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One of the most pressing issues affecting the world currently is the high rate of unemployment and under-employment. This social economic problem needs a radical and immediate solution before it consumes the peace of the country. In Nigeria, as a result of our economic structure, demography and dysfunctional education system we face more grave dangers […]

There are two basic questions that must be answered by all of us Nigerians. One, do we want to remain as one country? Two, if the answer is yes, under what conditions? – Chief Bola Ige. The quote above is one of the most profound statements about Nigeria that I have come across. These are […]

Election Presiding Officers now have the power to cancel elections if voting materials arrive at polling units late, Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikoiwak has said. Ikoiwak made the announcement on Thursday during a quiz competition organised to sensitise youths on the functions of INEC in selected secondary schools in Port Harcourt. […]

Today, the world is becoming more aware everyday of how Gov. T.A Orji operates a government of blackmail and falsehood against nonconformists to his views of governance. Reading The Nation online, April 2 2014, one could not but agree that what this governor does is to be mobilizing media-buffoons, who go about creating blogs online […]

Edo State Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) will not write any competency test conducted by the state government, the union has said.The position was restated on Thursday while Chairman of the chapter, Mr. Mike Uhunmwangho talked with newsmen in Benin. Uhunmwangho explained his union’s stand as being in accordance with a court […]

If the news from the All Progressives Congress is any indication of how things are shaping up in the party of “change,” then it appears recent Nigerian political history is repeating itself, at least where it concerns former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. And like the hapless cartoon character with a big question mark over his […]

The Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has restrained the Police, State Security Service (SSS) or their privies, from arresting the suspended CBN Governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. The court also ordered that the sum of N50million be paid to Sanusi along with public apology for the damages caused him. Pronouncing the Judgment on […]

Following media reports that members of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) are on the verge of embarking on a nationwide industrial action in solidarity with the currently-striking members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) at the Nigeria Independent Petroleum Company (NIPCO), President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Abdulwahed Omar, […]

Editor, Your editorials are most often worrisome, as they appear to be some form of frontal attack on Mr. President, seeing nothing wrong in the ignorance displayed at length by the Northern governors. While one applauds some salient points made in your editorial, it still leaves much to be desired. This is politics, where else […]

House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts has sent letters to the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke; Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr. Andrew Yakubu; VistaJet International; Evergreen Aviation Terminal, operators of private Jets and the Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in preparation to probe all concerned on […]

Former Head of State and All Progressive Congress (APC) chieftain, Alhaji Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his condolence visit to Bondong, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Buhari, who was scheduled to visit the families of the 120 victims of a recent attack in the area, jettisoned his itinerary because of Wednesday’s attack in Kafanchan, […]

Sequel to Monday’s ruling by Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which ordered the 37 House of Representative members who decamped from People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressive Congress (APC) to vacate their seats in the House, members of the House today held a closed-door session lasting over two hours. Deputy […]