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In 1997, Olusegun Obasanjo blatantly refused to accept the candidature of Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi as the gubernatorial candidate of his ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for Rivers State.  In fact, the former president refused to hand the symbolic party flag over to Amaechi who had won a badly flawed PDP governorship primary in Rivers State, […]

The Taraba State House of Assembly Monday morning elected a member of the House, Josiah Kente, as the new speaker, following the death of Haruna Tsokwa in controversial circumstances on 4th November 2013. Tsokwa, an unrepentant supporter of Acting Governor Garba Umar, died at the Federal Medical Centre, Jalingo, the Taraba State capital just days after escaping […]

Our parlous economic predicament is generally regarded as a “resource curse”; a phenomenon, which the free encyclopedia defines as a paradox of plenty, in which countries with abundant revenue from mineral resources show less economic growth with a beleaguered manufacturing sector when compared with other countries with less resource endowments.  The causes of such paradox […]

At inauguration, Governor Seriake Dickson clearly spelt out the strategic value of the Restoration Agenda of his administration. His swift proclamation of this template of renewaldefinitely wasn’t a cheap move to join the bandwagon of political sloganeering. Rather theRestoration Agenda was in response to the people’s cry for urgent development and progress. The governor actually […]

The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has denounced the recent report by Swiss-based NGO (The Berne Declaration) accusing the corporation of colluding with some local and international oil traders to execute unfair industry practices. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Tumini Green stated […]

Workers in Delta State have told the state government to either reverse excessive taxation on salaries of workers within 14 days or risk an industrial action from public servants. In a letter by the State Council of the National Public Service Negotiating Council and endorsed by State Secretary of the Association of Senior Civil Servants […]

Members of the victorious Golden Eaglets of Nigeria have been rewarded with N2m each for winning the FIFA U-17 World Cup concluded on Friday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Similarly, Head Coach of the team, Manu Gara received a reward of N3m while his assistants got N2.5m. A sum of N500,000 went to the […]

Rising from the November edition of the monthly meeting of its National Working Committee (NWC), the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) on Saturday set up a six-man committee to coordinate the welcome of five new governors who have indicated intention to join its fold. Presided over by National Chairman of the faction, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu […]

“…The hungry child with stomach ache is busy pointing at his head and complaining of headache”. Local adage ‘Wetin’ is a word in local parlance that means many things, it is tone dependent, and it is also a circumstantial word, used by many and for all sorts of reasons. In simple English it means ‘what’. […]

Three companies in Udu and Uvwie Local Government Areas of Delta State have been sealed after they were found to have defaulted in remitting tax deductions to the tune of N42m to the Delta State Government. According to the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR), the companies are Shore Gas Limited, Lateejay Oil and […]

Coach of the victorious Under-17 Nigerian team, Manu Garba has dedicated the country’s fourth U-17 World Cup trophy to President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife. Speaking inside the team’s dressing room in Al Jazira, Abu Dhabi, Manu thanked the president and his wife for their efforts on the team, recalling that only President Jonathan hosted […]

This is a grim and depressing essay and the subject matter is painful to digest. I take no pleasure in writing it and I would suggest that those that are easily hurt, over-sensitive and unduly emotional should stop here and go no further because this is not the stuff for weak stomachs or gentle souls. […]