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The All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP) are currently accusing themselves over a recent attack on members of the APC in Abia State, who were injured while holding a meeting. In a statement issued in Lagos by National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, APC accused the PDP of using thugs to […]

Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Usman Gangara and his deputy, Dogara Mato have been impeached, as Vice President Namadi Sambo continues his onslaught against members of the party in the state not loyal to him. Both principal officers are members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Giwa East and Lere constituencies, […]

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: each year we come together to reaffirm the founding vision of this institution. For most of recorded history, individual aspirations were subject to the whims of tyrants and empires. Divisions of race, religion and tribe were settled through the sword and the clash of armies. […]

The report the other day, that some 3,936 Nigerian doctors; most of them trained in Nigeria, are now practicing in the United Kingdom is lamentable and most embarrassing to the country. Added to the estimated 4,000 Nigerian doctors practicing in the USA, the bad news was one more reminder, if at all another was needed, […]

It was an unusual press conference taking place in an unusual location conducted by unusual people. They were dressed in military camouflage, clutching AK47 rifles and were in a village square. Though they were masked, the wild excitement and intermittent ovation they drew from the crowd betrayed either some level of familiarity or endorsement. They […]

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, on Monday September 23, 2013, re-affirmed the commitment of the EFCC to continue to combat the menace of corrupt practices in the country. He stated this at the opening ceremony of a five-nation Youth Integrity Camp in Lagos. Lamorde, who was […]

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed as “inconsequential and of no effect” the passage of  vote of no confidence on the Chief of Staff to The President, Chief Mike Oghiadiomhe by some aggrieved persons from Edo North Senatorial Zone. PDP leadership in a statement signed by the National […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will contribute N50bn to the Sinking Fund of the Assets Management Corporation (AMCON), Chairman of the Federal House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Currency, Hon. Jones Onyereri has revealed. Onyereri, who was speaking on Monday at a one-day public hearing on a bill to amend the AMCON Act […]

Emerging facts on the November 16, 2013 governorship election in Anambra State shows that the electorate may have unanimously chosenthe Labour Party candidate, Mr. Ifeanyi Ubah as the candidate to win the electoral contest.  The exciting mammoth crowd that graced the occasion at the Holy Trinity Centenary field seems to suggest that Ifeanyi Ubah is […]

Governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi has sacked all his political appointees, including commissioners and other aides.  The sack was announced by the Governor on Monday at the weekly State Executive Council meeting. Those affected include notable figures of the government, such as Secretary to the State Government, Akin Olajide; and Chief of Staff to the State […]

“The other day, a friend narrated a story, which I found stranger than fiction; the story related to the travails of a family who lost a successful and illustrious breadwinner, who, unfortunately, died without a Will.  The family’s elders were consequently entrusted with the responsibility of efficiently managing the estate of the deceased. “In spite […]

The Dangote Foundation has extended its grassroots poverty alleviation scheme to Adamawa and Yobe states with the disbursement of N655 million to 65, 000 vulnerable women and youths in the two states. The disbursement which is aimed at alleviating poverty by empowering the grassroots dwellers financially would ensure 31,500 women and youths across 21 local […]