Jonathan meets Anyaoku, PAC over Insecurity Challenges
As a means of stemming the effects of Nigeria’s current security challenges on the nation’s foreign relationships, President Goodluck Jonathan has held a meeting with former Secretary General of Commonwealth,…
Republic Of The Mind And Thralldom Of Fear
I have a cloud of sadness within me as I speak. It has to do with an absence, a non-event which, both as a product in itself and as the…
Tinubu, Nyako and APC’s Appeal to Violence
It is quite unsettling that the leaders of the leading opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC), have decided to self-destruct. They are doing their best in putting the wrong foot…
Okonjo-Iweala, Dangote among World’s Most Influential
American weekly magazine TIME, has named the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance of Nigeria, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in its 2014 TIME 100, an annual list of…
Editorial: The Presidency & Nyako; Matters Arising
The rather combative riposte by the Presidency to the reckless, divisive and inflammatory memo by Adamawa Governor, Murtala Nyako, wherein he accused the Jonathan administration of committing genocide in the…
Missing School Girls: APC Urges Jonathan to Cancel Adamawa Rally
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to cancel the political rally being planned for him by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, scheduled for…
Tinubu Worries over Fairness in 2015 Election
Former Governor of Lagos State and chieftain of APC, Asiwaju Bola Hammed Tinubu has expressed fears over the fairness of the forthcoming general elections in 2015, saying excessive love of…
Governors, Senators, others Who Defect to Lose Seats — Confab
The National Conference Committee on Political Parties and Electoral Matters has recommended that all elected and appointed office holders in the country who defect from their political parties to another…
Matters Arising from Ekiti & Osun PVC Distribution, Continuous Voter Registration
Preparatory to the governorship election in Ekiti State scheduled for 21st June, 2014, and that in Osun State fixed for 9th August, 2014, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recently…
Jonathan, Governors, Others Hold Expanded Meeting on NSC
President Goodluck Jonathan is currently holding an expanded meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) with state governors, heads of the various security agencies and para-military organisations. The meeting commenced…