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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the attack by “apparently sponsored” thugs against the #BringBackOurGirls protesters who have hitherto conducted themselves in a civil and peaceful manner, calling the attack deplorable and definitely orchestrated to shift the focus from ‘#BringBackOurGirls’ to ‘release our girls’. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by […]

President Goodluck Jonathan, Thursday, said he has ordered a full scale war by the Nigerian security forces against terrorism in the country. The President made the announcement in an address to the nation as part of the country’s 15th Democratic Day since 1999. He said he can no longer allow the continuation of the killings […]

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has said the only significance that 29th May has in Nigeria’s history is that it represents the faulty foundations upon which the country’s democratic governance stands. In a statement released to the media on Thursday by its Publicity Secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, the group said nobody should thus expect the current […]

Sweet Dieziani, Sweet Goodluck and Sweet Crude was the title of a piece I released for the Democracy Day of 2013 asking this woman to do something unique to fight  poverty in Nigeria. I advised Dieziani Madueke to gather some more powerful women within Aso Villa to kick start the process of saving Nigeria from […]

Fellow Nigerians, 1. I greet and felicitate with you all, today, as we mark 15 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in our beloved country. 2. Our dear nation, Nigeria, has certainly come a long way and made notable progress since our first Democracy Day on May 29, 1999 when the military finally relinquished power and […]

Says Sanusi misled the Nation Advise President Jonathan to submit Supplementary Budget on Subsidy extras   After months of painstaking perusal of volumes of documents and presentations made before it by all relevant stakeholders, the Senate Committee on Finance which was mandated to investigate the allegation of non-remittance of $49.8 billion to the Federation Account […]

The Joint Action Front (JAF), whose members were part of the mass protest organised 28th May by the Concerned Students Against Education Commercialisation (COSATEC) wishes to strongly condemn the trigger-happy armed Police repression of the peaceful protest, culminating in the arrest and brutal harassment of over 100 students, activists, and journalists. The peaceful procession of […]

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has called on Nigerians to collectively protect the country’s democracy, which was attained after years of struggle to end military.  In a Democracy Day message issued by his Media Office in Abuja, Atiku encouraged Nigerians to emulate the examples of statesmen and women like late MKO Abiola, Bola Ige, Kudirat Abiola […]

Wednesday was a day of honour for late Sir Michael Otedola, former governor of Lagos State and father of business mogul, Femi Otedola, as the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, was joined by his predecessors and other prominent Nigerians to pay tribute to him at the Onikan Stadium, Lagos. With the theme: ‘Day of […]

Proceedings at the plenary session of the National Conference were mournfully adjourned on Wednesday following the news of the death of Maryamu, the wife of the Conference Chairman and retired Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi, GCON. Maryamu, aged 70, died at the National Hospital in Abuja at about 2 am on […]

The presidency has debunked reports in national and foreign media that the Federal Government is currently in the process of recruiting an international public relations firm to “counter mounting criticism both inside and outside the country”, saying the reports are completely false and baseless. The presidency made the clarification on Tuesday, in a press release […]

Following the adoption of the Former Governor and Deputy Governor’s Pension Bill 2014 in Akwa Ibom State by the state’s House of Assembly, on Monday, Governor Godswill Akpabio may become the richest pension-earning former governor in Nigeria, earning close to N140 million annually. The bill, prepared and passed in just 11days, also allocates a one-off […]