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There is no doubt that the people of Nigeria are exasperated with the continued wave of bad luck as observed in the non-stopping  daily acts of Northern killings, Southern kidnapping, public thievery, educational unrest,  labor protest, and  the ever widening  ill-health and psychological trauma among children and adults. The eradication or favorable reduction of these […]

Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan has spoken of the role of late former President, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua in his emergence as President of the country. Speaking in Katsina State on Thursday night at a State Banquet organised in his honour by the Katsina State Government, Jonathan noted that he might have still remained Governor of Bayelsa […]

Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has urged governors to demonstrate more conviction and courage in the quest to rid the country of corruption. He also urged them as well as other public office holders to shelve extravagant lifestyles capable of encouraging corruption. Speaking in Lagos at a […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria will not begin their final preparations for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup until 26th May 2014, as most of the team’s players would still be involved with their clubs until then. According to Ademola Olajire, the assistant director of communications of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the players will […]

  Nigeria’s president, Goodluck Jonathan, will on Monday, March 17, 2014, inaugurate the 492-member National Conference whose task is to redefine “the way forward for our nation”. The initial antipathy to the conference, it seems, has given way to cautious optimism. Of course, there are still people who do not see the opportunity this conference […]

The Joint Action Front (JAF), a labour and civil rights group affiliated to the organised labour, has warned the parent labour bodies, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union congress (TUC), against taking part in the National Conference being organised by President Goodluck Jonathan. At a press conference, JAF, which gave the warning […]

To his admirers and detractors, he is certainly an intriguing personality. His calm mien makes it easy to underestimate him, but that will be at your peril. Mr Femi Otedola, needs no introduction.  Rich, successful and sometimes controversial, he is the second Nigerian to ever make the Forbes annual list of the world’s richest people.  […]

On-air personality with Wazobia FM, Anthony Akatakpo, popularly known as Akas Baba, has been kidnapped in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. His abductors attacked him in his house on Thursday morning, manhandling him and shooting him in the leg in the presence of his wife and children. After demanding a ransom of N10 […]

The Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) on Thursday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for the approval of the forensic audit of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Accounts (NNPC) over the missing $20 billion. The Presidency announced the approval for a forensic audit of the agency in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on […]

He describes himself as a Language Expert. Yes, that is not contestable. However, somebody should remind Ebere Wabara what Moliere said about education, intelligence, foolishness and wisdom; that a learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool. Apart from always writing to impress (he hardly makes sense), Ebere appeals to me as the […]

Human beings are politicians by their speech. A John Mason Brown said that nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, a former Governor of Abia State reminds one of a George F. Burns’s statement thus – too bad all the people […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has made “updates, changes and adjustments” to the full list of participants for the national conference he earlier released last week. Confirming the modifications in a statement he released in Abuja on Thirsday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim said they are as follows: Elder Statesmen Dr. Kunle Olajide from Ekiti State replaces Chief Afe Babalola, […]Read More