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I would be deluding myself if I imagined that my article last week, “2015: Who will defeat Jonathan?” would not elicit the kind of “violent” outbursts that have trailed it. After all, this is Nigeria where you can’t take a position without being accused of “looking for something”. It is understandable. Some journalists and columnists […]

The House of Representatives on Thursday urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to implement the cashless policy in phases. The cashless policy was first introduced in Lagos last year before the CBN extended the policy. Adopting the resolution of a motion moved by Yakubu Dogara (PDP-Bauchi) and 38 other members over the issue, the […]

The travails being witnessed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and their members in Ogun State may not end soon as the party Thursday announced the suspension of the immediate past Governor of the State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel. The party said ex-Governor Daniel was suspended over alleged anti-party activities. The suspension was ratified by his […]

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke has declared that only through the review of the constitution would the death penalty, as is operational in the country, be abolished. Adoke, who said this on Thursday in Abuja, emphasised that the death penalty is recognised by the constitution. Some civil and human rights groups […]

Seventy-five suspects have been prosecuted between 2011 and 2013 in connection with terrorism cases involving the Boko Haram Islamist sect, the Federal Government said on Thursday. Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Mohammed Adoke, who made the disclosure at the 2013 Ministerial Platform in Abuja, said that 16 of the cases had […]

The mini convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) initially scheduled for July 20 has been postponed until further notice. According to a statement by the party on Thursday, the postponement was necessitated by the upcoming Ramadan fast. Just before the postponement, the Ogun State chapter of the party petitioned the party’s hierarchy, opposing the organisation of an […]

Editor: Following the Super Eagles ouster from the ongoing Confederations cup in Brazil, a lot of reactions have thus been generated. While not being unmindful of the anger and exaspirations of Nigerians with the usual shoddy display of the team in the matches played in the competition, one must admit that the senior national team […]

Without doubt, the disclosure by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru that about 9,000 Nigerians are in various prisons abroad; some of them on death row, is not only heart-rending if not damning; it is indeed pathetic. Fundamentally, this is yet, another blight on the toga of the country’s battered international image and […]

Even in his absence at the campaign tour, Osun indigenes last week trooped out in their thousands to support the 2014 governorship aspiration of Senator Iyilola Omisore. On Wednesday, residents of Gbongan, Ayedade local government, Apomu in Isokan LG and Ikire in Irewole local government of the state received supporters of Sen. Omisore’s gubernatorial aspiration […]

Justice Kudirat M.O. Kekere-Ekun has been confirmed as a Justice of the Supreme Court. The Nigerian Senate made the confirmation on Wednesday after considering the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Legal Matters on the screening of the justice. Before her unanimous confirmation, Senator Olufemi Lanlehin (Oyo South) described Kekere-Ekun as a hard […]

The Federal House of Representatives has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for the amendment of the 2013 Budget. Rejecting the budget amendment proposal after the presentation of a report on it at the plenary session, the legislators described the fiscal document as bad. Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business Hon. Sam Tsokwa led the […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned some suspected oil thieves, including Abu Ali Jibia, Akume Surprise, Boglo Babatunde, Umar Mohammed, Nafiu Hussain, Ibrahim Yakubu, Calvin Ajike, Alhassan Oseni, Kenneth Osei, Korlee Uebari, Habourpoint Nigeria Limited, Chidodo Access Oil & Gas Limited and Millennium Jetty and Marine Services Limited. They were arraigned before […]