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On May 14, 2013, when I published an article ‘Fashola: Porting from admirable achievements to peeving policies’, some respondents could have sworn that it was sponsored. Their position was however pardonable because unfortunately, we are in a country where due to the poverty rate, some believe that you can only disagree with an incumbent government […]

With Buhari’s recent announcement to contest the 2015 presidential elections, his cantankerous online supporters and other diehard Buharimaniacs have been reenergized in their strident campaign to market him as the best presidential candidate. The General’s sycophants want us to believe corruption is Nigeria’s number one problem, and Buhari is the solution.   They are dead […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the Federal Government to honour its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in order to end the ongoing strike that has paralysed academic activities in public universities.  APC’s plea is coming as the strike nears its second month, ASUU vowing not to renege till their demands […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has described the country’s huge minerals base as a blessing as every part of the country can prosper from them. Speaking on Monday at the State House during an Interactive Workshop on Solid Minerals Resource Development, Jonathan described the minerals and metal sector as an integral part of hid development agenda, and […]

Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and four other state governors must shun all temptations to overheat the polity, Political Affairs Assistant, Office of the Political Adviser to the President Goodluck Jonathan, Godwin Akpovie has said. Responding to Lamido’s criticism of his boss, Barrister Ahmed Gulak, Akpvie urged all five northern governors to internally resolve […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday announced its opening of a Citizens’ Contact Centre, a facility allowing the general public constant access to the Commission with enquiries and exchange of information. According to Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Idowu, the INEC Citizens Contact Centre (ICCC) is a Situation Room that operates […]

The government of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has lauded President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote for siting a cement plant in that country, promising to provide an enabling atmosphere for the Group and other investors. The commendation, conveyed through a letter from the government of Ethiopia to the President/Chief Executive, came on the […]

It was a stunning revelation made even more spectacular by its brazenness, but the planned decision by the Inspector General of Police, Muhammad Abubakar to transfer all police officers from Port Harcourt, including those attached to Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, will be unprecedented; if and when it is actually implemented. The massive purge of […]

I know the biggest crime is just to throw up your hands and say “This has nothing to do with me, I just want to live as comfortably as I can.” ~ Ani DiFranco I am a man of simple faith. I do not care so much about definitions. When I see that something works […]

What has consistently escaped most Nigerians in this entire travesty is the fact that mediocrity destroys the very fabric of a country…ushering in all sorts of banality, ineptitude, corruption and debauchery. That…is precisely where Nigeria finds itself today! —Chinua Achebe Since the beginning of yet another strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of […]

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, legislators and other top officials of the petroleum and power industries as well as regulators will converge in Lagos on Thursday to chart course for the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and other issues. The event, which is the […]

Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has described Presidential Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe’s recent comments as infantile vituperations that will be anti-productive to President Goodluck Jonathan’s 2015 re-election bid. Speaking as a guest on Liberty Radio’s ‘Guest of the Week,’ Okupe had branded the so-called Save Democracy Tour by five northern governors as […]