PDP Fine-tunes Plans to Impeach Amaechi… As NSA Quiz Ibim Semenitari
There is no respite for beleaguered Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi, as barely 48 hours after the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to him was…
US Supreme Court ruling undermines Justice in Niger Delta human rights case
Amnesty International has said the Supreme Court decision yesterday dismissing the closely-watched case of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Copany is a severe blow on victims of human rights abuses…
Jonathan Sends Pension Reform, Chemical Weapons Prohibition Bills to Senate
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday forwarded the Pension Reform Bill as well as the Chemical Weapons Prohibition Bill to the upper legislative chamber for consideration and promulgation into law. The…
ACN, Presidency Bicker over Jonathan’s Visit to Lagos
President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to Ogun State through Lagos on Thursday is being feared by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) as capable of negatively affecting its convention scheduled for…
My Bloodlines-The Fulani Connection
My maternal grandfather was a great and powerful muslim cleric and scholar by the name of Sheik Nurudeen Sa’ Id. He was from Ilesha. He was was also a civil…
Akwa Ibom, zoning and politics of blackmail
Editor: One of the most remarkable statements that the Governor of Akwa Ibom State Chief Godswill Akpabio made during the National Good Governance Tour was his bold declaration that in…
Amaechi’s timidity theory
Since Mr. Chibuike Amaechi, the Governor of Rivers State and Chairman, Nigerian Governors’ Forum, spoke about the timidity of Nigerians and the impossibility of a revolution, many people have gone…
Jonathan Announces 26-Man Amnesty Committee for Boko Haram
President Goodluck Jonathan has constituted a Presidential Committee to define comprehensive and workable framework for dialoguing with leaders of the Boko Haram sect and resolving the country’s insecurity issues. Speaking…
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s orders sack of NEMA spokesperson over article
Overbearing Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Minister of Information, Labaran Maku are not in the best of terms following the insistence of the…
Bayelsa Realizes N.8bn from Fundraising Dinner for AMAA
About N.8bn was realized at the fundraising event for the hosting of the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Award, (AMAA) in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. This amount, expected to boost…