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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
“IT is better to help a friend pay his fine, than tell a lie to help him cover a crime.” – Nigerian proverb. It was literally a life-long ambition, and I used every opportunity to meet the old man in person. I was finally in a position to press buttons and call old friends to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013
Presidential Spokesman, Dr Reuben Abati has said that President Goodluck Jonathan was not billed to speak at the Mandela Memorial service. According to Abati, only six out of the 100 world leaders at the event, were slated to speak and Jonathan was not one of those chosen to render any speech. “The late Madiba’s burial […]
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Latest Politics, National Politics
Monday, December 9th, 2013

The Excess Crude Account, which has dropped to $3.3bn in recent times, may deplete further to $2.5bn as soon as certain payments are made to the oil sector, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, said on Monday. While speaking on the performance of the economy at a breakfast meeting organised by the Nigerian Economic […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, December 9th, 2013
The Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, has presented certificates of citizenship to 217 foreigners with a call on them to abide by national ethics and code of conduct as Nigerians. Moro said the 217 foreign nationals, comprising 129, who naturalised and 88, who became Nigerians by registration, were conferred citizenship after they were recommended to […]
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Africa & World Politics, Latest Politics, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP)
Monday, December 9th, 2013
The Peoples Democratic Party has attracted public criticisms for comparing its founding members with the late South African anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela. The ruling party contested that just as the late Mandela fought and won the struggle against apartheid in South Africa, its founding fathers achieved a similar feat that “liberated” Nigeria from the shackles […]
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Latest Politics
Monday, December 9th, 2013
The government may have tactically bowed to pressure in its imposition of 70 per cent duty on imported cars as it okays a concessionary duty for some dealers, RASHEED BISIRIYU reports The Federal Government is considering a new measure to avert a possible increase in the prices of vehicles in 2014 as a backlash of […]
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Boko Haram, Latest Politics, Religion
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Abubakar III The leadership of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam led by the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad lll, has demanded immediate release of an alleged Boko Haram recruitment officer, Dr. Mohammed Yunus. The group claimed Yunus was not a Boko Haram member. Yunus, a lecturer with the Kogi State […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Transparency International has ranked Nigeria as the 144th most corrupt among the 177 countries studied in the world. In 2012, Nigeria was ranked as the 124th most corrupt nation among the less than 170 countries studied. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are […]
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Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013
Nigeria has been ranked 144th most corrupt country as Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are seen as the world’s most corrupt countries while Denmark and New Zealand are nearly squeaky-clean, graft watchdog Transparency International said in a survey yesterday. The report shows that Nigeria has slipped in the organization’s 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index, In the […]
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Education, Latest Politics
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Some UNIABUJA lecturers at a congress on Tuesday where they voted for the continuation of the strike. | credits: Kamarudeen Ogundele Striking lecturers on Tuesday insisted that they would not return to class as directed by the Federal Government. This is coming as the ultimatum given to them by the Federal Government to return to […]