The Inside Story Behind the Obasanjo-Jonathan rapprochement
The political chase game has started once more in the wake of last Sunday’s meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo. The stakes are high; so high…
2015: Opposition Governors Endorse Merger for Parties
Top figures of opposition political parties on Tuesday converged on Lagos State to hold a closed-door meeting that lasted for several hours. The highpoint of the meeting was the endorsement…
Bakare under Flak for Comments on El-Rufai’s Jesus Tweets
Pastor and Founder of Latter Rain Christian Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare has been criticised by an association of 13 church denominations within the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) for his…
Trial of Jigawa Governor’s Son begins March 18th
Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year-old son of Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge of…
Mali: NSA Urges Nigerians to Protect Interest Worldwide
National Security Adviser (NSA) Col Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has warned Nigerians to take additional security measures in protecting their interests worldwide, following threats by Malian terrorist gangs to attack countries…
LASTMA Officials Dying of High Blood Pressure — Opeifa
LASTMA Officials Dying of High Blood Pressure — Opeifa Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Kayode Opeifa has revealed that officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) are increasingly…
Ihejirika Disappointed by Alleged Ethnic Cleansing in Army
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Onyeabo Azubuike Ihejirika is disappointed with reports of alleged ethnic cleansing and victimisation in the Nigerian Army and will appropriately address the matter…
Opposition`s Assessment of Our Performance is Unfair – Presidency
Repeated claims by the opposition on the “cluelessness” of President Goodluck Jonathan are baseless, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe has said. Addressing a…
Oby Vs Government: The Pot And The Kettle
Public discourse recently focused on the charge by Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili (Oby), a former Senior Assistant and Minister in Ex-President Obasanjo’s administration, that the Yar’Adua/Jonathan Presidency had frittered away accumulated…
Constitution amendment my foot
From the perspective of the intriguing phalanx of erudite advocates of a brand-new constitution, there has always been a robust feeling that it won’t be long before the flawed wagon…