I am surprised that I have not read in any media, local or international, about efforts by the Nigerian government to help two Nigerian students who have been on deportation list in Canada for a ‘crime’ that makes mockery of the very ideals that western societies proud themselves on – hard work. Victoria Ordu and […]
By CHRISTOPHER OJI CHIOMA IGBOKWE, Lagos, DESMOND MGBOH, Kano One of the aliens from Niger Republic who simply gave his name as Amadu has vowed to return to Nigeria despite his deportation. Said he: “I am from the Republic of Niger. I came in through Kebbi State. I came on my own. I always pass […]
Things Fall Apart is one of the most successful books on the surface of earth and it was China Achebe’s most successful work.In this extract from his latest book, ‘THERE WAS A COUNTRY, the late writer stated that when he was writing the book he did not know whether it would be published or not. […]
A pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, says a former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Col. Ahmadu Ali (retd.) is uncouth, ill-mannered and foul-mouthed. Ali’s criticism came on the heels of the interview he granted to a newspaper where he (Ali) carpeted the Yoruba for failing to “worship” Obasanjo, whom he described as the “god” of […]
America’s richest man, Bill Gates, has cancelled his scheduled March 27 official visit to Nigeria, in response to the controversial pardon granted by President Goodluck Jonathan to ex-convicts Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Shettima Bulama, according to PREMIUM TIMES . That trip, authoritative diplomatic sources said, has now been cancelled, two days after the U.S. government expressed […]
GUARDIAN Alamieyeseigha: US May Shelve Planned Obama Visit Saturday, 16 March 2013 00:00 From Laolu Akande, New York News – National PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s official relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan appears to be in jeopardy, following indications that Obama’s scheduled visit to Nigeria has been suspended over the state pardon granted former Bayelsa State Governor, […]
The U.S condemned the action of the Nigerian government. The United States has condemned the pardon granted some ex-convicts by President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Council of States. In a tweet by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria, the U.S. said, “We see this as a setback in the fight against corruption.” It said further […]
Former Governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmed Yerima, was arrested on Saturday by the Kaduna State Police Command for allegedly making an inciting statement while on a live Hausa phone-in-programme, Hannu Dayawa, on Radio Nigeria, Kaduna State. Yerima, who was a guest was on the radio programme was quoted to have said if the Independent […]
FORMER Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday, dissected Nigeria’s economy and declared that the country was operating a voodoo economic policy that is pauperising the citizenry and urged urgent economic surgery to save the polity. For instance, Tinubu wondered why the Federal Government is maintaining a foreign reserve of $46 billion with one […]
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, declared that Nigeria lacked good leaders. Obasanjo lamented that the dearth of good leaders in the country as well as on the African continent, had become an issue that deserved serious attention. The former president spoke during the final of the African Regional […]
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