We are Nigerians, but we hate Nigeria. We are Nigerians, but we see nothing...
We are Nigerians, but we hate Nigeria. We are Nigerians, but we see nothing good in Nigeria. I was fifteen years old when the civil war broke out in Nigeria. Although we were living in Ibadan in the...
View ArticleDefection: ‘We never trusted Fani-Kayode’ – says APC Gov
ONE of the governors in the All Progressives Congress states confided in our correspondent on Tuesday that the party never trusted a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, hence the...
View ArticleWHY fuel subsidy should be removed — Mimiko points out
VICE Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko and Ondo State delegate to the National Conference, Professor Femi Mimiko, yesterday, canvassed for the removal of fuel subsidy to stem...
View ArticleWHY Jonathan might be Nigeria’s last president —Igbo leaders
Igbo Leaders of Thought, a group of prominent Igbo political leaders, rose from a meeting in Enugu on Wednesday with a warning that President Goodluck Jonathan may become the last president of one...
View ArticleEVIL THRIVES WHEN PEOPLE LIKE REAGAN ARE ALLOWED FREE REIGN
By Eddie Onuzuruike The piece published by Reagan Ufomba in one of the national dailies on Tuesday May 27, 2014 is at best ludicrous. It is very obvious that Ufomba has not discovered himself. He would...
View ArticleDerivation: How North bullied South to submission
By Ogaga Ifowodo YOU have to hand it to the North. Knowing the extent of the Niger Delta’s sense of injustice through the unconscionable expropriation of its nature-given oil and gas wealth, and...
View ArticleChibok: FG denies rejecting Australia support, says all options being...
National Information Centre (NIC) on Wednesday refuted a report suggesting that it turned down Australia’s offer to send its Special Air Services (SAS) to help in finding the abducted Chibok secondary...
View ArticleJonathan presents N322bn NDDC budget proposal to Senate
BY JOHNBOSCO AGBAKWURU ABUJA — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, presented a budget proposal of N322.6 billion for the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for the 2014 fiscal year to the...
View ArticleREVEALED: Outrageous Pensions of Nigerian Ex- Governors
If you think being a governor is very rewarding, wait until you become an ex-governor ─ you instantly become a state liability for doing virtually nothing. You continue to collect salaries called...
View ArticleFinally laying to rest the mischief of Lamido Sanusi
By Sehinde Omoniyi At last, the Senator Ahmed Markarfi led-Senate Committee on Public Finance has laid to rest the gruesome attempt by the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido...
View ArticleAmaechi warns against impunity
Rivers State Governor Chibuike Amaechi has urged Nigerians to wake up and resist tyranny in any form saying dictatorship is creeping into the polity. Amaechi said although a people deserve the leaders...
View ArticleFG, again urges media blackout on Boko Haram
Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday reiterated its call for a media blackout on terrorist and terror attacks in furtherance of the counter-insurgency campaign against Boko Haram. The Minister of...
View ArticleOduah Denies Incurring N174bn Debt
House asks NCAA to recover N225m bulletproof cars By Shola Oyeyipo The media reports alleging that the Ministry of Aviation under the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, incurred a...
View ArticlePro-Biafra group on mission to topple Enugu govt —CP
BY Tony Edike ENUGU—Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar last night said members of the Biafra Zionist Federation, BZF, who invaded the Enugu State Broadcasting Service, ESBS,...
View ArticlePresident Jonathan Mourns Ado Bayero
President Goodluck Jonathan has joined other Nigerians to mourn the passing of Kano monarch, Ado Bayero. Bayero died in his sleep Friday barely two weeks after he returned from a medical trip overseas....
View ArticleWhat Tambuwal Did To Mbu Over Protest Ban
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Thursday criticised the Commissioner of Police for Abuja, Joseph Mbu, for ordering a ban on protests calling for increased government action...
View ArticleHow Boko Haram massacred over 40 villagers in Borno – Survivor
“They arrived our village, Bardari, at about 9 p.m. and ordered us to gather in front of the village mosque for Islamic preaching.” On Wednesday night, gunmen suspected to be members of the Boko Haram...
View ArticlePlateau lawmakers fail to discuss Governor Jang’s N20 billion corruption...
Mr. Jang was accused of corruption by a group called, Plateau Patriotic Front. The Plateau State House of Assembly on Thursday failed to discuss a 10-page petition sent to the legislature on Governor...
View ArticleAmaechi calls for end to Nigeria Governors Forum crack
Amaechi says Nigeria and the citizens bear the biggest brunt of a fractured forum. The Governor of Rivers State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, Rotimi Amaechi, has called for an end...
View ArticleAccidental Explosion Kills Two at Dankwambo’s Residence
Segun Awofadeji Two soldiers were feared dead yesterday when an armoured tank stationed at the private residence of Governor Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo of Gombe State exploded. Two others were seriously...
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