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Moving up two spots from the last ranking of the Federation of International Football Associations (FIFA), Nigeria is now 45th in the world with 620 points against its previous 616 points. Released on FIFA’s website on Thursday, the ranking placed Nigeria 6th in Africa, displacing Tunisia to the 7th position it earlier occupied. Ahead of […]

A political science professor, Mr. Bedford Umez, just started a petition for Nigerians to sign to draw attention to the ungodly salaries of our legislators. As government professor Mr. Umez believes that the voice of the people could move our legislators to modify their behavior and stop the looting of our public treasury. Another professor […]

Minister of Information, Labaran Maku has said political activities leading to the 2015 elections should be based on issues, principles and sound ideologies, rather than on ethnic or religious sentiments. Maku made the statement in Abuja on Thursday while giving a speech at the public presentation of the biography of Alhaji Balarabe Musa, written by […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as an orchestrated distraction and a mindless public relations gimmick, the ongoing hullabaloo about the rebasing of Nigeria’s GDP, which government claims has enthroned the country as the largest economy on the continent. In a statement issued in Washington, DC, US on Thursday by its Interim National Publicity […]

Absence of Mohammed Abacha the son of late Head of State General Sani Abacha in Court yesterday stalled  arrangement by the Federal government to arraign him over N446.3billion fraud. The  Federal Government has in attempt to re-arraign him filed a new nine count charge against Mohammed, accusing him of unlawfully receiving about N446.3billion allegedly stolen […]

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) has begged President Goodluck Jonathan not to remove the emergency rule in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe, as demanded by governors of the states. The call was made on Thursday in a statement signed by IYC spokesperson, Eric Omare. Omare urged the president to ignore calls by […]

Boko Haram insurgents on Monday killed a military commander, Col. Kabiru Salisu and an unknown number of soldiers inside an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) after they used superior firepower to burn the APC with the soldiers inside. Though the Military did not confirm the incident, Salisu’s close friends confirmed it on social media. Ordinarily, the […]

In the past week, my attention was drawn to the allegation by the Lagos State Government that I stormed the ongoing development on the Ilubirin reclaimed land in a commando-like manner, chased workers out of the site and also went as far as erecting sign posts proclaiming the land a Federal Government property. While I […]

A pregnant woman and four others, including children, were on Thursday electrocuted in Lagos after a PHCN high-tension cable fell on a vehicle containing fuel and instantly caused an explosion with fire. The incident happened very early in the morning at Oworonshoki, Lagos. Sources said the high-tension cable had cut and fall on the car, a Toyota […]

This piece is not a response to the “North’s” position on the National Conference. I believe every individual or group has the right to respond to the conference as they deem necessary. Rather, it seeks to address the crisis of identity which is at the root of the Nigerian tragedy. Who are we? What is […]

Anambra state has again proved that it has regained its pride of place as among the leading States in education in Nigeria by moving from a State where Schools were closed down 10 years ago to  emerging the overall best in the  2013 West African Senior   School  Certificate Examination(WASSCE). The official WAEC result, made available […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mr. Peter Jack as Director-General of the National Information Technology Agency (NITA) for the next four years. The appointment was announced on Wednesday in a one-paragraph statement signed by Sam Nwaobasi, the special assistant (media) to the secretary to the government of the federation, Anyim Pius Anyim. […]