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Governor of Rivers State, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has said he is being persecuted by Dame Patience Jonathan, Nigeria’s First Lady, simply because of his desire to provide an environment conducive to learning for the children of Okrika, Mrs. Jonathan’s home town. Amaechi, who spoke when members of the Niger Delta Bishops’ Forum visited […]

Renowned Nigerian investor and entrepreneur, Dr. Ayoola Oba Otudeko CFR, who is set to clock 70 on the 18th August 2013, has opted for a quiet, low key celebration. In line with his personal philosophy of modesty, Dr. Otudeko has requested that no media advertisements or messages of any kind be published to congratulate him; […]

General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Dr. Musa Asake has refuted media reports that he cleared Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar of any wrongdoing in allegation of forceful conversion of a daughter of a pastor, Charity Uzoechina to islam. In a statement released on Friday, Asake denied ever granting any interview […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday confirmed with ease Mr. Ayo Gbeleyi, a nominee of the state governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola for the position of Finance Commissioner. Until his appointment as a replacement for Adetokunbo Abiru, who resigned his appointment during the week, Gbeleyi was Special Adviser on Public Private Partnership to the […]

The verbal war between Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi and Governor of Lagos State Babatunde Fashola over the latter’s deportation of some Anambra indigenes is taking a new dimension as Governor Obi has threatened a reprisal while Fashola has warned him against heating up the polity. The Lagos State Government began the deportation of […]

No topic has generated as much interest in the ongoing bogus constitution amendment process as the issue of local government autonomy. That we have embarked on wholesale amendment 14 years after we were handed a constitution by the military high command is a measure of the instability in the polity. A constitution or the process […]

Chief E. K. Clark may not be the most popular politician in the country. There are people who dread him for his harsh criticisms. They do everything to avoid him. Clark could hound anybody no matter how well or highly placed. He is the old man of Nigerian politics and sometimes the politicians don’t know […]

Multi-National Joint Task Force, MNJTF, has foiled plan by a band of terrorists who relocated to Niger Republic to rearm and attack some border villages in Nigeria. A band of terrorists were said to be remobilizing and arming insurgents with the aim of carrying out fresh terrorists attacks on some Nigerian communities. The Defence Headquarters […]

The increased electricity tariff by the Federal Government, under the new tariff regime otherwise known as Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO), without any corresponding improvement in power supply to warrant such an increase, is unfair to Nigerians and provocative. It is inappropriate, insensitive and anti-people; a sad commentary on Nigeria, coming amid the recent disclosure by […]

To actualise his ambition of becoming the Governor of Anambra State through the 2014 governorship election in the State, former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Charles Soludo, has decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). Soludo, who had contested the seat in 2010 under […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday confirmed that it has registered the All Progressives Congress (APC). The announcement was contained in a statement by the Secretary to the commission, Abdullahi A. Kaugama. The statement said: “The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has approved the application by three political parties – the Action Congress of […]

His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON has approved the appointment of a new Secretary to the State Government with immediate effect. He is Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel who hails from Onna Local Government Area of Eket Senatorial District, Akwa Ibom State. Mr. Emmanuel, a great Ibibio son […]