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Sources have revealed that former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo has met with people close to Boko Haram in a move to negotiate the freedom of the more than 200 schoolgirls abducted from their school dormitory in Chibok Borno State. According to the source, the meeting took place during the weekend at Obasanjo’s farm in […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday warned the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) against what it called the opposition’s continuous insults at President Goodluck Jonathan and his government reminding the APC that power comes from God. The party said it had carefully taken stock of the sustained insults, vituperations, lies and unending schemes by […]

Hashtag online activism has continued to prove critics wrong in the amazingly unique way it amplifies disconsolate unheard minority voices, suppressed or subdued by a repressive and despotic government. It draws attention of millions to a horrific story. It gets better when world leaders and celebrities latch onto the hashtag as it nudges other countries […]

When Professor Wole Soyinka takes the centre-stage, he expects to be listened to, and because he hides beneath the genre of entertainers who seek to use the mastery of English Language and Boko Haram to catch the ears of others, he oftentimes oversteps the limits of decency to the applause of many with itchy ears, […]

The endorsement, days ago, of Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, a former civil servant in Lagos by the Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has generated more controversies than was expected resulting in a shaky ambition for the aspirant. Oba Akiolu, during the launch of a book in honour of Ambode, took the microphone and announced that the […]

President Goodluck Jonathan earns full blame for the controversy that has erupted over the 2014 budget; in what is certainly another political miscalculation and embarrassing error of judgment which portends unfavorable results for the country. After signing the 2014 Appropriations Bill into law, the President last Friday, formally handed the document to Finance and Coordinating […]

Gunmen suspected to be members of the Islam extremist sect Boko Haram, struck brutally in three villages in Borno State, northern Nigeria, leaving 28 people dead and several houses razed. The gunmen attacked a community squeezed between the Cameroun borders and Chibok, site of the unprecedented mass abduction which attracted global attention to the nation. […]

Femi Aribisala’s piece, referenced in the title of this rejoinder, is very interesting, but missing several pieces. The writer failed to identify what the conspiracy truly is, and who the conspirators are. Well, we know who the conspirators are, we know what the conspiracy is. The conspiracy is by Jonathan against Nigeria. The conspirators are […]

Some delegates at the ongoing National Conference have vowed to resist with all vehemence, surreptitious attempt to remove the Land Use Act from the Nigerian Constitution. They have also declared readiness to ensure that the “draconian recommendation” by the conference committee on Land Tenure Matters and National Boundaries, does not sail through at the plenary. […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Jonathan-led Federal Government of abdicating its responsibility to Nigerian citizens with the statement attributed to the president that those who are calling for the safe return of the girls should address their protests to the abductors, rather than to the president or the government he leads. In […]

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), a rights group based in Lagos, Nigeria, has petitioned Ms. Gabriela Knaul, UN’s Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers over the killings of lawyers in Borno State. The organisation urged Ms. Knaul to use the privileges of her office and position to urgently investigate recent reports […]

As the industrial action embarked upon by the lecturers at the Lagos State University (LASU) takes its toll on the institution, the State Government seems to have succumbed to pressure from both the students, lecturers and residents of the state for the downward review of the school fees. Since 2012, when Governor Babatunde Fashola and […]