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I sat on the floor of my son’s room, in tears. It was supposed to be a good day because I had invested resources in an election that meant a lot to me and the numbers coming in meant change — electoral defeat of the incumbent President — was certain. “That’s just the beginning of […]

Your Excellency, one of the cherished liberties which I enjoy as an elder statesman in Akwa Ibom State and Nigeria under our democratic dispensation, is the liberty to say the truth and nothing but the truth and say my mind no matter whose ox is gored. History will be kind to me that I have […]

 1: We want to first thank God for the very successful conduct of the first phase of our elections last Saturday. Across the entire country, we were gratified to receive news of huge turnouts of our people to cast their votes. Nigerians across the different segments of our society conducted themselves in a most peaceful and credible manner. They […]

It is with a lot of pleasure that I address you today as we set our eyes on Saturday’s elections.   I think the elections will be historic and the whole world is watching and waiting, as we conduct the first of five elections that will be held in West Africa this year.   I […]

President Jonathan desperation and deceit knows no bounds. How can a government reduce electricity tariffs for private companies services or is it a lie that the electricity sector has been privatized? Recently NERC told Nigerians that electricity tariffs will be increased from June 2015 because of the free fall of the Naira which is not […]



The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation (PDPPCO) yesterday attributed the sudden fuel scarcity in many parts of the country to sabotage by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), which has infiltrated the ranks of the fuel marketers.
Director of Media and Publicity of the PDPPCO, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said in a statement in Abuja that […]

Your Excellency, OFFER OF SPONSORSHIP OF PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE AT CHATAM HOUSE,UNITED KINGDOM. We wish to congratulate you on your recent visit to the United Kingdom where you delivered a speech at Chatham House, London on Thursday 26th February, 2015. Your speech at the event is clearly a source of motivation for your supporters who in […]

For taking sides always against Jonathan, allowing personal grudges to over-ride the interest of the nation has clearly exposed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as

Good morning, Gentlemen of the Press, Comrades, Compatriots, esteemed Countrymen and women,

On Wednesday 11th February 2015, Mr. Goodluck Jonathan, the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was live on air on a Presidential media chat to address Nigerians and the international community on the state of the nation. As expected, President Goodluck Jonathan didn’t disappoint Nigerians who have become accustomed to his character of being […]

Nigeria’s Insecurity: Insurgency, Corruption, Elections and the Management of Multiple Threats
By Mohammed Sambo Dasuki, National Security Adviser
at the Chatham House – United Kingdom
January 22, 2015 Protocol
Events in our recent history have thrust us into the glare ofworld attention in ways that have not always reflected us in our best light. The paradox of modern Nigeria […]

Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) on Monday said if elected, he would revive Nigeria’s ailing economy. Buhari met with members of the organised private sector in Lagos promising that the change which Nigerians yearn for would be positive as it would be a conducive environment where business would thrive again. Addressing the businessmen […]