Communique Issued At The End of the South East/South South Governors Meeting, Sunday October 29, 2013
“The SouthSouth/South East Governors met in Enugu on the 29th day of September to deliberate over issues affecting the Zones and the nation in general. “After extensive cordial deliberations, the governors of the South South/South East zones resolved to continue to pursue the development of the zones as well... Read more
Nigeria: Boko Haram kills 40 Students in Early Morning Attack on School
Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in a college dormitory in northeast Nigeria as the students slept, killing 40, in the latest massacre blamed on the Islamist insurgents. All of the dead were students of the College of Agriculture in the town of Gujba in Yobe state, the... Read more
Nigeria’s South East, South South Governors End Second Meeting in Enugu, Call for Dialogue
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
Call for Oghiadome, Gulak’s Sack in Bad Faith
By Utum Etim The recent pressure mounted on President Goodluck Jonathan by some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dissenters to remove his chief of staff, Chief Mike Oghiadome and Political Adviser, Ahmed Gulak, was, to say the least, made in utmost bad faith and mischievous. The duo may have been noticed by... Read more
Nigeria: PDP Faction Accuses Presidency of Planned Crack Down on Factional Leadership
The splinter Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) group led by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje have claimed that it received intelligence reports that the Presidency was putting finishing touches to what it calls “Operation Total Crackdown on G7 and their allies in the New PDP”, which is allegedly aimed at to... Read more
Nigerian Accused of Aiding Al-Qaeda Arraigned in the U.S
  A Nigerian terror suspect accused of trying to help al-Qaeda in Yemen appeared before a United States federal courtroom on Friday. The suspect, Lawal Babafemi, was accused of training with members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and using his English skills to help publish the terrorist magazine... Read more
Fashola and a Fickle, Pseudo-apologia
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
Factional PDP Blames state of Nigeria’s Economy on Jonathan
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
Uduaghan Deploys Education Marshals to get School-age Children Back to Schools
 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
2015: A’Ibom South Assembly Commends Akpabio on Zoning
      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