ONLY the politically naive can fail to see that President Goodluck Jonathan will contest the 2015 presidential election. Even if his now famous body language is the only signal we can read, the signs are evident that the man will stand for re-election. Naturally, his supporters see nothing wrong in that. And, expectedly, his detractors do. But what do the rest of us who are neither his supporters nor detractors think about the issue?

Lagos – Eight persons have been confirmed dead following a boat accident on Wednesday night during a trip between Eko Bridge and Ikorodu water ways in Lagos. In the incident, 12 persons were rescued from the boat which had a total of 20 passengers on board. Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, the Information Officer of the National […]

Abuja – A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Femi Falana, on Wednesday in Abuja called for social justice to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in the country. Falana, who made the call at the ongoing National Conference, stressed the need to solve the problem of education, health, unemployment and other […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has called on world leaders to assist Nigeria identify sponsors of the Boko Haram terrorists Organization, saying that the world has the responsibility of holding the sponsors of the deadly sect responsible and accountable for their atrocities.

Clemens Westerhof has been dreaming lately. And from far away Holland, his home, the man who turned Nigeria’s football around spoke of his dreams yesterday in a telephone chat.

The federal government will announce the country’s new Gross Domestic Products, GDP, figure on Sunday

The Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) says President Goodluck Jonathan has a constitutional right to contest the 2015 election.

The Ogun State Police Command said, yesterday, that it had discovered a ritualists’ den in Iyana Egbado village in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state.

There was pandemonium yesterday, when a middle-aged pregnant woman and 16 others were trapped in an elevator at Radio house, Area, 10 Abuja.

ASSOCIATION of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday in Lagos, rejected plans by the Federal Government to retrench 1,050 civil servants on the allegation that they were in the service illegally.

MORE than 72 new births have been recorded in the last two weeks, in camps established in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, for persons displaced by the recent invasion of some Benue communities by suspected Fulani mercenaries.

PROBLEMS associated with multiple taxation are almost as old as Nigeria. The authorities do not think Nigerians are paying enough, Nigerians counter that they would not provide more resources for governments to mismanage.

The lawyer, Mr Emmanuel Ofoegbu, whose suit led to a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos judgment, declaring the new number plates being issued by the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, unconstitutional, yesterday, accused the commission of misinforming Nigerians.

Volunteer for Good Governance, VGG, a Niger Delta youth group, yesterday, faulted the call by Northern elders led by Alhaji Adamu Ciroma, against alleged attempt by the Federal Government to extend emergency rule in Adamawa and Borno states.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State yesterday said the state deserved more than a Minister of State position in the cabinet of President Goodluck Jonathan.