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Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has charged the military in the country to always do everything possible to protect and nurture the nation’s budding democracy to enable it grow and benefit all Nigerians. The Governor made the call while hosting the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Kenneth Minimah, at the Lagos House, Marina on […]

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State Professor Selina Okoh, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has decided that only those who have Permanent Voter Card (PVC), would be eligible to vote in 2015 general elections. She said although INEC cancelled the initial date for the distribution of the cards in […]

Finally, Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan  on Tuesday met with parents and relatives of some of the Chibok schoolgirls who were kidnapped by men of the dreaded Islamic extremist sect, Boko Haram since 14th April. The meeting was held behind closed doors after a brief prayer delivered in front of the media. The meeting also had […]

Former Nigerian Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to pull the brakes on his administration’s runaway train of impunity in the interest of Nigeria’s survival and the sustenance of the nation’s democracy. In a statement issued in Kaduna on Sunday, General Buhari said the recent induced impeachment or threats of […]Read More

Just a month to his 76th birthday, Dr. Rilwanu Lukman, Nigeria’s former Minister of Petroleum and one-time Secretary-General of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), is dead. Lukman died at 1am Nigerian time on Monday in Vienna, Austria of an undisclosed ailment. His death has been confirmed by family sources. According to the sources, the […]

Men of the State Security Service (SSS) on Monday arrested and temporarily detained former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, seizing her passport and other travelling documents. Ezekwesili, a former Vice President of the World Bank (Africa Division), was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on her way to London for an appearance on […]

Members of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Monday morning impeached their Speaker, Rt. Hon. Chukwuma Nwazunku. The Speaker was impeached after 18 out of the 24 lawmakers of the House voted in favour of the impeachment motion moved by Hon. Frank Onwe, and seconded by the Minority Leader, Hon. Enyi Enyi. He was […]

…Pronounces Death on All His Opponents     The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio has rained curses on governorship aspirants who have not received endorsements from him for the 2015 governorship election in the state, referring to them as enemies who betrayed him. He equally pronounced death on all his perceived opponents, stating […]

The sudden reversal of his concession of the defeat he suffered in the 21st June 2014 governorship election in Ekiti state to People’s Democratic Party by the outgoing governor of Ekiti state has been said to be one of the elements of democratic illiteracy of Governor Kayode Fayemi and political inconsistency of his party, the […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the National Assembly to properly scrutinise what it described as the “puzzling request” by President Goodluck Jonathan for $1 billion loan to fight the insurgent group Boko Haram, saying the administration has no business borrowing money if it had accounted for the $20 billion in oil funds or […]

…Says APC is a party for all Nigerians Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led federal government against the dangerous tactics of polarising the country along fault lines as a means of diverting the attention of Nigerians from its ineptitude and apathetic posture to corruption and insecurity. Reacting to […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has expressed dismayed at the attitude of all the 36 Nigerian state governors, saying they have provoked  a paralysing strike in the country’s judiciary as a result of their refusal to obey an order of the Federal High Court presided over by Justice A.F.A Ademola in Abuja. President of the […]