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Editor: The attention of the Civil Liberties Orgnaisation (CLO) has been drawn to the recent deportation of Nigerian citizens from Lagos state to Onitsha, Anambra state, few weeks ago and the comments that the nefarious action has so far generated from among Nigerians. During this period, too, we have received phone calls, series of text […]

Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi has dismissed the Commissioner of Environment in the state, Dr Paul Okorie, for acting inconsistently with his office mandate. A statement signed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Chike Onwe, on Thursday in Abakaliki directed Okorie to handover all government documents and property at his disposal to the […]

Permit me to make my second and final contribution to the raging debate about Lagos, who owns it and the seemingly endless tensions that exist between the igbo and the yoruba. It is amazing how one or two of the numerous nationalities that make up Nigeria secretly wish that they were yoruba and consistently lay […]

Against mounting international apprehension over the re-election of Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe in elections roundly condemned by the international community as a farce, the conclusion by former president Olusegun Obasanjo who headed the African Union (AU) observer mission; that the polls were “free, honest and credible” is baffling and most embarrassing to his person and his […]

Editor: Many of our compatriots have expressed shock and disgust at the blatant rejection of the result of the last Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairmanship Election by the open losers in that election, Governor Jang, his supporters and sponsors. I am not surprised at all by the behaviour or misbehaviour of Mr. Jang and his […]

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika and a serving Senator, Babafemi Ojudu, on Wednesday expressed opposing views about the spread of terrorism in the country. While Ihejirika believes that terrorism in the country as propagated by the Boko Haram Islamic sect cannot spread beyond the north-eastern part of the country, Senator […]

If by next Monday, adequate measures are not put in place to flood Nigeria with enough kerosene for the citizens of the country, then ex-militants would disrupt activities at the National Assembly. The former militants released this threat on Wednesday in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state under the aegis of the Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiatives […]

A coalition of civil society groups has accused Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi of attempting to play politics with the lives of destitute recently returned to the state by the Lagos State Government. Condemning Obi at a press conference on Wednesday in Lagos, the coalition said Obi had decided to take on the Lagos […]

The Judicial Commission of Inquiry investigating last month’s rumpus at the Rivers State House of Assembly may travel to London to interrogate injured Hon. Michael Chinda, who is hospitalised there.  According to Chairman of the commission, Justice Biobele Georgewill, the commission wishes to be fair to all the parties and may therefore embark on the […]

The invitation of All Progressives Congress (APC) to President Goodluck Jonathan to join the party is an acknowledgment of his sterling leadership qualities, the Presidency said on Wednesday.  Speaking with State House Correspondents in Abuja on Wednesday, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati described the invitation as a compliment. […]

The defence Headquarters has ordered members of the Joint Task Force teams engaged in the maintenance of internal security in the country to maintain a high state of alert on their duty post during the Ramadan holiday. Last week, it ordered the beefing up of security in the Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States where state […]

There has been so much brouhaha in the Nigerian media, including print and the electronic media especially some private bloggers who recently out of either malice or ignorance have presented to the public the “unsustainable” public debt levels of Lagos state, which to me, and any enlightened economist would agree, is the most financially prudently […]