2015 August 13 | New Nigerian Politics

For the records: When you wrestle with a pig, by Fashola

Posted by admin Headlines, Lagos, State News Thursday, August 13th, 2015

When you wrestle with a pig, the pig gets happy and you get dirty.” This statement of profound wisdom informed my silence in the wake of manipulated and unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing recently being levelled against me. They started a few weeks to the end of my tenure, and have continued till date. They range […]

Why we’re leaving Jonathan and Dickson in PDP — Kinsmen

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Thursday, August 13th, 2015

By Emmanuel Aziken, Political Editor and Sam Oyadongha The decision of some leading political figures in Bayelsa State to decamp from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP may come as a shock to many. Even more shocking is the fact that a number of the persons who are expected to this weekend defect to the All Progressives […]

How can we allow treasury looters to escape – APC

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines Thursday, August 13th, 2015

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned against any attempt to truncate the ongoing fight against corruption under any guise, while also expressing total support for President Muhammadu Buhari’s determination to end the scourge of corruption in the country. In a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, […]

In pictures: Fayose at it again, storms Ekiti market to buy soup ingredients

Posted by admin Ekiti, Headlines, State News Thursday, August 13th, 2015

News Thursday, August 13, 2015 advertisement TOP HEADLINES Senate President, Bukola Saraki, in quandary as [long-throat] Senators reject pay-cut Fayose at it again, storms Ekiti market to buy soup ingredients [PHOTOS] Buhari sacks Ado Bayero, Nigerian Ports MD, reinstates ex-MD Letter: Dear Bunmi: “Once alone with a man in a room, he wants […]

Corrupt practices: Igbo leaders’ position on probe of past govts

Posted by admin Headlines Thursday, August 13th, 2015

By Ben Nwabueze IN this write-up, the word “fight” is used instead of “war” to describe the efforts to stop corruption. It is an abuse of language to call the make-belief that has been going on until now by the name war. It is not anything remotely like a war, nor is it even a […]