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In preparation for the fast approaching 2015 general election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has  redeployed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The move was announced in a letter dated 24th December 2014 and signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Mrs. Augusta C. Ogakwu.  The […]

Former running mate to the late governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Funso Williams, in 2003, Alhaja Safurat Abdulkareem, has been picked as the running mate of the party’s candidate for the 2015 governorship election in Lagos, Jimi Agbaje. Agbaje revealed the identity of his running mate on Sunday, in a statement signed […]

The announcement by Sam Amadi, chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), that Nigerians will witness another hike in electricity tariffs, without any corresponding improvement in power supply to justify such an increase, is outright provocation and unfair to Nigerians who are being compelled to pay more for darkness. An amended “special” Multi Year […]

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has advanced reasons why change of leadership is expedient at the national level, saying Nigeria is too important both globally and continentally to be left in the hands of those who play politics with the lives of her citizens. Addressing a gatherings of members of the Yoruba Tennis Club […]

The Nigerian military has said it is not happy that politicians are using issues in the security agency to campaign while civil society groups look for every opportunity to make it the subject of discussion. It therefore warned politicians and rights activists in the country to henceforth desist from brining the military into issues that […]

A total of 1, 621 cases of fire incidents were recorded in Lagos State between January and December, 2014, according the Director of the State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe. Compared to the same period in 2013 with a record of 2,005, it is believed that the sensitisation efforts of the agency yielded some results. […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to show leadership by example instead of engaging in mere rhetoric, saying talk becomes cheap the moment words lose their meaning. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said President Jonathan’s exhortations at a […]

As Christians in Nigeria join their counterparts worldwide to celebrate Christmas, it is apt to remind all citizens that this is yet another event that should be observed without the fanfare usually expected of such an occasion. Coming amid the country’s position on a near precipice and at a time millions of Nigerians are undergoing […]

The Progressive Peoples Party (PPA) on Wednesday corroborated  a statement made by Nigeria Railway Corporation Managing Director, Engr. Seyi Sijuade, that heaps of refuse in Aba had affected the efficient running of trains on the eastern rail line . The NRC boss made the remarks in Port Harcourt on Tuesday at the inauguration of the […]

As Nigeria joins the world to celebrate this year’s Christmas, President Goodluck Jonathan and Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos, have appealed to citizens of the country to emulate the peace and love that are characteristics of Jesus Christ and on which the Christian religion is built. Both gave the admonition in separate statements to mark […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan pledged Tuesday in Abuja that his administration will continue to actively encourage and support the development of more mutually-beneficial trade and economic relations between Nigeria and other developing nations. Speaking at separate audiences with the new ambassadors of Cuba and Zimbabwe, President Jonathan said that in keeping with its commitment to […]

Like most people, I believe in God.  But I am not what you would call a religious person.  In fact, I regard religion a major contributor to the world’s problems.  Take Nigeria for example:  Here’s is a country that’s crying out for a revolution, a country crying out to be rescued.  But its Christian citizens […]