslinging, character assassination and all kinds of propaganda to score cheap political goals or to gain some advantage even if short term. […]

The dust raised by the stunning exposé of Australian independent negotiator, Dr Stephen Davis, on the alleged sponsors of the Boko Haram Islamic sect, indicted former Chief of Army Staff, General Azubuike Ihejirika (retd), the usual suspect, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, former Borno State governor, and an anonymous senior official of the Central Bank of […]

Ngala, Gamboru, Chibok, Michika, Bama. All these unfortunate places have one thing in common. They took Nigeria straight into the map that represents the global axis of evil. Who would have thought we will get to this point. A point where life has simply been redefined and we are daily assaulted by Islamic extremism.  A […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the presidency of being economical with the truth in its response to the widespread condemnation of President Goodluck Jonathan for hobnobbing with Ali Modu Sheriff who is fingered as a Boko Haram sponsor. In a statement issued in Dubai on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai […]

Fighters of the Islamic extremist sect Boko Haram operating near Maiduguri, Borno State capital have been rooted out, the Military has said. Army spokesman Timothy Antigha made the revelation in a statement on Monday. He said the terrorist launched a massive attack on the town of Konduga, about 35 kilometres from Maiduguri, on Friday but […]

The 2015 presidential ambition of Muhammadu Buhari, a leader of the All Progressives Party (APC) would take a more serious turn with a rally that would kick-start in Lagos on Saturday. An invitation to journalists for the event states that the rally tagged: ‘Nigeria Needs Muhammadu Buhari’, is going to take the form of a […]

Sabinus Ordu, the uncle of Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi has been murdered. Ordu, a Vice Principal at the Community Secondary School (CSS) Aluu in Ikwerre, was killed at his farm in Ubima, Ikwerre local government area of the state on Monday. Narrating the incident, the state’s Commissioner for Information  and Communications, Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, said Ordu […]