Senators Meet Amaechi Over Rivers Crisis
Some senators on Tuesday had a close-door session with embattled Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi over the lingering crisis that has engulfed the State. Currently, the State House of…
Breakaway PDP Actions Justified – Anenih
Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih on Tuesday admitted that leading figures of the party who broke away on Saturday…
INEC Victim of Extreme Partisan Politics, Promises Credible 2015 Elections
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has responded to growing media reports alleging series of financial malpractice against Chairman Attahiru Jega and other leading officers. According to the commission, these…
PDP Affirms Umar As Acting Governor, But…
The fact-finding committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on the health condition of Governor of Taraba State, Danbaba Suntai has affirmed that Alhaji Garba Umar should continue as Acting…
How CBN Makes Its Money
In view of the apparently ‘boundless’ funds at the disposal of Nigeria’s Central Bank for its independent interventions, observers, including the National Assembly, have frowned at the propriety and the…
SSS Hand Stowaway Boy to Edo Officials
The State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday transferred Daniel Ohikhena, the 13-year-old boy who hid in the tyre compartment of an Arik airplane to fly to Lagos from Benin, to…
How Lagos Broke Its Own Laws on Deportation
In a recent intervention on the illegal deportation of beggars and the destitute by Lagos, Anambra and some other state governments, I demanded for a new urban renewal policy that…
UBA Positions For PAN African Banking Leadership
United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the Pan-African bank with operations in 19 African countries and New York, London and Paris, announces the launch of Project Alpha – the Group’s…
One- Fourth of Nigerian Senators Backs New PDP
The new PDP, led by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar,Monday, received a boost, as one- fourth of the members of the Nigerian upper legislative arm, the Senate, has lined up…
Editorial: PDP and Democratic Principles
The turn of events which saw the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), broke into two major factions during its mini-convention last weekend, in Abuja, is disgraceful and totally condemnable, to…