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The Resident Electoral Commissioner for Rivers, Mr Aniedi Ikoiwak, has urged the 26 registered political parties to play strictly by electoral guidelines in order to have a free and fair elections in 2015. Ikoiwak made the call on Tuesday during an interactive session with the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State […]

The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to an interview granted the Sun Newspaper of Monday, 20th October, 2014  by Nigerian Ambassador to Spain and wife of Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu,  Her Excellency, Mrs Bianca Ojukwu,  where she expressed shock and disappointment over the former governor’s joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). She […]

Four members of Akwa Ibom State Executive Council on Monday tendered their resignation letters in compliance with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) deadline, in order to be eligible to contest for elective positions in 2015. Members of the state Executive Council who submitted their resignation letters were Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, secretary to the state government; […]

A youth political pressure group,  Advocates for Collective Transformation (ACT) has described the endorsement of N4000 online registration fee for NYSC mobilisation by the House of Representative as a misrepresentation and betrayal of Nigerian youths. In a statement signed by its President, Tayo Fashogbon and National Secretary Isaac Ifetoluwa Ajayi, ACT describe the endorsement by […]

In recent times, there has been a series of personal attacks sponsored in a section of the media by some All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in a spirited plot to discredit officials of the federal government and those of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The overall Machiavellian purpose of these attacks is very clear; to […]

…Says it’s APC’s Trait Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said it is not surprised by the huge debts left behind by the administration of former Governor Kayode Fayemi, saying such has become the trait of All Progressives Congress (APC) led governments in the state. In a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti […]Read More

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned one Abubakar Abdullahi before Justice Dije Aboki of Kano State High Court on one count charge of criminal breach of trust. The accused, who is the manager of Maisabulu Bureau de Change, Kano, had sometime in April 2013 upon the instruction of his employer, Alhaji […]

Now that we got the ‘all clear’ and we have been able to reasonably restrain the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria, we can take a more dispassionate look at the issue, its genesis and some ramifications. But first, a huge credit must go to the Lagos State government.  In particular, the Governor, […]

The question on the lips of most Nigerians since learning on Monday that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, attended a meeting of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in his native Sokoto State is whether he has fully made up his mind to defect from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the […]

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared Nigeria Ebola-free.The declaration was made on Monday by WHO in Berlin,Germany and  announced by  representative Rui Gama Vaz, while speaking in the country’s capital Abuja. In his speech Vaz described the feat achieved by the country as a “spectacular success story”. According to WHO recommendations,” the end of […]Read More

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Monday ordered a Lagos-based businessman, Jimoh Ibrahim, to stop publishing the Newswatch newspapers henceforth. The court said Ibrahim had not been able to prove ownership of the media business venture allegedly sold to him by the founding fathers of the magazine. Justice Ibrahim Buba nullified the Share […]

On 15th October 2014, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State stole the show at the formal declaration of former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, to run for the presidency post in 2015. Amaechi surprised many onlookers, not because he was at the occasion, but because he swaggered that his government spent N1.406billion to curb the […]