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Until recently when the Nobel Committee swiftly presented the 2009 award to President Barack Obama who had just occupied the Oval Office, promising to effect a change in the hawkish, hegemonic and aggressive nature of American foreign policy which the George Bush years exemplified, the Nobel Peace Prize was usually not known for criticisms. Three […]

The Nigeria Football Federation on Monday announced a 10-year ban for former General Secretary of the federation and Executive Committee member, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi and another 15-year ban for former Chairman of the Nigerian Premier League (NPL), Chief Victor Baribote. According to a communiqué released to the media on Monday, the decision to suspend the […]

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has said that it will perform a joint audit of domestic airlines to determine their technical and financial state of health. According to Director-General of NCAA, Captain Fola Akinkuotu who was speaking on Monday during a briefing at the Aviation House, Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, the audit is […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday paid tributes to the former deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Omo Omoruyi, who died earlier in the day after years of battle against cancer. According to Jonathan, Omoruyi’s death is a sad loss to the people of Edo State and Nigeria in general. “President Goodluck Jonathan […]

The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) complement ongoing efforts of the Federal Government to put an end to the exportation of stolen crude oil from Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday. Speaking at an audience with Chairperson of EITI, Ms. Clare Short, Jonathan implored EITI to collaborate with the Federal Government in working to […]

The family of, Gabriel Soriwei, a Nigerian student who was killed in Cyprus last month, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan, the Federal Government and other well-meaning individuals to support its demand for justice and the unravelling of the circumstances surrounding the death of the Nigerian. Twenty-year-old Gabriel, a first-year student of Electrical/Electronic/Engineering at the Cyprus […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday denied zoning any political office in the 2015 general elections, as being speculated by some media houses in the country. There were stories that the party had zoned its vice presidential slot to the South-West instead of the South-East and that the National Leader of the party had started […]

In a recent media interaction, Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State expressed deep concern at the inability of the NNPC to fund the federation account and facilitate payment of monthly allocations to the three tiers of government, especially when crude oil has consistently sold at over $100/barrel in place of the budget benchmark of $79/barrel! […]

In recent months I have had a cause to comment on several issues concerning Rivers State. This is because these happenings have far reaching significance beyond the geographic confines of that state. I am heartened that prominent Nigerians like former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka and eminent jurist, […]

When the soap is dirty, what shall be used in washing it. Nigeria is a beautiful land; that’s a statement of fact. We take everything and anything, infact sarcastically we take nothing. We go to bed and wake, what we see, we take, questions are not asked and when asked, very little comes by way […]

The breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chaired by Alhaji Abdullahi Baraje on Sunday described the constitution of a disciplinary committee by the faction of PDP led by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur as a mere attempt to witch-hunt the progressive members of the ‘new’ PDP and a further proof of the lack of desire […]

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Sunday produced a rare away win in the first leg of the final round of qualifiers for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup. The Ethiopians went ahead in the 56th minute after Behalu Assefa attempted to send a cross into the opponent’s area, but Vincent Enyeama misjudged the ball, […]