Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday promised a national dialogue to heal what he said was an ethnically and religiously divided nation, and urged his compatriots to unite against extremism to avoid the fate of Syria. Jonathan struck a sombre tone in a televised speech to mark Nigeria’s 53rd... Read more
A meeting of the Governors of Nigeria’s South East and South South geopolitical zones was held Sunday in Enugu even as the body failed to undertake the endorsement of the much vaunted second term plan of President Goodluck Jonathan. Governors Rochas Okorocha of Imo State , Adams Oshimole of Edo, and their counterpart,... Read more
By: John Okiyi-Kalu Any editor whose media house carried “Fashola apologizes to Igbos over deportation” should urgently review the transcripts of the event where Governor Fashola purportedly issued the apology. Fashola offered no apology for deportation but rather offered more insults to Nigerians of Igbo origin after Aka Ikenga... Read more
The Chairman of the splinter faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, has condemned what he described as “the rape of the country’s economy by the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Administration.” The Baraje-led PDP faction stated this in a news release issued in Abuja on Thursday... Read more
From: Diana Okon-Effiong Gov. Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta, has inaugurated no less than 25 Education Special Marshals and 100 Education Marshals (EduMarshals) with a charge to ensure that all school-age children attend school compulsorily. Uduaghan, who said that education was the bedrock of every society, noted that the inauguration of the... Read more
Stakeholders including opinion leaders, women and youth groups from the 12 Local Government Areas making up the Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State have commended Governor Godswill Akpabio over his avowed position to support justice, fairness and equity, a disposition they maintain has greatly accounted... Read more
From Arodiegwu Eziukwu (Yenogoa) Environmental Rights Action/Friends of Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called for a prompt response to the ongoing oil spill in Ikenghenbiri, Southern Ijaw council area in Bayelsa. The group has criticized the slow response of Italian oil firm Agip on the oil spill reported over one... Read more
A PRESS STATEMENT BY THE DIRECTOR OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY OF THE CATHOLIC SECRETARIAT OF NIGERIA AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY/CEO OF CARITAS NIGERIA/JDPC FR EVARISTUS BASSEY Gentlemen of the press, these are the days when silence is no longer golden, when the fear of being drowned in the cacophony... Read more
Nigerian forces and members of Boko Haram clashed in a shoot out near the main residential compound for lawmakers in Abuja on Friday, state security services said, the first clash involving Islamist militants in the capital this year. A security team was searching for weapons after a tip-off from... Read more
In line with the Transformation Agenda of Mr. President, the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has commissioned 149 units of solar powered street light at the University of Benin, Edo State. Speaking during the commissioning of the light project, the NDDC acting Managing Director/CEO, Dr. Christy Atako, said the... Read more
