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National Judicial Council (NJC) on Monday wielded the stick, ordering Acting Chief Judge of Abia State, Justice Shadrack O.E. Nwanosike to proceed on compulsory retirement for falsifying his age. Several other judges are also on their way out of the bench for non-performance, the NJC said.  In a statement signed by Soji Oye, Ag director, […]

The decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister Reverend Chris Okotie’s Fresh Democratic Party (FDP) has been voided by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Delivering the judgement, Justice Gabriel Kolawole held that INEC acted unconstitutionally by exercising its powers to deregister the party without offering fair hearing to the party, […]

United Bank for Africa Plc, one of the largest financial institutions in Africa, with presence in 18 African countries and three global financial centers has continued with its impressive results for the financial year with a profit of N33.2bn, for the half year ended June 30, 2013, representing an increase of 9.2%, over the N30.4bn, […]

President Goodluck Jonathan hasn’t yet decided if he will run for the 2015 presidential election or not, the Presidency said on Monday. Reacting during a radio programme, Factfile on Raypower, to allegations that the president’s 2015 ambition has been heating up the polity, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati […]

Majority Leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd is already going blind in police custody, Deputy Speaker of the House, Leyii Kwanee has said. Speaking in Port Harcourt at the weekend, Kwanee lamented that despite his condition, his colleagues have not be allowed to see him. “Chidi Lloyd was blindfolded. He was tortured […]

Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will continue to retain his office despite dissent from five northern governors because President Goodluck Jonathan cannot unilaterally remove him, Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Ahmed Gulak said on Sunday.  In a meeting on Saturday with the president, Governor of Adamawa State, […]

Honourable Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has predicted that Blessing Okagbare may emerge the world champion in the women’s 100m race in the forthcoming IAAF World Championship in Russia If she maintains her current form. Abdullahi gave this analysis in the light of Okagbare’s latest victory, […]

Honourable Minister of Sports and Chairman of the National Sports Commission (NSC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi has congratulated the home-based Super Eagles for qualifying for the CAF African Nations Championship (CHAN) taking place in January 2014 South Africa. The team qualified for the championship for the first time ever after a 4-3 aggregate win over the home-based Elephants of […]

I expressed my concerns about the issue of paedophilia and child brides in Nigeria quite extensively in an essay that I wrote last week titled ”A Nation Of Perverts and Paedophiles” which was widely published and which attracted a lot of rejoinders and commentries from other writers and commentators from both sides of the divide. […]

A Pastor once told his congregation: “Next week, I plan to preach about the sin of lying. To help you understand my sermon, I want you all to read Mark 17.” The following Sunday, as he prepared to deliver his sermon, the Pastor asked for a show of hands to know how many people had […]

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) says the All Progressives Congress (APC) has met all the requirements to consummate its merger, hence the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has no defensible reason not to approve its registration.  In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party expressed optimism that despite […]

The recent crisis in River state is still causing some reactions and fallout in the political cycle and among the growing army of critics and public commentators. The involvement of both parties in the dispute and their level of culpability has been extensively debated and analysed by public commentators and some prominent citizens who are […]