Rejoinder: I was offered N3bn to impeach Okorocha
I noted with dismay the recent media publication credited to the Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly Rt. Hon Benjamin Uwajumogu wherein the Speaker claimed that the Presidency…
Rivers State Assembly Sacks Council Chairman
Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Hon. Timothy Onwubueliri Nsirim, the vice chairman and all 17 councilors representing the 17 electoral Wards in the council have been…
Jonathan Clueless, Administration Rudderless, Tinubu Insists
Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Chief Bola Tinubu on Monday described the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan as lacking clarity to lead the country or solve its…
Rights Groups Adamant on Resisting Fuel Price Hike
Civil society groups in Lagos have vowed to remain resolute in their objection to the removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration. The groups warned the government not…
Nigerian Activists and Politics: How Serious?
Sometimes in 2004, at an interactive session with Mr. Rodrigo de Rato, then visiting Managing Director of International Monetary Fund (IMF), a member of President Obasanjo’s economic team who was…
Dangote upbeats on Nigeria Economic potential
The present challenges facing the country notwithstanding, the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote has reassured of more investments in the country just as he stressed his unwavering faith in…
Jonathan Orders Investigation of Baga Killings … DHQ Confirms Killing of 25 Boko Haram Members
Having received preliminary briefings from the Military High Command on the incident, President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday ordered full-scale investigations into reports of high civilian casualties in the confrontation between…
A Word For Our Leaders
On the 20th April 1653 (exactly 360 years ago to the day that I am writing this essay) Oliver Cromwell, who was the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland…
The Many Lies of Olusegun Aganga
Nigeria’s Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Oluseguin Aganga is fast making a career out of voodoo economic projections and spurious job promises. With degrees from Nigeria’s premier University of…
CBN to Switch from Polymer Notes to Paper
Beginning from the middle of this year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will stop printing currencies in polymer, and the N5, N10, N20 and the N50 notes would be…