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As tempers calm, there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel in the crisis currently ravaging the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as seven of the governors who formed the splinter faction of the party have withdrawn their demand for President Goodluck Jonathan to rescind his 2015 presidential ambition. Chairman of the Peoples […]

Popular Nollywood actor, Kenneth Okonkwo has disclosed that he is so sexually resilient that he could have sex for 24 hours. He even mentioned his wife, Ifeoma, as a witness to the disclosure. The actor, a lawyer however, denied having anything to do with actress Mercy Johnson, as has been several times reported in recent […]

The Middle-Belt Forum on Monday lambasted former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mallam Nasir El-Rufai for describing President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor as “spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the group, El-Rufai, as a former public office holder has the moral responsibility not to […]

Taraba State has been faring very well despite the dissolution of the state executive council, contrary to widespread speculations, Chief of Staff to the Taraba State Governor, Mr. Aminu Jika has said. According to Jika, returnee governor, Danbaba Suntai has up to three months until he is mandated by “the law” to constitute another executive […]

It is bad enough to ever have to borrow one’s money back, but for our own Central Bank to have done so for so many years at rates of between 13 and 14 per cent, as recently admitted by Governor Lamido Sanusi, can at best be described as an unfortunate moral hazard, which probably borders […]

In a cabinet reshuffle that jolted many, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) abruptly relieved nine ministers, including Professor Ruquyatu Rufai, former Minister of Education, of their posts last week. The sudden sack saw the erstwhile minister of education (state) Nyesom Wike appointed as interim education minister. Still agonizingly fresh in mind is the protracted strike […]

In the course of life, there are certain things you don’t want to remember.  Really, truly, certain era are best forgotten.  Some names and people you don’t want to remember.  So I think it is the height of insensitivity for Mrs Farida Waziri to inflict herself on our consciousness and on our memory again. I […]

Nigerians are no longer eligible to participate in the annual Diversity Visa Lottery Programme of the United States, at least for another one year. According to the U.S. Department of State, Nigeria was one of the countries barred from participating in the upcoming DV-2015 because more than 50,000 of their citizens immigrated to the United […]

It was a rain of Naira in Lagos on September 11, 2013, for the distributors of Dangote Cement as the management of the company splashed about N800 million on them as their sales bonus for 2012. The excited distributors from all states of the federation including Abuja, received various sums ranging from N2 million to […]

The new Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied the supposed resignation of Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna as National Treasurer, saying he was instead sacked. In a statement by the Baraje faction titled PDP Sacks National Treasurer, Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna, For Being a Mole and A Saboteur • Replaces Him with Engr. Abubakar Gambo Umar, the party confirmed that […]

The official handover of the rehabilitated Main Bowl pitch of the National Stadium Abuja to the National Sports Commission by Julius Berger PLC, the contractor that fixed it, will take place on Tuesday, September 17, 2013. As part of activities marking the handover, the Golden Eaglets of Nigeria will take on local side, Amakson Soccer […]

“We must be ready to measure numbers that matter…or else we won’t understand a husband of a mother is a father”. amebo Just on Saturday, I sat down in front of the television, well not watching it, because there was no electricity, and as I went through a couple of news on the very many […]Read More