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The stench of arrogance, lies, deceit and corruption in the government of President Goodluck Jonathan oozes that no amount of image-laundering cologne will cure. Loyalists and aides never forget to remind us that Mr. Jonathan is a good man, a gentleman, a respecter of rule of law, God-sent leader, bla bla. But why would a […]

I was born on October 16th in the year of our Lord 1960 and consequently I celebrated my 53rd birthday last week wednesday. It was a quiet low-key affair in which, as is customary with me, I spent most of the day in fasting, prayer and sober reflection, surrounded by my loved ones, thanking the […]

Lagos-based lawyer and former President of the West African Bar Association (WABA), Femi Falana has joined Nigerians calling for the probe of Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah over allegations of forcing the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to buy her two bulletproof BMW cars at the cost of N255m. Falana, who petitioned the Economic […]

In furtherance of the study of spirit, soul and body, we will take a look at the soul of man.As stated in my previous piece, man is a spirit; he has a soul and lives in a body. The soul is that aspect of man that relates to the mental or intellectual realm, the sensibilities […]

Because Nigeria is a country that promotes mediocrity in all most all facets of its life, people like Mu azu Babangida Aliyu, Murtala Nyako and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso can be smuggled into positions of authority and by implication head institutions and even states courtesy of their godfather Obasanjo. It is on record for example that […]

Following a recent audit of some government-owned petroleum institutions in the country, Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke has sacked 10 senior officials of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). Their sack was announced on Friday in a memo with number PTDF/A&HR/SD/353/V.1/14 and dated October 18, 2013, to the parastatal. The sack of the staff, […]Read More

Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah has been given a 72-hour ultimatum to resign her position and refund the N255 million spent by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to purchase two bullet-proof cars for her. Civil rights group, Anti-Corruption Network (ACN), which made the call in Abuja on Friday during a press briefing on Friday, threatened to […]

As direct fallout from the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Bayelsa State Government and the Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in the United States of America, Government is to set in motion, the modalities for the selection of the first set of beneficiaries for a scholarship programme. A Government House statement, explained that, two persons each […]

The announcement by the Governor of Imo State, Owelle Rochas Anayo Okorocha, that he will re-contest his position in the 2015 general election  generated several headlines and commentaries. Okorocha’s  declaration to contest the next election is in total negation of his position before assumption of office in 2011. At the 2011 Governor’s Debate at the […]

An Abuja High Court has ordered the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chaired by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje to stop parading itself as a parallel faction of the party. Consequently, the court recognised the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party chaired by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as the legitimate leadership of the […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday commiserated with Nigeria’s leading entrepreneur, Alhaji Aliko Dangote on the death of his eldest brother, Alhaji Garba Dangote, which occurred on Thursday in Kano. According to a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the president joined Alhaji Dangote and members of […]

The gunmen who kidnapped Augusta Douglas-Ayam, sister of Special Adviser to the President on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Oronto Douglas, have contacted the family of the victim to demand a princely ransom of N500 million. The 48-year old was kidnapped on Monday evening at Ogbia waterside by nine gunmen camouflaged in Army uniforms, who arrived […]