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The attention of the Delta State Government has been drawn to a news story published in some newspapers and online journals where a certain Ariyo Robinson accused the Governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON of threatening the freedom of expression and association of the people of the state. Robinson’s sole basis for […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has extolled the patrioticdedication of the Senate President, Senator David Mark to national unity, peace and progress. In a letter written to congratulate Senator Mark on the occasion of his 66th birthday, tomorrow, April 8, 2014, President Jonathan also expressed  his appreciation of the Senate President’s unflinching support and contributions towards […]

The Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) has raised a cautionary flag about the initiative to enable the Nigerian president call for a new Constitution. In a press statement signed by its publicity secretary, Kunle Famoriyo, the group said the country needs a new Constitution but warned that the National Assembly must not vest this power on […]

The Ward Congresses of our party, All Progressives Congress, has come and gone with special thanks to the National Leader of our party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, who democratically listened to the yearnings of our members for an all-inclusive process of selecting the leaders of the party at different levels in the various Local Governments of […]

Editor, Your editorials are most often worrisome, as they appear to be some form of frontal attack on Mr. President, seeing nothing wrong in the ignorance displayed at length by the Northern governors. While one applauds some salient points made in your editorial, it still leaves much to be desired. This is politics, where else […]

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, it is yet another 100 days. So it is time to account to you our employers again about what we have done with your time and your resources. This is the 25th consecutive time we have done so. You did not impose it on us. We undertook to do it as […]

I received a news alert this morning that the All Progressive Congress popularly called the Angry People Congress (APC) was going to field Alhaji (Gen) Muhammadu Buhari and Alhaji Ahmed Bola Tinubu as their presidential candidate and running mate respectively in the 2015 elections. The first thought that came to my mind was that the […]

At the 3-Day Symposium on Current Economic, Social and Security Challenges Facing Northern Nigeria, in Washington DC, USA Organised by US Institute of Peace March 17-19, 2014 First, I should like to sincerely thank the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) in support and collaboration with the Governments of Norway and Denmark for hosting this […]

Three insatiably evolving technologies have combined over the years to give us what is today known as the online and social media. First, we have the development of electronic computers, which has changed the world since its inception in 1950s. A remarkable dimension to the electronic technology behind the computer is the fusion of information […]

This is a letter from the heart to the rulers, leaders, peoples and citizens of Nigeria, from OODUA FOUNDATION, a Yoruba think tank organization with members in all parts of the world. We write this letter to Nigeria, the country of our birth, from the depth of our love and hopes, and from our accumulated […]

Just this afternoon, we had hardly landed the Sam Mbakwe Airport at Owerri when I spotted an unusually unique aircraft. My amazement increased when I noticed a woman making her way to the aircraft. One of the flight attendants who was my friend of 45 minutes while we were airborne identified the woman as Capt. […]

To keep maintain political relevance beyond 2015 when their tenures would expire after two terms as Governors of their respective states, some governors have launched a fierce battle to catapult themselves to the Senate in next year’s elections. In many of the cases, the governors are already digging it out against senators already occupying the […]