The National Peace Summit Group, NPSG, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to have a rethink and exclude Adamawa State from among the states under emergency rule, noting that the situation there was not as precarious as in Borno and Yobe states.

What the hell is this noise about killer gas from Niger Republic? It is sheer nonsense”. This is the reaction of Femi Akinola, a Lagos based gas dealer, when told about the text messages branding the gas from Niger Republic as either substandard or explosive.

National leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, says leaders of opposition parties remained resolute in their desire to reconstruct Nigeria.

Where is God when bad things happen? The psalmist says: “Our God is in heaven.” (Psalm 115:3). He has always been in heaven and he will always be in heaven. Solomon says: “God is in heaven, and you on earth.” (Ecclesiastes 5:2).

Ahead of plans to mark Nigeria’s 100 years, the Federal Government says it will deal with the challenges hampering the nation’s progress.

THURSDAY, May 9,2013 was the day Christian Elders Forum of 19 Northern States, NOSCEF, gathered together at the National Christian Centre, Abuja to honour the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayodele Joseph Oritsejafor.

It would have been difficult if the burial of Chinua Achebe had passed without any controversy.

Apart from the fact that the dust his autobiography, There was a Country raised was yet to settle, the announcement of his death started another round of controversy.

If we neglect to reduce the development gap between the Niger Delta and the rest of Nigeria and the oil wells dry up or oil ceases to be a revenue earner for Nigeria, then we will all be bowailing the re-enactment of the Olobiri metaphor, according to Pastor Power Ziakede Aginighan, a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Aginighan spoke in a paper presented at the third Ijaw Foundation Convention held in Houston, Texas, US. Extracts from the presentation:

Aero Contractors has announced that, effective May 27, the airline will commence thrice weekly flight operations between Accra and Douala.

When President Goodluck Jonathan observed not long ago that members of a dreaded insurgent group had infiltrated his own government, some people thought it was politics. From the look of things, it is becoming difficult to doubt the assertion.

Senator Ben Ndi Obi, an Anambra high chief, was vice presidential candidate of the Action Congress (AC) in the 2007 presidential election won by Alhaji Umar Musa Yar’Adua. He was later appointed by President Goodluck Jonathan as his Special Adviser on Inter-Party Affairs upon assumption of office. Since his appointment, Obi has preached the need for politicians to eschew party politics, especially after elections, and embrace national-interest politics, in order for the leader in power to successfully move the nation forward.

There has never been a more opportune time for the Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi and the newly appointed Director-General, Hon. Gbenga Elegbeleye to clarify the vision and mission of the National Sports Commission (NSC) as sports federation boards settle to develop a comprehensive development plan and source for funding.

Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba says there is nowhere in the Constitution that the democratically elected structures should be dissolved under emergency rule, pointing out that the dissolution in past dispensation was unconstitutional. Excerpts of interview:

Expectedly the President’s declaration of emergency has provoked harsh criticism from the usual opposition groups – particularly the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN. As someone born and bred in progressive politics, I had spent all my life in the same camp as the progressives – even if, lately, the Awoists and progressives have started to resemble, increasingly, like the conservatives they want to replace at the centre.

By Gbenga Ariyibi Ado Ekiti Parents and guardians of about 150 students of  the School of Nursing ,Federal Medical Centre, FMC, Ido Ekiti, who were made to forfeit their admission status by the authorities of the school, have petitioned the Federal Ministry of Health and the  Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, alleging sharp […]