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I am on record for calling on Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to resign his post as the governor of Nigeria’s Central Bank. I want to be on record as one insisting that the Mr. Jonathan should not fire him. Please read this last sentence carefully. I used SHOULD NOT fire as opposed to CANNOT fire. […]

For some time now, the governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons.  If he is not abusing or making jest of the President of the Federal Republic and the First Lady, he is probably on a roadshow with the leaders of his new-found political party, […]

THE  Speaker, Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA), Engr. Victor Ochei, recently  fielded questions from The POINTER crew of Monday Uwagwu, Sam Ijeh and Iteveh Ekpokpobe, in which he responded to legion of questions, including the House’s activities, especially in relation to the 2014 Appropriation Bill of the state.  His responses to our questions are in paraphrase. Mr […]

A total of 167 persons being held in detention for suspected terrorist activities in the north-eastern states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe are to be released in compliance with an order form President Goodluck Jonathan. Confirming the imminent release, Major General Chris Olukolade the director of Defence Information, Defence Headquarters revealed that the 167 suspects […]

The application for stay of proceeding in the trial of erstwhile Oyo State Head of Service, Alhaja Kudirat Adeleke and 11 others has been dismissed by a High Court in the state. All 12 accused are standing trial for alleged fraud to the tune of N5.6bn at the Local Government Pension Board. According to Richard Ogunwole […]

…Says Spending backed by Law   The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday offered further clarifications on the $10.8bn believed to have been missing. Speaking at a press conference, Group Executive Director, Finance and Accounts of the corporation, Mr. Bernard Otti explained that the sum is not missing, but has rather been expenditures incurred as […]

At about 6:01pm on the 16th day of April 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee, USA, a sniper, through the smoking nozzle of a Remington 760 Gamemaster took the life of one of the world’s finest hearts, Martin Luther King Jnr. Though he’s gone for over 40 years now, the outstanding legacies of […]

My little Oxford dictionary defines politician as “person engaged or interested in politics” and politics as “science and art of government; political affairs or life or principles etc.” Politics consists of “social relations involving authority and power”. A politician is defined as one who is actively involved in politics or one who holds or seeks […]

Former Governor of Oyo state, Chief Rashidi Ladoja has declared that the recent overtures made to him by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state are proof that the party is scared of him and his Accord Party. Ladoja stated this on Thursday in reaction to a statement linked to Special Adviser to Governor Abiola […]

The Lagos State House of Assembly very late on Thursday approved the sum of N489. 690bn as budget for the 2014 fiscal year, the same amount presented to the House by State Governor, Babatunde Fashol last year. The budget was finally approved after a worrisome delay and two deferments by the lawmakers, first because 10 ministries, departments […]

President Goodluck Jonathan will travel to Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire on Friday afternoon to attend a meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government. According to Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, Jonathan and other ECOWAS Heads of State and Government are scheduled to confer […]

The Federal House of Representatives on Thursday allayed fears over rumoured plans to remove its principal officers despite the exodus of members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). As at December 2013, 53 PDP members joined APC, which currently displaced PDP to opposition party in the House. While responding to questions […]