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Bode George needs help -Tinubu

Posted by admin Latest Politics, National Politics Monday, March 7th, 2011

National leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday urged those who love Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Bode George, to prevail on him to keep silent and stop embarrassing himself in public. Tinubu, who was reacting to an interview in Daily Sun in which […]

A Farcical and Anarchic Look at Nigerian Car Plates

Posted by admin Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, Articles, Columnists Monday, March 7th, 2011

By Akintokunbo A. Adejumo, London, UK – Mar. 7, 2011 – Laughter, they say is the best medicine. Let’s take a comic look at our predicament in Nigeria. A “farce” is defined as “A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect”. And […]

Revolutionary Change, Democratic Space and the Great Nigerian Inquisition

Posted by admin Adebayo Adejare, Articles, Columnists Monday, March 7th, 2011

By Adebayo Adejare, NNP, Mar 7, 2011 – “Each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission, fulfill it, or betray it. – Frantz Fanon , The Wretched of the Earth “. “It is in the nature of the revolution to betray the revolution” – Kole omotosho In order to advance greatly in our […]

Egyptian liberation: The triumph of human will and dignity

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Articles, Columnists Monday, March 7th, 2011

By Emeka Chiakwelu, NNP, Mar 7. 2011 – Hosni Mubarak 82, resigned and Power transferred to Egyptian military Switzerland has frozen the Swiss bank account and assets of Hosni Mubarak The victory and accolades belong to the people of Egypt – youths, young and the old did not rest nor sleep until Hosni Mubarak, the […]

President Jonathan should not back out of the presidential debate

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Kenneth Uwadi, Presidency Monday, March 7th, 2011

By Kenneth Uwadi, Imo State, Nigeria, – Mar. 7, 2011 – Washed-up, the big white notebook, brought out again, I write from the bed, as i always do. My doctor is to see me today, Saturday. I have little fever. This doctor, he will come to ask the same old questions .How are you today? […]

First Lady’s efforts and our women politicians

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists Monday, March 7th, 2011

By Muhammed Ajah, NNP, Mar. 7, 2011 – One keeps thinking about the recent campaign of the first lady, Her Excellency, Dame Patience Jonathan who has been going round the country with curiosity, trying to convince the Nigerian people for her husband’s presidential bid. Is this not novel in the polity? First, she started this […]

Electoral Scorecard for Rational Citizens

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists Monday, March 7th, 2011

Anthony A. Kila, London, UK – Mar. 7, 2011 – We now know the names of all the candidates that will be contesting in the forthcoming elections, we also know who their running mates will be. A point needs to be made immediately about these candidates: unlike what we have seen for too long in […]

My ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian – Jonathan

Posted by admin Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency Monday, March 7th, 2011

Against the backdrop of violent incidents that have been recorded in political rallies in the country, including rallies where the presidential ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan is promoted, the president has charged Nigerians to shun violence. According to him, his ambition was not worth the blood of any Nigerian. The president stated this on Monday […]

Bayelsa: Security beefed up for Jonathan’s visit

Posted by admin Bayelsa, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, State News Monday, March 7th, 2011

DETACHMENTS of mobile policemen from neighbouring states have been deployed in Bayelsa State ahead of today’s visit of President Goodluck Jonathan, for his political rally slated for the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Yenagoa, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. Members of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) started arriving in the state on […]

Al Shabaab executes two men in Mogadishu

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Monday, March 7th, 2011

Somalia’s extremist group al Shabaab on Sunday afternoon executed two persons they had charged with spying and murder. The hard-line group had accused one of the men of being part of the Somali government’s intelligence department while the other man was charged with assassinating al Shabaab members. Speaking at Maslah camp in northeastern Mogadishu where […]