2015: Anenih wants Automatic PDP Tickets for Jonathan, Governors
Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih has urged the ruling party to hand automatic tickets to President Goodluck Jonathan, as…
Rival NGF Faction Meets Jonathan
Governor of Plateau State, Jonah Jang on Friday led the breakaway faction of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) under his chairmanship and comprising 14 state governors to a closed-door meet…
Governor Rotimi Amaechi: The ‘Oppression’ of the Dictator?
Today, Governor Amaechi and some of his aides, aided by a section of the media have gone all out to portray Rotimi Amaechi as the oppressed Governor who is currently…
Holes in the House Report
The House of Representatives’ committees on Justice and Aviation on Thursday submitted a 12-page report on the grounding of Bombardier B700 Global Express (N565RS) said to belong to the Rivers…
Country Reports on Terrorism 2012
This report provides the Department of State’s annual, statutorily mandated assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that transpired in 2012, including country-by-country breakdowns of foreign government counterterrorism cooperation,…
Jonathan’s half-time: The hard facts
We began the assessment of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration by listing a number of the campaign promises he made in 2011 and added that the achievement of those promises was…
Banks to Face Probe over Federation Revenue
The Committee on Non-oil Revenue on Monitoring of Banks’ Compliance of the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on Thursday revealed its recent discovery of a wide range of…
JTF Arrests Three Lebanese, Uncovers Bomb Warehouse
Three Lebanese suspected to be in charge of the large cache of arms uncovered in Kano State have been arrested by the Joint Security Task Force (JTF). According to Brig.-Gen.…
Editorial: That Jonathan Democracy Day Address
The Democracy Day commemoration speech by President Goodluck Jonathan was disappointing for failing to accurately capture the state of the nation. It was obvious that the President wanted to paint…
Reps Okay 14-Year Imprisonment for Same-Sex Couples
The Federal House of Representatives has endorsed a 14-year prison term for Nigerians who commit same-sex marriage. In addition, anyone who directly or indirectly publicly displays same-sex relationships will be…