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Embattled Oduah seeks audience with Jonathan (Instead of resigning – Shameless Oduah)

  Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah The embattled  Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah, has commenced last- ditch efforts to save her job. The PUNCH learnt on Sunday that she  had  used the last few days seeking  private audience with  President Goodluck Jonathan. On Friday for instance, she  was sighted at the Presidential Villa […]

Anger in Senate over frequent plane crashes (Corruption catching up with you guys?)

Senate   Minister, others summoned There was anger in the Senate yesterday over the “resurgence” of plane crashes. Aviation Minister Stella Oduah has been summoned to explain why planes are dropping. She is also to explain the state of the sector. The Senate Committee on Aviation is to investigate the October 3 crash in Lagos […]

Jonathan, Support Police Families in Need – By John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D.

By John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D. | NNP | October, 6, 2013 – Mr. President, as you and your administration face a Nigeria submerged in the  Boko Haram uproar in the North, kidnapping upheaval in the South, militancy  hullabaloo in the Niger Delta, and rampant violence,  vicious schemes, and institutional exploitation all over the country, the […]

National Confab deceptive – Tinubu (From a certificate forger)

  Former Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu | credits: File copy Former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu, has criticised the proposed national conference, describing it as deceptive and ill-timed. Tinubu, who is a national leader of the All Progressives Congress, on arrival in the country on Saturday after being away for about three months […]

Keshi gets FIFA’s verdict on alleged racism comments

By Oluwashina Okeleji BBC Sport, Lagos Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi has been warned by Fifa over his future conduct following his comments about former Malawi coach Tom Saintfiet in August. The Malawi Football Association (FAM) had reported Keshi to Fifa after he called the Belgian “a white dude who should go back to Belgium”. FAM […]

Nigeria, a crumbling edifice – New PDP (Was it crumbling when you had one party?)

  Abubakar Baraje The breakaway faction of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party said on Tuesday that Nigerians were being extorted by the Federal Government through its numerous agencies. The faction, otherwise referred to as the ‘New PDP,’ also said that the country had become a crumbling edifice as a result of corruption and bad leadership. […]

  Nwabueze President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the membership and terms of reference of the Federal Government’s Advisory Committee on National Dialogue/ Conference. A terse statement  on Tuesday night in Abuja by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, named a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, as one […]

No security at Yobe college site of Boko Haram massacre

  Authorities in Nigeria say there was no security protection at an agricultural college where up to 50 students were shot dead as they slept on Sunday. The students were killed by suspected Islamist gunmen in their dormitory in Yobe state, north-eastern Nigeria. Official Abdullahi Bego told the BBC the government and military would work […]

Nigerians have failed Nigerians – Gov. Obi

BY VINCENT UJUMADU AWKA- ANAMBRA State governor, Mr. Peter Obi has charged Nigerians to seek divine intervention to tackle the various challenges confronting the country. Speaking at an inter-denominational church service to mark the 53rd Independence anniversary of the country at Women Development Centre, Awka, Governor Obi regretted that Nigerians have failed the country in […]

Charles Taylor appeal verdict due in The Hague

 A UN-backed special court in The Hague is due to rule on an appeal by former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Last May, the court sentenced him to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone during the 1991-2002 civil war. He became the first former head of state convicted by […]