By Rudo Kwaramba-Kayombo I remember being swept up in the crowds in Trafalgar Square in July 2005. Nelson Mandela assumed the podium to roaring applause to deliver his powerful Make Poverty History speech. The atmosphere was surreal and around 22,000 people came together to march as a collective... Read more
The Federal Government has been restrained from further mention of Prince Uche Secondus, National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the looters’ list recently published by Government. Justice Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra, the Chief Judge of Rivers, who gave the directives on Monday in Port Harcourt, also ordered that... Read more
Elder Tunde Adedeji on Thursday indicated that he would be the All Progressives Congress (APC) nominee for governor in Osun State. “My chances of becoming the party’s candidate and winning the next governorship election in Osun State are bright” he said. In an interview in Lagos, Adedeji said he... Read more
Pro-democracy advocacy group, the Centre for Good Governance and Accountable Leadership Initiative (CEGGAL Initiative) has reacted to the ongoing rumour in the social media that former vice President Atiku Abubakar got married in Dubai last Saturday to a new wife and paid $1, 000, 000 as dowry. The Centre, in... Read more
COMMUNIQUE OF THE MEETING OF NFF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HELD AT THE TRANSCORP HILTON HOTEL, MAITAMA, ABUJA ON TUESDAY, 17TH APRIL 2018 The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation held a meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday, 17th April 2018 to deliberate on important issues in... Read more
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the APC Federal Government of Nigeria deliberately plans to eliminate a greater percentage of the state’s population by her failure to act on the soot and its primary causes. The governor announced that the Honourable Attorney General of Rivers State... Read more
The Conference of Nigeria Political Party (CNPP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has nothing to show Nigerians, in terms of concrete achievement, to make him think of seeking re-election beyond the fact that re-contesting is a legal right, giving reasons why the President should not seek re-election. While... Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari said he declared his intention to run for another term in office on Monday because Nigerians appreciate what his administration is doing to uplift their standard of living. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, in a statement in Abuja, said Buhari... Read more
The US Consul-General F. John Bray, has assured of his country’s primary goals of supporting Nigeria’s economic development. Bray gave the assurance on Tuesday at the flag-off of a training programme for 121 Emerging Nigerian Entrepreneurs at the University of Port Harcourt by the U.S. Consulate and FSD Academy.... Read more
A civil right organization, the Centre for Human Rights and Social Justice (CHRSJ) has accused a police personnel attached to the Testing Ground Police Station in Ibadan, under the control of the Oyo State Command of engaging in acts of intimidation, harassment and extorting an Ibadan based businessmen. A... Read more
