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As Nigeria’s politics continue to take shape ahead of the 2015 elections, the leadership deficit of the PDP came to the fore once again with a festering crisis tearing the party apart. Spirited attempts by former heads of state, and the incumbent President to reconcile the warring factions have so far fallen on deaf ears. […]

Sometimes, it appears the easiest thing to do is to give up on Nigeria.  But that might be the cowardly way to go.  We shouldn’t do that just yet.  So we should grab on to any cheery news that comes down the pike – no matter how fuzzy.  The much threatened self-implosion of the PDP […]

The Delta State Government has spoken against Friday’s attack on the state’s commissioner for education, Professor Patrick Muoboghare, which resulted in a hand injury that required serious medical attention. Muoboghare was attacked by youths during a meeting of political groups in the area, and stabbed in the hand. “On Saturday, September 6, 2013, Delta State […]

The breakaway faction of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to reopen its Abuja secretariat sealed at the weekend.  It also described the fracas over the representation of the “former National Executive” of the People’s Democratic Party of Alhaji Bamanga Tukur today at the Ikeja Division of the Lagos […]

Twenty chairmen of state chapters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have endorsed beleaguered National Chairman of the party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to continue in the office despite the insistence of the breakaway faction on his removal as one of the many thorny demands for return of peace to the party. The state chairmen met […]

The capacity for businesses in the agricultural sector in Nigeria to engineer economic growth and sustainable development, generate employment and reduce poverty is the major reason for the UBA Group’s significant increase in lending to the sector. This was made known by the Group Managing Director, UBA Mr. Phillips Oduoza, GMD/CEO at the just concluded […]

It had all the hallmarks of a well-orchestrated ambush and few saw it coming; yet it was a master stroke that caught presidential handlers napping and left the President stunned and humiliated. In the full view of the world; and with President Goodluck Jonathan watching helplessly, a splinter group led by former vice president, Atiku […]

You don’t ask a toad to give you a chair. You can vividly see it’s squatting To say that Nigerians are easily excitable people is stating the very obvious and indeed our political players do not spare any effort in providing the much-needed entertainment. The fever is intense, everyone is talking about the 2015, and […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that all those behind the sealing off of the secretariat of the breakaway faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja must be immediately identified and jailed for crass lawlessness and palpable impunity. The Police sealed off the national secretariat recently opened by the Abubakar Baraje faction of […]

Christians in Borno State are worried by the decision of the government of the north-eastern state to demolish more than 20 churches and schools belonging to churches. In addition to sporadic attacks on Christians by the Boko Haram Islamist sect, this demolition exercise, which will begin any moment from now, has left the Christians gravely […]

The seven PDP rebel governors are reactionists pure and simple.Let us look at their antecedents. Rabiu Kwankwaso is a tyrant in Kano who has been sponsoring Boko Haram to bomb the Ndigbo in Sabon Gari Kano. Babangida Aliyu did not win election in 2007 in Niger State. In fact he was still a civil servant […]

For those who haven’t heard, 43 year old ex-militant, High Chief Government Oweizide Ekpemupolo (aka Tompolo) on Monday 26th August 2013 received his Bombardier SE60 LearJet. The Jet according to aviation sources cost a whopping sum of $13.3 million (N2.12 billion). The aim of this article is not to rubbish the person of Tompolo, [what […]