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A large number of Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief in the morning of Sunday, 10th August, 2014, when the returning Officer of the just-concluded Osun gubernatorial election, Professor Bamitale Omole, announced that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Rauf Aregbesola, had won the election, with a wide margin. They were happy, […]

Following a statement by the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), issuing an ultimatum to President Goodluck Jonathan to rescue the more than 200 girls abducted in Chibok, Borno State on 15th April, or lose the support of the group in the 2015 election, Jonathan has said no group can threaten him before he performs his official […]

The whole country now knows that the All Progressives Congress (APC) won the Osun State gubernatorial election held on August 9, 2014. Governor Rauf Aregbesola, the man who called on his supporters to fight security agencies with “cutlasses and charms,” has won a new four-year mandate to run the affairs of Osun.  And this has […]

…Says Wada’s regime is “Beautiful Nonsense” Ahead of the 2015 general elections, a former governor of Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, on Tuesday, denied nursing any plan to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP.) He noted that he has always been in opposition since he joined politics and remains the bedrock of opposition in […]Read More

Again the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) headed by Alhaji Maitama Sule is in the news, and like always, is allowing certain elements with political ambitions within it to dictate the nuances of its message.  In an attempt to appear to speak for all of us in the north, though we are not unaware of NEF’s […]

… Give Our Men Quality Fighting Equipments or No One Leaves for Gwoza ― Protesters For the second day in a row, wives and children of soldiers at the Giwa Barracks have maintained a barricade at the entrance of the barracks, preventing the soldiers from leaving for assignments at Gwoza. Gwoza is one of the […]

Nigeria is as close to being a failed state as it has ever been.Components and definitions of state failure: The state’s loss of its Weberian monopoly of violence.                                     Inability to protect its people(s)                                     Rise of non-state actors                                     Failure to provide basic services like schooling and medical clinics in large sections of the […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, on Monday announced a new case of the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease in Lagos State, saying the new case had increased the number of cases to 10 since the disease was imported into the country by Patrick Sawyer, a Liberian-American some weeks ago. The new case is a […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with the family of Chief Chike Offodile (SAN), former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, saying he received the news with sadness. Thanking God for a life well spent by the late Chief, Jonathan condoled with the Obi and people of Onitsha as well as friends and professional […]

Lagos State Governor,  Babatunde Fashola has said that all the eight people currently infected with the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) are in stable conditions and responding well to treatment. Fashola made the revelation at a meeting with traditional rulers and religious leaders in the state on Monday. At the meeting held in Ikeja, Lagos, […]

In the wake of the 2008 financial crises, the Central Bank created over N4000bn fresh Naira supply, inspite of its attendant inflationary threat, to rescue the Nigerian banking sector. Evidently, however, the bountiful profit figures declared lately by several banks would be clear testimony that, business is presently good in the sub-sector, particularly when compared […]

Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar has said that the victory of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola in weekend’s governorship election in Osun State is a measure of the popularity and acceptability of both the Governor and the opposition party. The former Vice President made the assertion yesterday in a congratulatory […]