IT was a historic moment for the members of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) when they converged in Gusau, Zamfara State, for a special convention to ratify and endorse the merger of opposition political parties into All Progressives Congress (APC). The unprecedented crowd of supporters, which defied the security web that barricaded the Trade [...]
Asaba — Robust support came for President Goodluck Jonathan from South-South and South-East governors, who yesterday, gave a strong endorsement of his leadership and charged him to confront terror wherever it may be found in the land. The governors at a meeting in Asaba, Delta State, condemned the behaviour and antics of Nigerians and those [...]
. Says Orubebe, Delta Speaker not fit for governorship Ijaw National Leader, Edwin Clark, yesterday said Nigerians are free to reject President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. But he insisted that the right of Jonathan to seek re-election must be allowed and respected in line with the spirit and letters of the constitution. [...]
Fugar crisis: Detained ACN candidate regains freedom Category: Nigeria News Published on Thursday, 18 April 2013 11:55 Written by SIMON EBEGBULEM Hits: 182 Chairmanship candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State in this weekend’s council election in the state, Mr. Emmanuel Momoh, who was arrested by [...]
Senate President David Mark By Our Correspondents Senate President David Mark, House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal and state governors Saturday urged Nigerians to use the Easter season to promote tolerance, peace and harmony in the country as demonstrated by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Mark, in his Easter message contained in a [...]
The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe has disclosed that the long awaited East-West road will be completed and delivered to Nigerians by December 2014. The Minister disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Imo state Governor, Rochas Okorocha at the Government House in Owerri, the Imo state capital. He said initially the [...]
Information minister, Labaran Maku Majority of respondents in a PREMIUM TIMES poll condemned the tour. Nigerians have condemned the Labaran Maku-led Nigeria Good Governance Tour, describing it as a total waste of public funds and time. About three in five Nigerians, 55 per cent of the 406 respondents that participated in the a PREMIUM TIMES [...]
– By Sanusi Muhammad Labaran Maku was a mistaken comrade in his student days who as an activist, pretended to champion the cause of students as a spring board for relevance. In 1999, he was erroneously selected to deputize for Governor Abdullahi Adamu in Nasarawa State. He was erroneously selected because it was at close [...]
CHENNAI: Akinola Akinkunmi, a 31-year-old Nigerian living in the city, is scared to turn the volume up on his stereo, party or even speak loudly in his house. “Any of this can upset my house owner who lives on the ground floor,” says Akinkunmi, in the second year of a Bachelor’s of Business Administration . [...]
The level of desperation being publicly shown at the highest level of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a clear indication that the time has come. From all indications, the party may after all only rule for sixteen difficult years and not the sixty or even hundred years that its crude leaders often spite on [...]
LAGOS – Nigerians celebrated becoming Africa’s soccer champions from the edge of the Sahara desert to the Atlantic coast on Sunday, enjoying a reprieve from headlines of violence and corruption. Thousands stormed the streets in towns and villages from the dusty, mostly-Muslim north to the swampy oil-producing Niger Delta in the south, burning tyres and [...]
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Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, yesterday said Nigerians are tired of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), declaring the newly formed opposition party, All Progressives Congress (APC) as a child of necessity. Fashola spoke yesterday in Maiduguri, Borno State capital, after his Osun State counterpart, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, read the communiqué of the meeting of [...]
Nigerian Idol season 3 debuts Hits: 6 Mercy performing on stageAs the year comes to an end, organizers of TV reality show, Nigerian Idol, Season 3, are putting everything together for its debut on air. This season’s edition of the reality show will commence airing on local TV stations like STV, NTA Network and AIT [...]
As the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI throws the Catholic world into the search for a new leader, SEGUN OLUGBILE looks at the profiles of three Nigerian cardinals who are qualified for consideration The sudden resignation of Pope Benedict XVI as the head of the Catholic Church on Monday came to the Catholic world and [...]
Eagles’ victory, confirmation of a new era –PDPTHE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the victory of the Super Eagles as a confirmation of its earlier declaration that the nation has entered into a new era of possibilities and will surmount its challenges under the current dispensation. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh in [...]
Governors Adams Oshiomhole (Edo) and Peter Obi (Anambra) could not attend yesterday’s meeting in Lagos because of last-minute technical challenges, a source said. One of the governors, who spoke in confidence, said: “Contrary to insinuations, we have succeded in proving that the merger proposal has national character; it is supported by all Nigerians. We are [...]
NIGERIANS have been urged to hold all those in positions of authorities in the country accountable for the huge resources God has blessed the country with. Rising from a meeting at Ozoro, headquarters of Isoko North in Delta State, the Isoko Political Front, at the weekend, observed that the indifference of Nigerians in the face [...]
The year 2012 has come to a close, making some stock taking necessary and in order. The year took off, lest we forget, on a baleful and quarrelsome note, when led as usual by the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Civil Society groups Nigerians poured into the streets to protest the hiking of pump price [...]
As year 2012 winds up, CHIKA OKEKE chronicles on the traumatic and shocking deaths of some prominent Nigerians that made headlines from January to date. It was a harvest of deaths in year 2012 as over 18 prominent Nigerians were snatched by the cold hands of death. While some died in a helicopter crash, others [...]
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Stemming The Tide Of Violent Extremism
Stemming The Tide Of Violent Extremism By Philip Amiola From the tides of terrorism that have reached a climax in Nigeria to the torrents of similarly horrifying tidings across the world, it will probably take a full time job to keep track of the tragic events that have become a normal part of our [...]
Divide Nigeria Peacefully OR by Civil War
The fact that Boko Haram has succeeded in waging war against Nigeria in total violation of the fundamental principles of society means Nigeria security arrangements have failed, and either the personnel are untrained or ill-equipped to meet the present and future threats to Nigeria territorial integrity The perpetual granting of amnesty to people who commit [...]
The Big Uniport Four (Jonathan, Amaechi, Wike & Princewill) And Way Out Of The Rivers Macabre Dance
The Big Uniport Four (Jonathan, Amaechi, Wike Princewill) And Way Out Of The Rivers Macabre Dance By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze. ezemediaconcept08@rocketmail.com, 08038199163 PREAMBLE Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Widely regarded as one of [...]
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeri
Fulani Forum to NEF: You Do Not Represent The Good People of North Nigeria In lieu of your statement: NEF to Jonathan: You‘ve declared war on Northern Nigeria We progressive youth of North Nigeria hereby assert that the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) does not represent the good people of North Nigeria. We are disappointed in [...]
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa
Japan, a subtle but effective partner for Africa Interview with JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka By Jocelyne Sambira Africa’s continued growth has sparked the interest of investors from industrialized nations, resulting in fierce competition for its resources and markets. The aggressive economic expansion efforts by China and India, among others, come to mind. Japan, however, has [...]
Malian children face education crisis
Malian children face education crisis Conflict disrupts schools By Kingsley Ighobor While the world remains focused on ending Mali’s conflict following rebel incursions into the northern part of the country early last year, there are about 400,000 Malian children facing severe disruptions in their education, warns the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The fund and other [...]
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech
Livestock tracking in Africa goes high tech By Pavithra Rao In an era of lightning speed, ever-present wireless connectivity, high tech is now also being used to benefit livestock farmers in rural areas of Africa. Widely known for being used to track wild animals, GPS, or “Global Positioning System” tracking devices are being adapted by [...]
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