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Nigerian Islamist fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram was on Wednesday formally designated as a terrorist organisation by the United States of America, putting an end to more than a year of dilly-dallying by the State Department. Asides Boko Haram, which is thought to maintain ties with notorious terrorist group, al-Qaeda, the U.S. also added Boko Haram’s breakaway […]

Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido on Wednesday declared that President Goodluck Jonathan cannot continue to run the Peoples Democratic Party like his business enterprise, as the party is collectively owned. Speaking during an interview session with the Hausa Service of Vision FM Radio in Abuja, Lamido, who is a prominent member of the breakaway faction of […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has received a 16 man delegation from Houston, Texas led by Mr. Val Thompson, President Houston International Trade and Development Council. The delegation, which is in the country to explore trade and investment opportunities, was accompanied by the Consul General of Nigeria in  Atlanta, Ambassador Geoffrey Teneilabe. Ambassador […]

Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has received a 16 man delegation from Houston, Texas led by Mr. Val Thompson, President Houston International Trade and Development Council. The delegation, which is in the country to explore trade and investment opportunities, was accompanied by the Consul General of Nigeria in  Atlanta, Ambassador Geoffrey Teneilabe. Ambassador […]

Human rights lawyer, Barrister Festus Keyamo has petitioned Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar over the murder of Mr. Frank Moses allegedly by Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, Dr. Douglas Ineyi Ekpebu. According to Keyamo, late Comrade Frank Moses — a native of Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, a […]

Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mohammed Abubakar on Wednesday paid a working visit to Awka, Anambra State capital, where he addressed police personnel serving and deployed to the state ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. The IGP warned them to be firm, meticulous and ensure that nothing untoward happens within their areas of jurisdiction, further cautioning the […]

Due to Wednesday’s killing of top member of the union, Prof. Festus Iyayi by a car in the convoy of Governor of Kogi State, Idris Wada, the National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its meeting originally scheduled to hold today in Kano State. This announcement coincided with the […]

For the second time in a month, the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) traditionally held on Wednesdays has been cancelled without an official explanation.  While President Goodluck Jonathan is in Anambra State attending last-minute campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in the state, Vice President Namadi Sambo is presently […]

Akwa Ibom State has come a long way. The state that hitherto wallowed in underdevelopment, poverty, ignorance and illiteracy has, over the last five years or so, meandered its way to the forefront for consideration for the award of the most rapidly developed state. The transformation that has taken place in the state, which the […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has suggested using victims of polio, which is still evident in Nigeria, to fight the disease. Some Nigerians are still sceptical about the oral prevention drug and the governor thinks that looking at the plight of victims could change such hardened people. Fashola gave this suggestion when he […]

I may not be President Goodluck Jonathan’s die-hard or partisan political fan, but I recognize his humane, benevolent, compassionate, sincere, gentle and humble qualities as a man. Whether these are the qualities of the politician who would succeed in leading Nigeria in the 21st Century, I do not know. I recall that in 2011, I […]

The sad turn of events in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with the suspension of key members of the Abubakar Baraje-led splinter group, is another damaging commentary on the abysmal failure of the PDP to meet the very basic requirements of discipline, unity of thought and action. It is also a sickening reflection of […]