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The Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson has signed into law a 2013 supplementary budget of N42.2bn after its passage by the legislative arm of Government. The budget is aimed at covering the expenditure that were not covered in the main budget. Commending the legislators for their understanding and cooperation, the Governor disclosed that the […]

It is unfortunate that a former president of Nigeria that we have so much respect and hold in high regards has disappointed the entire nation of Nigeria by displaying symptoms of a political loser, who whines, complains, boils and does nothing to change the situation. What is wrong if President Goodluck Jonathan chooses to exercise […]

Olusegun Obasanjo’s damning letter to President Goodluck Jonathan must rank as the most narcissistic (and the narcissism of our rulers is legendary) action of any Nigerian ruler in recent times. In the 18-page diatribe, Obasanjo took President Jonathan to task for his handling of corruption, insecurity, and the crisis in the ruling People’s Democratic Party […]

Dr. Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity) has described as unbecoming,self serving and highly provocative a letter authored  by former President Olusegun Obasanjo. In his words, “We have noted the publication on several websites today of a letter recently written by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.” “The Presidency […]

The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) is warning Nigerians to be on high alert after the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) issued an order advising the faceless group, which identifies itself as the Nigerian Online Publishers Association (NOPA); to desist from conducting any activities in the name of Nigerian online publishers, as it amounts to […]

  “It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer.” —William Blackstone (1723 – 1780) British jurist. Please when solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves. If I can reflect back my memory, it was in 2006, that a similar incident happened, whereby six innocent Igbo […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has been elected as Alternate President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) for one year, at the 164th meeting of organisation at Vienna, Austria. A statement posted on OPEC’s website also announced the election of the Dr. Abdel Bari Ali Al-Arousi, Libya’s Minister of Oil […]

Dear President, Before You Send Social Media Critics/Bloggers To Kirikiri Prison   Your Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan GCFR, I Salute you Sir. I hope you will take this article as a mere expression of what I feel about a pressing issue and not just another social media critic. I come to you as […]

Not a whole lot of positive news rushes out of Nigeria – especially lately, but one of the things we got absolutely right was our determined leadership and our drive in the pursuit of the emancipation of the Black man.  Nigeria was right on point in its dogged fight for the liberation of all Africans, […]

The Nerve of  Kaita, The Shame of Mohammed     In the last few days the following contributions from two eminent personalities have inflammed passions and been the topic of heated debate all over the country. The first came from Alhaji Lawal Kaita, a respected elderstatesman and a former Governor of the old Kaduna state […]

The needless controversy and familiar disagreements between the executive and legislative arms of government over budget oil price benchmark that has delayed the 2014 budget presentation is needless, if not contrived. More fundamental, however, is that at the base of the current impasse is the Excess Crude Account (ECA) described as an illegal creation that […]

Nelson Mandela, the revered South African anti-apartheid icon who spent 27 years in prison, led his country to democracy and became its first black president, died Thursday at home. He was 95.