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When in April the Islamist group Boko Haram abducted nearly 300 girls from their school in northeast Nigeria, it commanded global attention and sparked a #BringBackOurGirls movement. But the girls are still missing. The campaign seems to have moved from hashtag ­demands to ­newspaper column ­diplomacy. On Friday, The Washington Post carried an op-ed by […]

The Ministry of Justice has refuted criticisms by Transparency International (TI), saying  it is not treating with kid’s gloves, the recovery of loots by Nigeria’s former Military dictator Sanni Abacha as alleged by the organisation. According to the Chief Press Secretary to the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Ambrose Momoh, […]

Bomb explosion that leads to death of scores of people and kidnapping has become the order of the day in Nigeria. The government we hired by our votes to secure the lives of Nigerians seems helpless and in some instances it appears this core responsibility has taken a back seat, while the government focuses more […]

Having been found guilty of biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini in Tuesday’s World Cup clash in Natal Uruguay’s striker Luis Suarez has on Thursday been banned from all soccer-related activity for four months. He was also been banned from nine international matches and he is required to pay a fine of 82,000 euros. The ban […]Read More

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) would henceforth sanction any political party in Nigeria that fails to adhere strictly to the section of the Electoral Act that prescribes 90 days before embarking on campaign, Chairman of the Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, has said. Speaking at a meeting with the chairmen and secretaries of the 26 […]

If not for the immediate decision of Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State to take his defeat courageously and congratulate his opponent and winner of the governorship election held in the state on Saturday, the All Progressives Congress (APC) would have embarked on challenging the result of the election, www.www.aso.rocks search engine can reveal. As […]

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered increased security presence and surveillance in and around Federal Capital Territory metropolis following a bomb blast incident which occurred at about 4pm, Wednesday at the Shopping Complex along Aminu Kano Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja. The Police revealed that it had commenced investigation into the incident and that, […]

Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Abdul Jelili Adesiyan, has said that his recent comments on an alleged harassment claim by the former governor of Osun State, Senator  Isiaka Adeleke, a day before the state’s PDP gubernatorial primaries, was quoted out of context by a section of the media to achieve a sinister purpose. In a […]

Very recently, precisely on June 23, 2014, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode (FFK), a one-time Minister of Aviation during the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidency published an article titled “Ekiti– some hard lessons for APC”, where he congratulated the People’s Democratic Party and its candidate, Mr Ayodele Fayose over the party’s success in the just concluded gubernatorial elections in […]

A major shopping complex, Bannex  plaza, at the Wuse II area of Abuja, the Federal Capital territory was the target of insurgents on Wednesday as a bomb was detonated. Unfortunately however, the bomb which is believed to have been carried by a suicide bomber struck at the gate of the mall, killing at least 21 […]

Not even the most politically naïve Nigerian can fail to appreciate that the recent governorship election in Ekiti State is a forerunner to the 2015 presidential elections.  The two major candidates in Ekiti, incumbent Governor John Kayode Fayemi and Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose, represent the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) respectively. […]

The Ayo Fayose Campaign Organisation (AFCO) has said that anyone thinking about going to the tribunal to challenge results of Saturday’s governorship election in Ekiti State will be wasting his time and resources, asserting that challenging the results of an election adjudged by the whole world as the best in the history of electioneering in […]