By  Ben Agande, Abuja There are indications  that a serious search is underway for a successor to the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Vincent Ogbulafor, with power blocs in the party locked in a game of wits. While one of the power blocs working for General Ibrahim Babangida is believed to […]

Abia state governor, Chief T.A. Orji, has decried the murder of the judicial reporter of The Nation newspapers, Mr Edo Ugbagwu. He asked the police to unmask the killers of the journalist quickly. Orji, according to the state commissioner for information, culture and tourism, Chief John Nwokocha, stated this in a condolence message to the […]

By  Emeka mamah, Kaduna The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has said that any Nigerian indicted for one form of corruption or the other should be barred from contesting any elective office until he has been cleared of such offence.

Then late Chief Obafemi Awolowo was in detention and he made a copy of the first agreement available to us at the student level. We went through it and we were not very happy. It was signed by Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Nnamdi Azikiwe and the document gave the full right to the British to use our airspace to test their air force planes. We felt this has negated the whole idea of our independence significantly and we mobilized the student movement and the country knew that we were serious and the Anglo-Nigeria Defence Pact was cancelled. Same thing with the census figures.

In every contest, you have to contend with the opposition. If you must possess your possession of good health, you must get up and fight. What you don’t want, you don’t watch! What you don’t fight has the right to prevail! What you don’t confront, you cannot conquer!

THE Ikemba Nnewi, Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, was yesterday, reported to be in support for the presidential ambition of former military leader, General Ibrahim Babangida, in 2011, saying he would support him as far as it was the desire and aspiration of the people of the country.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State told the crowd of workers that no amount of wage increase could really solve the problems of workers and called on the leadership of workers in the country to seek for alternative ways of making life meaningful for workers.

It was a glorious entry for Acting President Goodluck Jonathan as thousands of workers cheered him as he drove into the Eagle Square at about 10.40 am yesterday.

Faith represents the crop of some ruthless young women the society is suddenly grappling with. Pretty with a degree under her belt, she was very lucky to be employed by one of the mobile phone network companies. Her boyfriend of almost six years, with whom she went to the university, wasn’t so lucky with employment.

Now, if the incident of a taxi cab being driven under the belly of a fully-loaded plane which took place the other week at Margaret Ekpo airport in Calabar, had taken place in Lagos or Abuja, I’m sure its full horror would have been communicated to most Nigerians. There would have been a huge outcry on the lapse in security which allowed the incident to take place.