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Former Governor of Lagos State and one of the leaders of the newly registered APC said there can be no justification for the daily massive loss of lives witnessed in Nigeria due to bad roads. Tinubu said this in a condolence message to the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ over the death of  their officials […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as a very dangerous game that could threaten the nation’s unity the decision by Governor Peter Obi to sensationalise the recent home return of 14 (not 72 as widely claimed) Anambra indigenes from Lagos. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its interim National Publicity Secretary, […]

Editor: Recent happenings in the polity particularly as it concerns the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour of ordinary Nigerians continue to leave much to be desired. Our foibles are now becoming legion; is it the so-called babies delivered with holy books or the ones delivered clutching rosaries at the time of birth? Is it the deification […]

All through last week, radio channels in Lagos with phone-in programmes were jammed with conversations regarding the reported ‘deportation’ of 67 Nigerians of Igbo extraction from Lagos to the East, Onitsha, to be specific. The incident was made to look like a very terrible development, where states now have the legal authority and machinery to […]

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, President Goodluck Jonathan and his protégé, Governor of Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson might already be dealing with a potentially sour relationship over delay in construction of a five-star hotel project flagged off years back. Jonathan, as Governor of Bayelsa State back then, began constructing the hotel following the removal […]

“Is the birth of the APC good for Nigeria? I can’t say until they’re tested. Is the birth of the APC good for Nigeria’s democracy? Absolutely!” –Ogunyemi Bukola After months of wrangling among Nigerians and wangling by its detractors, the long-awaited merger of three major opposition parties in Nigeria, the All Progressives’ Congress (APC), finally […]

Ninety-five per cent of rape cases suffer from diligent prosecution, while perpetrators walk free, because of lack of watertight forensic and physical evidence. The situation is worsened by dearth of forensic laboratories in the country. Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, stated this when she led members of the state’s Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) […]

The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has suspended Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State for alleged anti-party activities. Rising from an emergency National Executive Council meeting on Saturday in Abuja, the party said its NEC unanimously decided to disband the Imo State Chapter of the party, adding that a 21-man committee will be appointed to […]

At the commencement of the Gospel, Antioch was the great central point from where missionaries to the Gentiles were sent forth while Paul was chief of the missionaries. However, the church at Antioch sent him forth without the requisite support.  He alluded to this, saying, Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the […]

 Editor: Between June and July 2013, I carried out a simple due diligence on the billing and customer relationship activities of Multichoice/DSTV and came to the sad conclusion that the company has been ripping Nigerians patronising it of their hard-earned money.  This is apparently due to false or crude accounting by Mutichoice.  It is also […]

An Abuja High Court in Apo yesterday vacated its earlier order stopping the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from proceeding with its planned mini convention to elect fresh hands into its National Working Committee (NWC). By an order made yesterday by Justice Suleiman Belgore, the path is now clear for the party to proceed with arrangements […]

Very often we say it is unimportant where the next president comes from, what should be paramount is his ability and capacity to deliver democracy dividends. But we are compelled to tag along with the whims and caprices of self-appointed godfathers, men of means and ways, who have turned power houses by virture of straying […]