Emergency Rule: Reps Strip Jonathan of Rights to State, LG Funds.
The Federal House of Representatives on Tuesday overturned its earlier decision to grant President Goodluck Jonathan control over funds of state and local governments in the three states under his…
Bishop Peter Okpalaeke – A Titular Bishop
On December 7, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Monsignor Peter Okpalaeke of Awka Diocese in Anambra State, as the Bishop-elect of the Episcopal See of Ahiara Mbaise Diocese. .Fr. Okpalaeke…
Boko Haram Winning War against Military, Leader Claims
In its first video since the declaration of a state of emergency in three states of the troubled northern region, the Boko Haram Islamist sect has released a video in…
EFCC arrests NFF VP
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the Vice President of the Nigerian Football Federation, Mr. Mike Umeh for being an alleged accomplice in a money laundering case.…
Aturu, Lagos Assembly Slam Jonathan, PDP over Amaechi
Fiery lawyer, Bamidele Aturu and the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday tongue-lashed President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for attempting to make the Governor of…
Group Wants Jonathan’s Accountability for N700bn four-Month Spending
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has requested President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently provide information on his administration’s spending of N700bn borrowed between December 31, 2012 and April 30,…
Editorial: Governors Forum and Presidential Impunity
It has been said that those whom the gods want to destroy; they first of all drive them mad. This time-worn expression best describes the Presidency in their running battle…
El-Rufai & his unemployed daughters
Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai , is not only a restyled ‘ ruffler of feathers’ and ‘accidental civil servant society’ but now also an accidental activist. At a lecture organized recently…
PDP Suspends Gov. Rotimi Amaechi
Pro Jonathan governors, opposed to Gov. Rotimi Amaechi`s re-election as chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum has made good its promise to frustrate him out of the party. To which…
NGF, Akpabio And The Limits Of Political Rascality
What shall we call it? Was it just a simple coup at the dusk, an authoritarian flight of fancy that came crashing, Rotimi Amaechi’s second coup, Friday night abracadabra or…