Atiku Queries Timing of National Dialogue
Erstwhile Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar has described plans for the convocation of a national dialogue as a welcome idea but expressed worries over the nearness of the plan to the 2015…
Gunmen Kidnap Father of Cross River Deputy Governor
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Etubom Essien Cobham, father of Deputy Governor of Cross Rivers State, Efiok Cobham. Pa Cobham was abducted on Friday morning at about 1am in his house…
FG, States, LGs Split N1.196trn Arrears
Many states of the federation, which were unable to meet their fiscal obligations due to inability of the Federal Government to disburse three months arrears of the usual monthly allocation,…
FG, States, LGs Split N1.196trn for August and September
Many states of the federation, which were unable to meet their fiscal obligations due to inability of the Federal Government to disburse three months arrears of the usual monthly allocation,…
Abia: A Land of Agberos
Those who have not been to Abia State would swallow all that they read in the media from the government of Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji, line, hook and sinker, oblivious…
Anambra :Presidency Promises Free, Fair Governorship Election
The governorship election in Anambra State on 14th November 2013 will be free, fair, transparent and credible beyond the standards set with the most recent elections in Ondo and Edo…
Jonathan’s National Conference and The True Believers
Permit me to begin this contribution with the words of Senator Femi Okorounmu who is the Chairman of the President’s Advisory Commitee on the National Conference. In the February 12th…
National Conference: Matters Arising
During his Independence Day broadcast on October 1, President Goodluck Jonathan announced to a somewhat surprised nation his intention to facilitate a “national dialogue” on the future of Nigeria. To…
PDP Crisis:Court Throws Out nPDP’s Suit against Tukur
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday dismissed a suit brought by the faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chaired by Alhaji Abubakar Baraje seeking an…
Ali Baba and His 27 Thieves in Imo State (2)
In my last article I talked about Ali Baba the character from the medieval Arabic literature Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.In the literature story Ali Baba encountered 40 thieves…