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Rising from a meeting on Friday evening in Abuja, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the supplementary election for the Anambra State governorship seat would now hold on Saturday, 30th November 2013. This is to ensure that the exercise is conducted in the 65 units where it was cancelled recently, although some of […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan on Friday defied the prescription of competent physicians and graced the international Investors Council Meeting holding at the Hilton Park Lane in London. Excerpts of a statement issued by Dr. Reuben Abati, Thursday had said that “the president is sick, and has been advised by medical practitioners in London to rest for a few days.” Jonathan […]Read More

Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar has announced the redeployment of seven senior officers of the Force, comprising five assistant inspectors-general of police and two commissioners. However, the redeployment did not affect Joseph Mbu, commissioner of police in Rivers State, despite the calls for his transfer from the state following his role in the crisis […]

 “Between an agenda for a national restructuring and 2015 presidential election, my priority will be the convocation of a sovereign national conference.” – Ayo Opadokun Like many Nigerians I am suspicious of the national conference or dialogue proposed by President Goodluck Jonathan. But unlike some of those who have expressed their apprehension about the conference, […]

The breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday restated its earlier stance that the suspended members of the group will not appear before the party’s disciplinary committee. Court-reinstated PDP National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola; National Chairman of NPDP, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje; National Deputy Chairman of NPDP, Dr. Sam Sam Jaja; and […]

Many previous attempts to reposition and entrench values in the public service yielded nothing. So, the assurances given Wednesday, in Abuja, by Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, while inaugurating the Steering Committee on Public Service Reforms (SCR) sounded like another ventilation of gas that could not have raised any […]

The Bayelsa State Government has strongly condemned the constant recourse to lawlessness and brigandage often exhibited by some known criminal gangs, cult leaders and their fellow cultists, and funded by political opponents who have formed the habit of blocking federal highways and infringing on the rights of law abiding citizens.  According to Special Adviser to […]

Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke has revealed that the Federal Government is currently articulating a scheme of compensation and rehabilitation for victims of Boko Haram attacks. Speaking at the third plenary of the 12th Session of the Assembly of State Parties, World Forum Theatre, The Hague, Adoke […]

Poised to fight on against the refusal of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to outright cancel the recently conducted governorship election in Anambra State despite public condemnation of the exercise, the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday formally petitioned INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, seeking the cancellation of the election and the organisation of a fresh […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, who is on a trip to London for Nigeria’s Honorary International Investors’ Council meeting, has suffered an illness that prevented him from attending the opening session of the meeting on Thursday. A statement issued on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the president is sick, and […]

Enugu State Government House has always been associated with acts that suggest cycles of wife hostage, wife sacking and wifeless tenures of governors. During the era of the charismatic Governor Jim Nwobodo, it is a well-known fact that his first wife never surfaced at the Government House. The duo had fallen apart and Jim remained […]

Not too long ago, while glancing through one of the social media platforms for further details and information on the gloomy election recently held in Anambra state, this writer came across a bold comment from someone who warned harsh critics of everything that has come to typify Nigeria of firstly removing the specks in their […]