Ameobi Ejects Anti-National Team Clause from Newcastle Contract
One-cap Nigerian striker, Shola Ameobi has scrapped the clause in his contract that reportedly prevented his participation at the at the 2013 African Cup of Nations in South Africa, which…
ACN TO PDP: Please Mind Your Business
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the People Democratic Party (PDP) of overstepping its bounds by employing its notoriously crude language to criticise the decision of the party’s…
Government Restores Website Hacked By Gay Rights Activist
Federal Ministry of Information has restored the National web portal, www.nigeria.gov.ng, which was hacked by a cyber-attacker claiming to be protesting the recent law passed by Nigeria’s National Assembly against…
House Smeared by Alleged BOFIA Act Compromise
The Federal House of Representatives is facing allegations of attempting to submerge the bill to repeal and re-enact the Banking and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA). Investigations have revealed the…
INEC to Conduct LG Elections, as Reps Alter Constitution
Members of the Federal House of Representatives have commenced the amendment of the Nigerian constitution with far-reaching decisions that they expect would deepen the country’s democracy and accelerate its development.…
Nigeria and the 2015 Deadline
In 2010 when the drumbeats for the 2011 general elections in Nigeria grew louder, a group of elders in Northern Nigeria, called the Northern Elders Forum, made very threatening noises…
Editorial: Presidential Authority and Justice Adamu Bello
It all seemed a joke when, in 2008, foremost lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo filed a lawsuit naming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Attorney…
2015: Why Buhari matters
We must state unequivocally that we have no illusion about the present order. We do not think that the present system can solve the fundamental crisis in the nation or…
Security Demands Highest Since Civil War — NSA Dasuki
Current security demands in the country are so high that the Military has never been this stressed since the Civil War of 1967 to 1970, National Security Adviser (NSA), Mohammed…
Court Removes Obong of Calabar
Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu (V) has been removed as the grand patriarch of Efik Kingdom by a judgement of the Appeal Court sitting in Calabar, Cross…