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Says PDP Legislators Are Lawless A group known as the Coalition for Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa on Tuesday said the continual disobedience to Court orders and rulings by the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislators should not be overlooked or wished away. In a statement signed by coalition representative, John Mayaki, […]

Finally, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan  on Tuesday met with parents and relatives of some of the Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by men of the dreaded Islamic extremist sect, Boko Haram since 14th April. The meeting was held behind closed doors after a brief prayer delivered in front of the media. The meeting also had […]

It would have been enough to dismiss the statement as the ranting of an overzealous and misguided sycophant. But against the background of Nigeria’s precarious security situation, due to the Boko Haram insurgency, and the embarrassing spectacle of scums stumping around the national stage as potentates, it is risky to ignore, or take lightly, the […]

Governor Babatunde Fashola on Monday set up and inaugurated a three-man Tribunal of Enquiry to investigate the clash between men of the Armed Forces and the driver of a Bus Rapid Transit scheme along Ikorodu Road in which a soldier lost his life and the subsequent arson and destruction of BRT buses. Charging the Tribunal […]

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to pull the brakes on his administration’s runaway train of impunity in the interest of Nigeria’s survival and the sustenance of the nation’s democracy. In a statement issued in Kaduna on Sunday, General Buhari said the recent induced impeachment or threats of […]Read More

Just a month to his 76th birthday, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum and one-time Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is dead. Lukman died at 1am Nigerian time on Monday in Vienna, Austria of an undisclosed ailment. His death has been confirmed by family sources. According to the sources, the […]

A group, the Coalition for Good Governance and Economic Justice in Africa, yesterday said the entire citizens of Nigeria are victims of the unfolding mask of anarchy without the exception of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. The Coalition in a statement signed by Mr. John Mayaki said, “members of the national ruling PDP should not […]

Men of the State Security Service (SSS) on Monday arrested and temporarily detained former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, seizing her passport and other travelling documents. Ezekwesili, a former Vice President of the World Bank (Africa Division), was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on her way to London for an appearance on […]

Members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Monday morning impeached their Speaker, Rt. Hon. Chukwuma Nwazunku. The Speaker was impeached after 18 out of the 24 lawmakers of the House voted in favour of the impeachment motion moved by Hon. Frank Onwe, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Hon. Enyi Enyi. He was […]

…Pronounces Death on All His Opponents     The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio has rained curses on governorship aspirants who have not received endorsements from him for the 2015 governorship election in the state, referring to them as enemies who betrayed him. He equally pronounced death on all his perceived opponents, stating […]

The sudden reversal of his concession of the defeat he suffered in the 21st June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti state to People’s Democratic Party by the outgoing governor of Ekiti state has been said to be one of the elements of democratic illiteracy of Governor Kayode Fayemi and political inconsistency of his party, the […]

….promises more intervention Africa’s richest person and the continent’s top donor Aliko Dangote has announced that he is upping his philanthropic works across Africa, starting from his home country Nigeria, a statement from the Group said. The Group which has made whooping donations across Africa said, “Africans must begin to take responsibilities by shaping the condition […]