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Editor: The attention of the Civil Liberties Orgnaisation (CLO) has been drawn to the recent deportation of Nigerian citizens from Lagos state to Onitsha, Anambra state, few weeks ago and the comments that the nefarious action has so far generated from among Nigerians. During this period, too, we have received phone calls, series of text […]

Editor: Many of our compatriots have expressed shock and disgust at the blatant rejection of the result of the last Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairmanship Election by the open losers in that election, Governor Jang, his supporters and sponsors. I am not surprised at all by the behaviour or misbehaviour of Mr. Jang and his […]

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 […]

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 […]

 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 […]

His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Obot Akpabio, CON has approved the appointment of a new Secretary to the State Government with immediate effect. He is Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel who hails from Onna Local Government Area of Eket Senatorial District, Akwa Ibom State. Mr. Emmanuel, a great Ibibio son […]

According to the respected islamic scholar Professor Ishaq Akintola there is ‘no age restriction in islamic marriage’. He may well be right and I honestly believe that islam, like christianity, is a humane and compassionate faith which seeks to protect the weak and guide its adherents on the path of righteousness and light. I must […]

Editor: The recent acquittal of Maj. Hamza Al-Mustapha by the Court of Appeal in Lagos is very interesting and so, smarting up from the initial jolt, I thought the whole scenario smacks of political hypocrisy, akin only to the Biblical Barabbas, who was set free in the “Kangaroo Amnesty”, granted him in a case of […]

  In Public Interest, in order to eliminate all further distraction and enable the nation to concentrate on issues that affect the democratic pursuit, it is necessary to make the following information available: Before the press conference held by Femi Falana and myself–that is, even before the Rivers Assembly fracas–I had been canvassed by opposing […]

Independent Service delivery monitoring group, a transparency advocacy organization, has scored President Jonathan’s administration low on transformation programs saying nothing on the ground to match the achievements recently flaunted by many ministries. Rising from a one-day forum organized to assess the mid-term report of the administration, the  group noted that the “midterm report did not show any […]

Editor: In the three decades of the fight over homosexual special rights, pro-family activists have learned a stern and painful lesson — that the battle always eventually arrives at the doorsteps of those who do their best to avoid it. This is not unjust or unfair.  It is simply the way the world works.  Evil […]

We are gathered here today, to flag-off the reconstruction and expansion of sections I and II of the Lagos-Ibadan dual carriageway, one of the busiest and most important roads in our Nation. 2.This event fulfils my promise to accelerate these projects after the termination of the concession agreement between the Federal Government and Bi-Courtney for […]