Editorial: 9,000 Nigerian Prisoners Abroad?
Without doubt, the disclosure by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Olugbenga Ashiru that about 9,000 Nigerians are in various prisons abroad; some of them on death row, is not…
Osun LGAs Agog for Omisore’s Campaign Tour
Even in his absence at the campaign tour, Osun indigenes last week trooped out in their thousands to support the 2014 governorship aspiration of Senator Iyilola Omisore. On Wednesday, residents…
Senate Confirms Kekere-Ekun as Supreme Court Justice
Justice Kudirat M.O. Kekere-Ekun has been confirmed as a Justice of the Supreme Court. The Nigerian Senate made the confirmation on Wednesday after considering the report of the Senate Committee…
Reps Turns Down 2013 Budget Amendment Bill
The Federal House of Representatives has rejected President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposal for the amendment of the 2013 Budget. Rejecting the budget amendment proposal after the presentation of a report on…
EFCC Arraigns Suspected Oil Thieves
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned some suspected oil thieves, including Abu Ali Jibia, Akume Surprise, Boglo Babatunde, Umar Mohammed, Nafiu Hussain, Ibrahim Yakubu, Calvin Ajike, Alhassan…
Igbo vs. Yoruba
Another 419 practitioner contacted me via my Netlog account today. Like most people, I have become used to getting loads of 419 solicitations through my email. But lately, the 419…
NGF: Amaechi Faction Postpone Meeting, Feuding Governors Sit Together at NEC
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi has shifted the meeting of the forum earlier scheduled to hold today out of respect for…
Jonathan Refuse to Assent to National Address Bill
President Goodluck Jonathan has written to the National Assembly to convey his unwillingness to assent the State-of-the-Nation Address Bill passed by the National Assembly on March 13, 2012. In a…
Borno: 11 Boko Haram Leaders Captured
Eleven leaders of the Boko Haram Islamist sect, including one of those suspected to be behind the posting of online videos, have been captured in Borno, after men of the…
Why Obama cannot visit Nigeria – US Deputy NSA
Deputy National Security Advisor, Ben Rhodes on Tuesday revealed that Nigeria’s insecurity crisis might have contributed to President Barack Obama decision to exclude the country from his latest visit to…