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We have been reading the happenings in Rivers State concerning first the appointment of the acting Chief Judge (CJ) and now the CJ of the state. I am not a lawyer but I am a son of Ikwerre. What has prompted this article was the threat issued by Barr. OCJ Okocha, MFR, SAN, JP to […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors Forum has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to do everything in his power to bring all those behind the Nyanya bomb blast to book. The call was made on Wednesday by Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo State who also doubles as chairman of the forum when he led other […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not suspended the plan for constituency delineation, contrary to claims by Daily Trust in its editorial today, Wednesday, April 16th, 2014. Also, the Chairman of INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, has never blamed the National Assembly for not passing an enabling law for the exercise. No such law is […]

 As result of the recent increase in the spate of terrorism in Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan has summoned members of the National Security Council to a meeting on Thursday. The meeting, slated for 11am at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja will be presided over by the President. According to a press release issued by […]

The Chinese government on Wednesday voiced a firm support of the Nigerian Government and condemned the abduction of over a hundred  girls from Girls’ Collegein Chibok, Borno,  by gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram Hua Chunying, the Foreign Ministry said: “China strongly condemns and opposes terrorism in all forms.” “We urge the immediate […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned President Goodluck Jonathan as being insensible and hardhearted for following through with his campaign trail itinerary, despite the horrific bomb blast and the kidnapping of 200 schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Borno, occurring barely 24hours earlier. According to a statement issued by APC in Lagos on Wednesday, the […]

I couldn`t help it. As soon as the new figures conjured by Dr Okonjo-Iweala out of Nigeria’s “rebased” Gross Domestic Product exercise came out, I shouted abracadabra! Then I chanted, “Come and see Ah-meri-ka wonder! Come and see Ah-meri-ka wonder!” I promptly substituted “Nigerian” for America in that spell-casting ditty of itinerant tricksters that used […]

British international terrorist, Samantha Lewthwaite otherwise known as ‘White Widow,’ has been linked to Monday’s tragic bomb blast in Nyanya, Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. Though no group  has officially claimed  responsibility for the dastardly act, United Kingdom security sources, are speculating that the bombing may have been a revenge attack for the death of […]

Following deliberations at the ongoing Nigeria National Conference at the Conference Management Secretariat in Abuja, 20 committees have been constituted to oversee specific issues. The committees are: Committee On Devolution Of Power, Committee On Political Restructuring And Forms Of Government; Committee On National Security; Committee On Environment;  Committee On Politics And Governance;  Committee On Law, […]

There appears to be no love lost between President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano state, as the latter, on Tuesday refused to welcome the President to his state, saying he regrets voting for the President because he has disappointed Nigerians. Kwankwaso’s snubbing of the president’s visit to the  People’s Democratic Party […]

Staff of the National Assembly and shop keepers in and around the premises of the Nigerian National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja closed work early on Tuesday, claiming there was an order claiming there was an order to evacuate because live bombs have been discovered there. The bomb scare, according to food vendors around […]

Armed gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect have kidnapped over 100 schoolgirls from the Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Chibok, Borno State. The girls, aged between 16 and 18, were shanghaied on Monday night, just a day to the beginning of their examination scheduled to start on Tuesday. Sources told www.www.aso.rocks […]