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The issues surrounding the allegation of unremitted $49.8bn against the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have since been explained but it appears the initial dust raised in the process is yet to settle. We are therefore constrained to respond and clarify the issues once again to help those who do not yet understand the clarification […]

Reading through President Goodluck Jonathan’s New Year message to Nigerians line after line, what came out remarkably for me was his strong commitment to improving education in our country.  And, as the president rightly observed, education holds the key to any meaningful development in society.  The era in which countries are classified as rich or […]

Dear Compatriots, I greet and felicitate with you all as we enter the year 2014 which promises to be a momentous one for our country for several reasons, including the fact that it is also the year of our great nation’s centenary celebrations. I join you all in giving thanks to God Almighty for guiding […]

In criticising the lack of commitment of the Goodluck Jonathan administration to the anti-corruption crusade, commentators have often failed to pay sufficient attention to the penchant of Nigerian courts to dismiss corruption cases on the altar of technicalities. It is on record that many corruption cases filed against members of the ruling class by the […]

The Network of Progressive Activists on Friday criticised former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for his recent open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, describing him as unworthy of the very virtues he accused the president of lacking, According to the group, Obasanjo was wrong to have compared Jonathan’s administration with late general Sani Abacha’s. This, it […]

Revenue Reconciliation Meeting among the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the Department of Petroleum Resources, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, the Budget Office of the Federation, and the Federal Ministries of Finance and Petroleum Resources. Summary of Findings 1.The Central Bank of Nigeria […]

It is unfortunate that a former president of Nigeria that we have so much respect and hold in high regards has disappointed the entire nation of Nigeria by displaying symptoms of a political loser, who whines, complains, boils and does nothing to change the situation. What is wrong if President Goodluck Jonathan chooses to exercise […]

Dear President, Before You Send Social Media Critics/Bloggers To Kirikiri Prison   Your Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Azikwe Jonathan GCFR, I Salute you Sir. I hope you will take this article as a mere expression of what I feel about a pressing issue and not just another social media critic. I come to you as […]

Your Excellency sir, the Executive Governor and the Executive Chairman Northern Governors’ Forum.Your “Pan Northern Nigerian-ism” has never been in question or in doubt for that matter. In fact your are in the class of persons like Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, General Badamasi Babangida, Mr Anthony Sani of ACF, Dr Khalid of […]

The lawmaker representing the Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency, Rt the Hon Ogbonna Nwuke has reacted to Sunday’s invasion of the Omuma Local Government premises and the physical assault on the elected Council Chairman, Mr John Anucha by security forces. The siege on the council premises, using tanks, armed police and a sprinkle of soldiers is coming […]

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan will leave Abuja early Wednesday for London where he is scheduled to preside over a three-day meeting of Nigeria’s Honourary International Investors’ Council. He will return to Abuja at the weekend. According to Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, issues on the agenda of the meeting include […]

We have read with utter dismay the statement by World Bank Country Director, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly that 100 Million Nigerians are living in destitution or extreme poverty. This spurious claim is astonishing on a number of levels. First, it clearly contradicts the position of the World Bank on the level of poverty in Nigeria. During the […]