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We find the character of Nuhu Ribadu a very irritating phenomenon. On the surface, he has an indomitable penchant for knowing what people want to hear and saying it even if it means contradicting himself, for self-aggrandisement. It really does not matter to him if it is at the expense of Nigeria’s image or another person’s […]

Alaibe Heads Bayelsa Tourism Board His Excellency, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson has approved the constitution of the Bayelsa State Tourism Development Board as follows:   1.    Chief Timi Alaibe                               –     Chairman   2.    Chief Ephraim Fallogi                       –      Member   3.    Fred Nyananyo                                  –      Member   4.    Rtd Air Vice Marshall Atti Samuel –      Member   […]

Elections, as we all know, remain the best way to deepen democracy and promote good governance. This is because credible elections make leaders accountable and responsive to the needs and yearnings of the people from whom they derive their mandate to govern. Good democratic governance helps to address the fundamental aspirations of citizens. Liberal democratic […]

Editor: As a State of hundreds of nationalities with so many fault lines and huge diversification challenges, we have not fared badly in our 100 years of common existence. Our ability to weather the storm and remain a united entity is in itself a fundamental achievement. The world today cannot count 5 nations with the […]

1. Feyi Agagu 2. Femi Akinsanya 3. Akintunde Joseph 4. Akeem Akintunde 5. Tunji Okusanya 6. Chijioke Duru 7. Kingsley Amaechi 8. Deji Afolabi 9. Mrs. E.O. Alabi 10. Daji Bernard 11. Deji Falae 12. Samson Hassan 13. Olatunji Okusanya   Crew members 1. Capt. Yakubu 2. Flight officer Oyinlola 3. Engr. Saroh Elaiye 4. […]

    Fellow Nigerians, 1 Today marks 53 years of our Independence as a nation. First and foremost, I would like to say congratulations to us all. Through thick and thin, we have built this country together. Through triumphs and trials, we have developed a Nigerian identity in our own way. 2. In truth, Nigeria is […]

The statement credited to Mr. Jude Imagwe, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Student Matters, by the Vanguard Newspaper (29/9/13) to the effect that ASUU is being economical with the truth on the issues of contention in the on-going strike is to say the least unfortunate. It shows how those in […]

Last week, it was the Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Mujahid Dokubo-Asari that vociferously declared that the Amnesty Programme was a fraud. This was not the first time that Dokubo-Asari had vented his spleen on the Presidential Amnesty Programme and the characters who run it.  Last month, it was General Boyloaf, […]

“The difference between followers and leaders is that followers need leaders to help them follow what leaders themselves are following. This relationship takes the form of a shared response-ability to a shared calling. Both find each other in a true fellowship to create the world responsibly.”— James Maroosis Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I am delighted […]

President Goodluck Jonathan will host another edition of the Presidential Media Chat on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at 7pm. President Jonathan will in the course of the programme, answer questions from a panel of journalists on current national issues and events, as well as policies and actions of his administration.  Members of the public who […]

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dismissed as “inconsequential and of no effect” the passage of  vote of no confidence on the Chief of Staff to The President, Chief Mike Oghiadiomhe by some aggrieved persons from Edo North Senatorial Zone. PDP leadership in a statement signed by the National […]

On behalf of himself, the government and people of the Federal Government of Nigeria, President Goodluck Jonathan extends heartfelt condolences to President Uhuru Kenyatta and all Kenyans over the shocking loss of lives in yesterday’s terrorist attack on Nairobi. President Jonathan and Nigeria join the rest of the world in condemning the atrocious, callous and […]