NWC Members Urge Jonathan to Ease Tukur out
Members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have passed a vote of no confidence on Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, the national chairman of the embattled…
President Jonathan and Governor Sanusi In Nigerian Politics
I am on record for calling on Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to resign his post as the governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank. I want to be on record as one…
Amaechi and the agony of democracy in Rivers
For some time now, the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. If he is not abusing or making jest…
Why DTHA Will Give Speedy Consideration To 2014 Appropriation Bill —Ochei
THE Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA), Engr. Victor Ochei, recently fielded questions from The POINTER crew of Monday Uwagwu, Sam Ijeh and Iteveh Ekpokpobe, in which he responded…
Jonathan Directs Release of 167 Imprisoned Boko Haram Suspects
A total of 167 persons being held in detention for suspected terrorist activities in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe are to be released in compliance with an…
N2.6bn fraud: Court Foils Bid to Stop Trial of Former Oyo HOS
The application for stay of proceeding in the trial of erstwhile Oyo State Head of Service, Alhaja Kudirat Adeleke and 11 others has been dismissed by a High Court in…
NNPC Explains $10.8bn Expenditure
…Says Spending backed by Law The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday offered further clarifications on the $10.8bn believed to have been missing. Speaking at a press conference, Group…
Akwa Ibom Guber 2015: The Awaited Consesus
At about 6:01pm on the 16th day of April 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee, USA, a sniper, through the smoking nozzle of a Remington 760 Gamemaster took…
The Quality of a Good Politician in a Democratic Society
My little Oxford dictionary defines politician as “person engaged or interested in politics” and politics as “science and art of government; political affairs or life or principles etc.” Politics consists…
APC Scared of Me, Says Ladoja
Former Governor of Oyo state, Chief Rashidi Ladoja has declared that the recent overtures made to him by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state are proof that…