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Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria & the ECOMOG experience

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Saturday, January 15th, 2011

THE saying goes that “physical force has solved more conflicts than any other single factor in human history’’. This is often the case whereby diplomacy has seized to be an option in achieving the required result. The ongoing crisis in Cote d’Ivoire is a growing cause of concern not just because of the decision of […]

President Reaches Out to Atiku

Posted by admin Latest Politics Saturday, January 15th, 2011

THE Goodluck and Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation has extended hands of fellowship to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who lost in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) primaries on Thursday. The team also urged Atiku to accept the outcome of the election. It added that of the victory of the President at the Peoples Democratic Party […]

Abati: The Jonathan Presidency (8)

Posted by admin Articles, Columnists, Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Presidency, Reuben Abati Saturday, January 15th, 2011

IN his inaugural speech on May 6, 2010, President Goodluck Jonathan had formally outlined the major concerns of his administration, in addition to paying tribute to the departed President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. He addressed Nigerians as “my dear brothers and sisters.” In a matter of months, the new President will also start addressing Nigerians as […]

Choice of Running Mate Could be Game Changer for Atiku

Posted by admin Articles, Mojekwu Echezona Saturday, January 15th, 2011

Mojekwu Echezona, PhD, New York – Jan., 15, 2011 – As the acrimonious battle for the PDP presidential primary draws to a climax, my instinct tells me that Atiku Abubakar will nick it. However, winning the primaries will not automatically guarantee Atiku the presidency. He will need something of a game changer to overcome Buhari, […]

Nollywood Actor’s Kidnapped Wife, Son Regain Freedom

Posted by admin Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, January 14th, 2011

TEN days after they were kidnapped, the wife and one-year-old child of Nollywood star actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, have been released. Okafor, who addressed a press conference in Enugu yesterday, could not hide his joy with the re-union with his family just as he told whoever cared to know that “today […]

Jonathan: Unsportsmanlike Atiku alleges lapses

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, January 14th, 2011

The political camp of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has alleged lapses in Thursday’s presidential primaries of the PDP, quoting his agents at the collation of the result. The agents, it said, therefore “declined to sign the final result on account” of the lapses, with former President Olusegun Obasanjo taunting his former deputy yesterday just hours after […]

Sudan’s Secession: Another Episode in An Unfinished Business

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics Friday, January 14th, 2011

Southern Sudan is all but set to be enlisted in the group of nations that have seceded from their mother countries, following a weeklong referendum which observers strongly believe will be in favour of secession. With this development, Africa’s largest country, Republic of the Sudan, may as well lose the tag/epithet which it has […]

FG, States, May Clash Over N450bn NNPC Debt

Posted by admin Headlines Friday, January 14th, 2011

The federal government may be on a collision course with the 36 state governments over the failure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to pay its N450billion debt to the federation account. The indication emerged on Friday shortly after this month’s Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeing in Abuja. The lingering NNPC debt had […]

ACN Picks Ribadu To Battle Jonathan

Posted by admin Elections 2011, General Politics Friday, January 14th, 2011

Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Friday endorsed former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, as its presidential candidate for the April general elections. Ribadu emerged the party’s candidate after the other two presidential aspirants, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa and Mallam Seidu Malami, agreed to step down for him. The […]

PDP Primary: Why IBB Didn’t Attend • Congratulates Jonathan

Posted by admin Ibrahim Babangida (1985-93), National Politics, Presidency Friday, January 14th, 2011

Contrary to expectations, former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, on Thursday failed to attend the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary where President Goodluck Jonathan was picked as the standard-bearer of the party for April presidential election. The Chanchaga Local Government chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Niger State had 24 hours […]