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The Punch Newspaper recently carried a report titled “CBN Defended Naira with $26.6bn in 2013.”  The report, apparently obtained from the Central Bank’s website, indicated that this amount was sold to currency dealers in 94 foreign exchange Dutch Auctions between January and December 2013. Indeed, in consonance with Lamido Sanusi’s promise to maintain stability, the […]Read More

…Amaechi Was the Target The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed shock at Sunday morning’s shooting of Senator Magnus Abe — the senator representing Rivers South East in the National Assembly and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) — and Chief Tony Okocha, the chief of staff to […]

The Committee on Finance of the Federal House of Representatives has accused Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. (Mrs.) Nogozi Okonjo-Iweala of toying with the memory of Nigerians. The committee recalled that the minister was reluctant to leave the sitting of the committee in December, instead wanting to answer all the […]

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur has urged ex-president Olusegun Obasanjo to reconsider plans of dumping the party, saying PDP still needs his fatherly aura and political experience. Obasanjo had written Tukur and President Goodluck Jonathan on 7th January 2014, threatening to withdraw his involvement with the party over the appointment […]

Today Sunday January 12, 2014, Rivers State witnessed another senseless attack on innocent citizens in a continuous rape of democracy by the Joseph Mbu led Rivers State police command. Today’s attack on members of the Save Rivers Movement, a non governmental association at the College of Arts and Science, Rumuola, Port Harcourt Rivers State and […]

The former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu is one man who recognises the strength in others on the serving-dish of selflessness. Being a talented man and a master strategist, he recognises geniuses. As an accomplished businessman and politician, in earnest, he recognises who gets the credit. Recognising the abilities of others who […]

Chief Buruji Kashamu, the man for whom Obasanjo has threatened to withdraw his involvement with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has replied the accusations against him, describing the former president as a hypocrite bemoaning his loss of relevance in the south-west zone. In a letter dated 7th January 2014 and copied President Goodluck Jonathan, Obasanjo […]

Scriptures declare, Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:  That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we (Jews and Gentiles) might receive the promise of the Spirit through […]

“Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy, but of how we are to be worthy of happiness.” – Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher (1724-1804), in Critique of Practical Reason. This year, 2014, will be among the most politically active in Nigeria’s modern history. Expectations are high in the Nigerian polity and […]

In another letter to the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), former President Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that he is considering withdrawing from the activities of the party both at the state and national level. The letter, dated 7th January 2014 and copied President Goodluck Jonathan, portrayed Obasanjo’s frustration at the way the PDP […]

Mr. Surendra Bhagwandass, a Base Maintenance Manager at Caverton Helicopters, on Friday resigned his appointment over non-payment of salaries and unfair treatment of Nigerian workers in the company. The company is alleged not to have paid the salaries of its Nigerian workers for December 2013. In an email to the management of Caverton, Bhagwandass claimed […]

Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have passed a vote of no confidence on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the national chairman of the embattled party. In a report they presented to President Goodluck Jonathan at a late-night meeting on Friday, they warned that the party would lose the 2015 […]