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Democracy, as globally understood, is a system where rights of every citizen are not only fundamental to the sustenance of the system but legal, having been made constitutional. These rights include right to life, right to education, right to work, right to shelter, right of association, right to vote and be voted for, freedom of […]

President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday declared that the leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Henry Okah, actually planned to assassinate him on 1st October 2010. Okah is in prison in South Africa for allegedly leading a group that detonated a bomb close to the Eagle Square venue of the […]

“Ah, you know, the chichidodo is a bird. The chichidodo hates excrement with all its soul. But the chichidodo only feeds on maggots, and you know the maggots grow best inside the lavatory. This is the chichidodo.” — Ayi Kwei Armah, The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born (1968).  Professor Wole Soyinka sometimes makes a […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has declared in a statement on Wednesday that he has the support of the people of the Niger Delta and thus would not bother himself over an endorsement of Muhammadu Buhari by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). In the statement signed by presidential spokesman, Reuben Abati, Jonathan […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday said President Goodluck Jonathan is only shedding crocodile tears with his lamentation over the fact that Nigeria has become more divided along religious and ethnic lines today than at any time in its history. “Mr. President, there is no point being sanctimonious about an issue for which you […]

…Carpets Buhari President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria at the flag off campaign rally of his ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came out swinging at his critics on the defining issues of his re-election bid for another four-year term on Thursday, saying electorates, especially youths must judge those joggling for office on issues of security, privatization […]

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) on Thursday re-emphasised its stand to support the presidential election of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the February elections in Nigeria. The statement from MEND is coming on the same day Buhari and the APC train were in Bayelsa State, the […]

Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Co-Ordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has denied allegations by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that President Goodluck Jonathan has wasted Nigeria’s resources, especially the reserves he and late President Umaru Yar’Adua left behind. While commenting during a courtesy visit paid to him by some women leaders association led […]Read More

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of engaging in violence ahead of next month’s general elections, after many supporters of the APC were shot by gunmen while heading to the inaugural campaign of our presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, in Rivers State on Tuesday. In a statement issued in […]

The Katsina State Urban and Regional Planning Board has handed down a three days notice that it would demolish the more than 99 years old Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) Church Headquarters Mission Compound in Mataazu, Mataazu Local Government Area, which also has a school and staff quarters. The decision is already generating tension […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship Primary Election held under the supervision of the King Asara Asara-led PDP National Electoral Panel has continued to dominate discussions in Enugu political arena.  The reviews and comments arise mainly from the overwhelming endorsement of Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s candidature on one hand and the flawed claim by Senator Ayogu […]

The President Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation led by former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Ali, on wednesday finally absolved the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Muhammadu Buhari, of any link with the Boko Haram that has taken over some territories in the northern part of the country. In a maiden […]